This little town of Dutch Horbour can be toured in about 30 minutes. Not a lot here. However a very friendly spot. Crabbing. They put a new meaning to it. They go out and risk their lives to haul in huge loads of crab cages that are full of crabs. Ronald, our new friend, told us he would last year on a ship. He said on a given day they would bring in 700,000 pounds of crab!!! That is a lot of zeros!!!
You'll see many crab cages in the photos.
Bald Eagles. In Alabama, in the sinter, you might get lucky and see a bald eagle at Lake Martin or Lake Guntersville. A rare and beautiful sighting. Here in Alaska, Bald Eagles seem to be as common as seagulls at the beach! There are certainly abundant. They are in town landing on posts, crab cages, back porches, it was something to see.
Hitch-hiking is not something we would normally do. However, we were walking down the main road and a man pulled over in a "hotel" van and asked if we needed help. We asked how to get to the other small town, Unalaska, and he said it was too far to walk. He offered us a ride and to show us the town. There was another man with him and they were both very friendly. Our new Alaska friends, Ronald and Michael! We all hopped in. Our whole gang plus Jay! We got the "city tour" and Unalaska tour and it took about 30 minutes. They took us to the hotel where one of them worked and we went to the lunch buffet. The carblegs were a site to behold! My goodness, the show "The Deadliest Catch" is right! They film that show from this little town. We saw two of the vessels they use for taping that show when we went to the top of the mountain.
Besides being famous for this show, this town is famous for being bombed by the Japanese during WWII. The photos you will see of us on top of the mountain is the area that was hit the hardest. The bunkers and the homes that werre destroyed were left in a state of disrepair, as if it is a memorial.
Many thanks to Ronald and Michael for the tour!
As a general rule, don't accept rides from strangers. Somehow, hitch-hiking still exists and is very common here, but no other place else we've been.
The photo of the purple house with the dolls, flowers and fish was something else. That gal runs a taxi service there. There is a beautiful Russian Orthodox Cathedral and it seems there was a big bingo game starting at 3:00p.m. that would be standing room only! We didn't have time to go play. Maybe next time.
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