Travel Blog

Sue:

Summer has hit the Skag. I've been sweaty and cranky this past week. I didn't come to Alaska for highs in upper 70s. The newbies are getting spoiled. I hope they don't fall into a deep depression when the rains come. But anyway, Phil and I enjoyed the balminess today, and I snapped this picture of Phil by the seashore (he was not collecting shells, if you were wondering):

In other news, I had this whole blog written last night about all I've been learning about hummingbirds. It was very compelling and riveting, but it didn't save because I took too long writing it, and all was lost. And I got peeved and turned off the computer for the night. I'm never going to be able to recreate that magical post, but I do have some pictures of hummingbirds who visited us today. This hummingbird feeder is actually my neighbors. I have two of them near my RV, but the hummingbird took one sniff of my home-made sugar water and flew over to Nick's. I was feeling very dejected that my concoction was dismissed, until I noticed my feeder doesn't have the yellow flower centers that Nick's has. Maybe the hummies need that little yellow center. And that would explain why my sugar water was spilling out all over the place this morning while I was hanging the feeder up. Live and learn. Hopefully once I fix my feeder, my RV will be the hummingbird haven of Skagway.