Linda & Denise with Gene “Butch” Strong
May 11th, Saturday Bit slow getting moving this morning! Somewhere we wanted to go was not open yet so suggested breakfast at the Chilkat Bakery. Good choice because who walked in but Gene “Butch” Strong! Really nice visit, including memories of playing on the homestead ever so long ago.
Then back to Alaska Rod’s to pick up some prints we’d had matted, and of course made a few more purchases! Really nice folks, carry a lot of consignment artwork.
Had been leaving messages around town for folks we’d heard were there and not connecting with. Stopped in Bell’s Store and visited with Doris Lapham Bell. Decided it was too iffy to purchase seafood and try to transport home. Too expensive to have it shipped. Also, we were in town too early for the regular season on crab, halibut etc! Darn, we’ll just have to keep eating it.
Linda, Nancy, Denise, Jeff with Cecelia & Ruth in front
Stopped by to see Cecilia David, Jeff’s mom, and so glad we did. Caught up on family happenings and old times.
Quite damp at times today and very glad we got our flight to Glacier Point in earlier!
Did a more thorough ‘drive through’ at Port Chilkoot, pointing out places such as Soap Suds Alley where our folks first lived in Alaska. Also where Gellotte’s Quonset hut was
Sign plus view of old barracks at Port Chilkoot
located; it is long gone but there is another of the same structure not far away.
Dropped in at the Halsingland Hotel to take a look and make a reservation for their Sunday Mother’s Day dinner we had seen advertised. We were given a short tour, and had a nice chat with the current owner, Jeff Butcher. Many of the amenities that were in place when we knew it are long gone, including the artwork by Josephine Crumrine Liddell. However, they’ve done an excellent job on restoration, which is apparently ongoing as they work through the buildings.
Lunch was at Mountain Market, and dinner at the Lighthouse Restaurant in the Harbor Bar. Seafood at the latter, followed by a few games of pool and then back to our cabin.