August 23, 2012

We met Emily Lockie after Institute Wednesday evening.  She was so excited to have us meet her family and invite us to dinner.  We met them at their home quite north of ours in a place called Tee Harbour.  She and her husband Scott have a very rustic home heated with wood stoves and a bit of supplemental electricity heating.  She is a very cute mother of Alden who is 3, and twin girls, Lucy Ann and Iva.  They were born prematurely and are now 16 months old.  Scott is a software engineer in downtown Juneau.  He wasn't able to stay long as he is also a volunteer fireman in Tee Harbour and had some training.  He ate and ran..Literally.

The foliage around the Lockie's home was so colorful and fun.  They had a current bush where Diane is standing.  The bears loved the currents and their little cocker spaniel loved to chase them off.  They cut the current bush down so they would have less encounters with the bears.  They can look out over the bay and watch the whales from their porch.  Driving north of Tee Harbour we came upon this wonderful view. We also went back to Mendenhall Glacier to see a bear.  We lucked out and saw a sow and her two cubs.  We had her right under our feet and were so busy gawking we forgot to take a picture until she was a bit further away.  She stopped once and grabbed a salmon from the creek and bit out the stomach portion of the fish.  She discarded the rest and walked on her way.   I'll get a better picture of them another evening.