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herzog63 Says: This is called Castle Bluff. It overlooks the Castle Rocks. There are some bunkers that are "hidden". If you enlarge the photos you can spot them. You don't want to be a sleep walker if you set you tent up near on the bluff...that first step off the edge would be a doozy!!
herzog63 Says: This is a shot of one of the two 6-inch M1903A2 guns on Deer Point. They had a maximun range of 27,100 yards!! The were supplied with 1300 type AP projectiles and 700 type HE 90 pound projectiles!! It sure must've been loud when they were firing them. I don't think they were...
herzog63 Says: This is the metal tower that housed the SCR-296A (700 MHz) radar that was used during World War II. The Radar equipment is long gone except for the antenna. The tower is very shaky when you get on the top as told to me by people that have climbed up it. I didn't try climbing...
herzog63 Says: This is my friends Chariot. It is quite a seaworthy skiff. But even saying that...there are limits to what he will go into at this time of year....Winter can be a killer if you fall into the water.
herzog63 Says: To get to Long Island you would have to either make a friend in Kodiak or charter one of the local boats. I'm not sure of the cost of a charter. It is about a 30 minute ride from the boat harbor in the city of Kodiak. If you are going to ride in an open skiff be sure to...
Small stand of trees on the bluff
herzog63 Says: Here you can see our shadows along the line and the stand of trees that seem so lonely as there aren't any other trees on the bluff except this hearty group. They take a major beating from the winter storms!Near these trees there were 4 or 5 Bald Eagles that were soaring and...
herzog63 Says: Castle rocks are a beautiful setting! I'd love to bring my tent out to Long Island sometime and camp on the Bluff overlooking them. For sure I'd be up early to catch the sunrise!!
herzog63 Says: This is another photo that I took at a different bunker and I had a strange "light" show up on the photo too. There wasn't any other light source inside so I'm still trying to figure out what it was........I'm gonna bring Shaggy and Scooby Doo if I return!!
Remnants of the Latrine.......
herzog63 Says: I'm not sure if this the communial urinal or the sink......It has seen better days..one of the walls is missing and the roof is falling down and the floor is rotting.
herzog63 Says: This photo came out quite weird...I took it while standing in a bunker that was pitch black!! We couldn't see a thing..we made our way along by just feeling the walls and hoping that there weren't any holes in the floor. I took this photo just to use the flash so I could see...
herzog63 Says: As we finished up our day of hiking the sun was going down which cast some golden rays that came through the spruce trees onto the dead beach grass. We knew it was time to start heading home!!
herzog63 Says: If you find bunkers with gates over them then could hold some hidden dangers....That is why there are wooden gates in front of some of them...So beware!! Not that the wooden gate is going to hold anyone out...
herzog63 Says: There are hand painted numbers on many of the buildings in the area. They are coded so they can be demolished by the Army Corp of Engineers ( I think ). I hope they leave some of the buildings as they are certainly part of American History.
herzog63 Says: I would love to return to explore Vera Bay a little bit more. I love the rock formations that have broken away from the island and have fallen off into the sea. Maybe a summer visit would be nice too. Then I could swim in the cool (cold) waters of the North Pacific.
We watched a deer climb this......
herzog63 Says: It was one of the most amazing climbs that I've ever seen a Sitka Black-tailed deer do. If you enlarge the photo you can see just how steep this cliff is. We watched a deer climb this right in front of our eyes! It's so awesome to watch wildlife in their own habitat. As he...
I don't know what this was used for..........
herzog63 Says: I don't know what this half-cyndrical wooden floored thing would have been used for...we couldn't see to the end of it and it wasn't very high...I couldn't stand upright in it. It was covered in earth and sort of built into a hillside. Maybe a secret tunnel entrance??
Standing Sentry at the Ammo Bunker
herzog63 Says: Here is my friends dog Sienna standing sentry at the entrance to the ammunitions bunker. We went inside...but there isn't much left here...Just memories. At one time there would have been stockpiles of 6-inch rounds for the M1903A2 gun!!
Electrical boxes in the bunkers
herzog63 Says: There are still electrical boxes and other bits of conduit nailed to the concrete walls in the bunkers.The are all rusty now indicating moisture and time are taking its toll on them. I sure wish there were some lights in there now....Actually I wish that I would have...
herzog63 Says: Here is a shot of the end of the day with the sun going down through the trees. The Island is all forested with Spruce trees except a couple of the bluffs that don't have any trees at all. If you enlarge the photo you can see Mother Natures lush carpet of green moss. There...
herzog63 Says: Here you can see that there has been some major erosion....The land on the left and the land on the right were connected by road at one time!! Now you can only see the two roads on each side and no road in the middle!! This is what 60 years of exposure to the Gulf of Alaska...
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My friend Evan and I had been discussing and sort of planning a visit to Spruce Island which is home to several Monks and some great hiking. Our schedules looked like we could both be available to do...
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