Visiting Kodiak for the second time, and Adrienne’s first, I really wanted some sunshine. Alas, that was not to be. It poured. And poured some more. There were a few minutes of rain stoppage here and there , but that was it. Not even a hint of sun nor blue sky. Poop. When I was here a couple of years ago, it was pretty much the same, although there was a short period of sunshine. When the rain clears and the fog/mist lifts it’s quite a beautiful place. I wanted Adrienne to see some of this sunny beauty.
We had no specific plans for the day other than to take a nice leisurely walk along the marina into town and then do a little window shopping, perhaps stop in the bookstore and maybe have lunch. The rain pretty much nixed that plan. Rain is one thing. Pouring rain with lots of wind is quite another. We finally opted to brave the elements and take the shuttle into town. We knew there was a bookstore nearby and figured we could at least get ourselves there without too much trouble.
Well, the bookstore turned out to be a big bust. It was a tiny coffeehouse with a smattering of religious books for sale. Sigh. So we left and figured we’d walk back towards the shuttle drop off and go back to the ship. On the way, we cut through a small strip mall kind of place and happened upon a very cool yarn shop. That was open! Well. Things were looking up. We stashed our umbrellas by the door and spent a good half hour inside. The shop had some wonderful yarns! It also had these paper bags of three different but complementary skeins of yarn that you could buy at a good deal. Probably enough yarn for a shawl. We each bought a bag. It was great fun figuring out which color scheme we identified with.
Purchases complete, we geared up again and made our way towards the shuttle bus. There were a couple of souvenir shops open and that was where most of our compatriots were gathered. Too bad other shops weren’t open in that strip mall because those two stores were pulling in some serious cash. Nothing like some rain and boredom for people to open their wallets. Of course, that included us, so I can’t be too judgy can I?
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