Summer 2000 Dear Dani, Greetings from Ellemar, Alaska! I've been in Ellemar for about two hours, and it's beautiful. There is wildlife everywhere. On the way over in the plane I saw a brown bear running below us, and two bald eagles fighting for a salmon. The water is calm now although the tide never stops. It brings new treasures for us to find with it every time. Katrina and I already found lots of old pottery. On our walk we saw spawning salmon trying to swim their way up stream. A black bear was waiting to catch them a little farther up stream. I wish you were here. Love, Deirdre Bonfield