Meziadin Bears

Got these pictures up the road 1 mile at Hanna Creek and Tintina Creek. Sockeye salmon ready to spawn and the bear trying to catch one!

Too close for me. I'm in the car at the time he crossed the road.

Sandy

Meziadin Bears

Went up the road 1 mile to Hanna Creek and Tintina Creek and got these pictures of sockeye salmon (turned red) and the bear trying to catch one!

Enjoy.



Sandy

Mezyadin and Bear

Left Valdez last Wednesday and got here yesterday. Terry got in his little kick boat and went fishing. Not long after, the bear appeared along the shore. Very exciting.

Beautiful place. We leave here tomorrow heading for Prince George and then to Jasper and Banff in Alberta. Should be home in early to mid Sept.

Sandy

Palmer to Valdez

We are now heading home. Here is more of the trip down to Valdez. Will post more when I can. Enjoy.

Sandy

Homer and Anchor Point

Camping in Ninilchik with Mt. Iliamna in the background.



Homer pictures somehow have disappeared so I had to drive down to Homer today to get what pictures I could. It was hazy today so didn't get very good shots of the mountains. Mt. Redoubt, Mt. Iliamna are hazy and are about 50 miles away across Cook Inlet.

It was very windy today so there were lots of boats coming in at the same time in Deep Creek. They had three tractors running trying to keep up. Some had a rough time getting on the trailers straight.

Kenai Reds

This week the guys have been fishing in Soldotna on the Kenai River for Sockeye or Red salmon. Below is a slideshow of some of the fish they have caught and the packaging process. The jars have been canned (takes about 4 hours total) and the fillets are frozen. The skinned fish that Gary is cleaning is used in canning. The fillets have most of the bones removed and the skin is left on.

We have sent home 150 lbs. of fish!! Will fill up the small freezer again with silvers from Valdez and some of the Kenai reds the remainder of this week. We'll have lots of fish to share.



You can see a slide show with nothing but pictures by double clicking this picture. On the screen that appears click on "view all" and on the next screen you can click "slideshow." You'll then see a message that says to click "f11" to see pictures at full screen. F11 is in the row of keys at the very top of the keyboard. This applies to all the slide shows on this blog.

Johnson Lake Fishing

Johnson Lake is about 25 miles north of Ninilchik. Very nice Alaska Recreation Site with camping and day use. Great sunny day. People were actually swimming!

Terry went fising and caught rainbow trout. Fortunately he came back after 2 1/2 hrs. We were getting the stuff gathered to put in the car! No keys. I had locked both sets inside! Senior moment.

The closest town is 15 miles north of there. They don't have locksmiths. The cab companies have the tools to open your car!! $55 later, and 1/2 an hr. we were on our way back to our motorhome!

I still blame it on Terry since he was crazy enough to give me his set of keys!! What do you think, can I get away with that?

Sandy