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

Clam Gulch

Clam Gulch is just north of Ninilchik about 20 miles. Lots of people camp here and go clamming. Here is what it looks like at low tide.

Sandy

Terry's big fish

Saturday they fished from 6 am until 4 pm. I had to take them more bait around noon and at that time they only had one fish.
The two big fish are Terry's. 42 and 44 lbs.

Gary and Terry got about 27 lbs. dressed out fillets and pieces each from their two fish. Terry dressed the biggest and smallest and Gary dressed the next biggest and next smallest. Each day they share their catch so everyone gets about the same amount to freeze. We've already send 50 lbs. back home so now have 1/2 a freezer full so will be shipping again this week.

They are fishing again today and will go out on a charter tomorrow. Since Bob's boat is small they only go out about 3 to 5 miles offshore. The charters go about 30 miles or so and fish in about 200 ft of water. Hope they get some good size ones. Gary had a 125 lb. fish last year when he went on a charter!

Hope everyone had a good 4th!

Sandy

Boat launching, halibut catch and cleaning

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Since Bob wouldn't pick Terry up this morning, I had to get up and take him to meet them so I got pictures of them launching the boat. (6 am - I'm sleepy).

It is quite a process and easy this morning since the waves weren't crashing on shore. Also are pictures of the public boat launch where the big charters are launching via tractor.

One of the catches of the three amigos from several days ago and the cleaning process. The big fish weighed 42 lbs.

Yesterday the charter had a 57 and 52 lb fish! Wow. That would be a lot to pull up from the bottom.
(7/5/10)
I have added more pictures to this file and they are the process of taking out the boat and then the catch on Saturday. Terry had to two big fish - 42 and 44 lbs. When they come in and clean they all share the fish no matter who catches. Terry cleaned the large one and the smallest. Gary cleaned the next largest and next smallest. Bob cleaned the two medium. They all wound up with about 27 lbs. of dressed fillets and pieces. We shipped 50 lbs. home on Friday so now have 27 lbs. in the freezer. They are fishing again today (7/5) and going on a charter tomorrow. We will ship again probably after the charter. I'll post those pictures later this week.

Sandy

Eagles on the beach in Ninilchik

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.

After the charters clean their halibut catch for the day, they dump the carcasses in the ocean. At low tide the eagles and gulls come in for their meal. There were hundreds of eagles here along the shore and cliffs above the shore.

The birds with brown specks are the juvenile eagles.

Enjoy.

Sandy

Anchorage, Palmer and Whittier

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Seward and Soldotna Alaska

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We were in Seward at the Waterfront park operated by the City of Seward. We were front row on Resurrection Bay. Great views and lots of otters. Hope you enjoy. Terry, Gary and Bob salmon fished and we canned 7 jars for ourselves. Gary canned 14 jars and Bob 7 jars. Gary caught more fish!! We had good weather while here. One day we hiked up to Exit Glacier (Gary, Sandra, Terry and I). Another great day.

Enjoy.

Sandy

Discovery Boat Tour

Old Chena Indian Village. Coat a lady would wear.
Terry beating a bear hide!!
Houses along the Chena River. Pretty nice houses here!

Sandy at the Pump House restaurant enjoying the scenery along the Chena River in Fairbanks.

Fishing in Chena River

Different Bears

Mama Bear and 2 cubs on road

Road to Wonder Lake

No guardrails.
It wasn't much fun when we met another bus going the opposite direction. One bus stops and the other slides past!!

Wonder Lake

Swan

More quilt detail

Quilt images

Seasons of Denali description by quilter.
this could be a wolverine.
Wolves
River

Quilt hanging at Eielson Visitor Center

I had the wrong lens on the camera to get the entire quilt in the frame. This is the left side.
this is the top
this is the bottom center.
this is the right side.