Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Well, its evening in Kenai Ak.. I'll start by telling you a little about yesterday. After a nice homemade breakfast of egg Mc Muffins(better than Mickey Ds) we went to the visitors center and watched 3 great movies about bears, Kachemac Bay, and an Alaskan research boat. Then Jerry and I headed for a 1/2 day charter fishing trip for Halibut. We had a great time and each caught our limit of 2 halibut. These were small by Ak standards, abut 20-25 lbs. each, but they were just fine for us and we have fish in the freezer to bring home. There were 16 people on the boat and all of us got our limit.......we had a great time and didn't get seasick. We went out to dinner overlooking the water and had........FISH ! Today we left Homer and drove to Kenai and really got lucky with a camp site We are in the end spot overlooking the confluence of the Cook Inlet and the Kenai River. It is the beginning of the salmon run and the gray sand beach is crowded with Ak. citizens netting fish The fish are going up the river and will not eat, the only way to catch them is in a net which only people from Ak. are allowed to do. There are hundreds of people fishing and tent camping on the beach. It rained gently almost all day but this does not slow down the fishing. On our way here today we saw an adult moose on the side of the road. Tomorrow morning we go to Palmer about 36 miles the other side of Anchorage. We will check out fishing opprotunities one more time. Thursday evening we will drop off Carol and Jerry at the airport, stay the night in Palmer, before starting the long trek home.

2 comments:

  1. I love Halibut. I'll start looking for recipes, if you want! Glad to hear you're having fun.

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  2. I miss you guys! I am glad you are having fun!! Darren said to be careful of bears around the river. They probably want to fish for salmon too!
    We love you! Everything is good at home!

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