After leaving Anchorage we spent the nights of 7/12, 13 and 14 in the Seward area. We took an 8 hr cruise into the Kenai Fjord and saw tidal glaciers (those exiting into the fjord) and saw some great calving faces of the ice. We saw all kinds of sea life, whales, sea lions, sea otters, and a great varity of birds, including and eagle. I went fishing and caught the 2 fish pictured with this blog. I snagged them with a large weight with 3 hooks coming out of the side of the weight. All in all we really enjoyed Seward, great weather, good fishing and sightseeing.

On the 15th we moved on to Soldotna where the river fishing is supposed to be great on the Kenai River. We say in this area through the morning of the 20th. I fished on the Kasilof River the evening of the 15th for 2 hrs with no bites. The morning of the 16th we watched Wayne's cousin's family Dipnet at the mouth of the Kenai. They got 12 that day and another 12 the next day. They walk out into the water with a net that is about 5 ft across and wait for fish to swim in. Only Alaskan's can dipnet. I fished the Kenai the the afternoon and got no bites. On the 17th I fished for about 5 hours and had 5 on but lost them all. However, we had BBQed salmon for dinner, thanks to the dip netters. I fished the Kenai again on the 18th, but no bites. On Sunday the 19th we attended church at the Kenai Ward and drove around sightseeing in the PM.

On Monday the 20th we moved on to Homor, in the rain, it rained most of the night. At Homor we drove out on the Homor Spit, which is a 2 1/2 mile muraine, a 100 foot wide row of gravel left by a glacier. The spit is lined with shops and charter boat facilities. There are some condos at the end. It will surely be wiped out some time in the future as a result of an earth quake, like it was destroyed in the 1964 quake. Homor is over rated as a destination to visit.

This morning, Tuesday the 21st, we returned to Soldotna for more fishing, I told Wayne that we could not leave this area before I catch a fish in the Kenai. I fished this afternoon and caught a nice red salmon, about 20-22 inches long. We cleaned and make salmon steaks of it before I could take a picture. I will try one more time in the morning, if it is not raining to much, before we leave for Anchorage in the PM.

Alaska Part 3

A G-e-r-a-t trip so far. I last update the blog while in Dawson City, Yukon Terr., Canada. We toured the largest dredge in North American, which was very interesting. Not much to Dawson City, but the view from the hill top above the city was wonderful.

We left Dawson on Sunday the 5th via the Top of The World (dirt) road. It had rain enough that it was not dusty and yet was not muddy. The views were fantastics. We spent the night in Tok, Alaska at a RV park that held a sourdough pancake toss, trying to get one in 5 gal bucket, if you did you got a free breakfast. I did't, but bought the breakfast so that I could try the raindeer sausage and sourdough pancakes. The sausage was good, but the pancakes, so, so.

On the 6th we drove to Fairbanks, AK and spent two nights. Visited a great museum at the Univ of Alaska, toured an operations gold mine and panned for gold, finding 7 gm of gold flakes, valued at about $21.00. We then stocked up of food at good old Walmart.

On the 8th of July we moved on to the area of Danali National Park, staying at an RV park about 11 mile shy of it. That afternoon we toured a coal powered electric plant and arranged a tour of a coal mine for the next morning. On the 9th we took a 2 1/2 hour tour of the surface coal mine then caught the 2:15 PM 8 hour bus trip into Danali National Part. We were to go 53 mile into the part, but went 63, at the descression of the drive. Saw moose(Mother and calf), grizzle bears(2 mothers and 5 cubs, fox(5 pups playing on road), antalope, wolfs (way off), and no Mt. McKinley.

Left the morning of the 10th left for the Little Sue River to fish, but found that it was closed to fishing. So, on to Anchorage for 2 nights. Wayne's 2nd cousin moved back here while we were traveling here. Her husban just retired from the USAF and they wanted to come back to Anchorage. So, visited with them both days. They took us on a tour of Elmendorf AFB to see the new stelth F-22 fighters and to shop at the PX. We did catch one fish here, at Costco, a 17 lb Halibet, which we shared the cost of with the Sizelive's (Wayne's Cousin) and had fish fry at their house.

Today, 7/12 we attended church at the Bear Mtn Ward in Eagle River, AK and then departed for Seward, AK at about 2 PM. We got her about 5 PM arranged a glacier/salmon dinner tour at the three glacier locations on Tuesday, the 14th. So, tomorrow I will try my first effort at catching fish (Red Salmon). I guess you don't catch them, you snag them as they go up river.

Attache are a couple of pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Alaska trip Part 2

Great trip through Bennett Dam. After spending the night of the 29th of June in a Province State Park on Peace Lake, we drove to Wilson Lake and stopped for lunch. We stayed in our worst RV park todate that night. Over night we lost all power to the RV. Only conclusion was that their self generated power plant at the RV park blew the power inverter in the 5th wheel. We had to lay in the mud an hand crank the pop-out back in before leaving. It had rained for the last 18 hours.

From this part we drove to Ft Nelson & stopped for lunch. As we stopped a trooper approched my door and Wayne's door. He said we had tryed to run him off the road, not signaled, speeding, and stopped on the wrong side of the road. NO TICKET GIVEN. On to or best RV part to date at the Continental Divide RV park. No RV shops were in Ft. Nelson, so I decided to try and find the problem and found that the inverter had come unplugged from its power source and the electrical problem was solved, we didn't have to hand crank any more.

On to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory on th 1st of July where we stayed 2 nights in order to see that area. On the 3rd we sayed on an RV part at Stewart Crossing, YT where the mosquitoes about eat us alive.

Today, 7/4 we arrive here in Dawson City, home of the Klondyke Gold Rush. We visited sights here this afternoon, with intentions of going to Church here tomorrow before leaving. However, there isn't a branch here according to locals and the Church web site. Tomorrow AM we will cross the Yukon River via a free ferry and take the Top of The World dirt road to Chicken, Alaska where we can start using US money again. We will stay in Tok, AK tomorrow night.

When I tried to attach pictures it failed, so I will send some when I have a stronger internet connection. Love to all