Summer Adventures

There are so many things to do around here in the summer, but only so much time, as many things require a significant drive. It's also hard to get too far from work. I'm a closet workaholic.

I checked one thing off the "to do" list last weekend. I went down to the town of Chitina on the famous Copper River to dip net for salmon. I went with 2 other guys and we intended to jump on a river charter and get dropped off in a good location. Unfortunately, we arrived on Sunday and the charter did not run that day. Also, to get to the good fishing spots, you really needed an ATV, which we didn't have. WE had to just do our best fishing from the parking lot and reaching in as far as we could. If you haven't dipnetted before, it's a helluva lot of work. We fished for a few hours and caught a few salmon between us and then we decided to fire up the generator and drink margaritas instead. Yes, we know how to rough it. We went there in a panel van with a a love seat and a double bed. It was a full blown apartment on wheels. That is the only way to go. The wind howls and the glacial silt gets everywhere, so tenting there is a brutal situation. When I get the pictures emailed to me, I'll show you the proof that I caught my first salmon.

Next on the list is sheep hunting in the Brooks range. I'm going to do that in the middle of August and temps can reach down to 0 F at night. We will be tenting! Haha. Too bad that panel van couldn't get up there. We'll be up in the mountains with the grizzlies for 3-5 days. If we survive that, we'll chase down the moose and caribou later in the fall.

Salmon and Copper River pictures to come. I'm still wiping the silt out of the blender!