Back From Fishing

I have returned from two soggy but relaxing weeks of fishing for Red Salmon. I timed the run of Reds just right this year. I went Dipnetting with Bob for 2 days and got 18. The rest of the time I fished with my fly rod and managed to get my limit of 3 fish a day most of the time, with a couple of 1 fish and 2 fish days scattered in there. I'm going to smoke a lot of the fish this year starting this next weekend.

Gonna go fishin'

Kenai River Reds

As the month of July gets closer my thoughts turn to fishing for Reds. During lunch today I was looking through photos that my co-workers had taken over the years. I found this one of Kate and I on a group Silver salmon fishing trip to Clear Creek about 4 years ago. No, that's not a Silver by her feet, it's a Chum. We were a little late that year and the creek was filled with Humpies and Chum. Kate and I limited out on Silvers in spite of spending all day catching and releasing the "lesser" salmon species.

The Great Bathroom Remodel

It's 99% done. Just a few trim pieces to fit and refit and a little touch up painting
More pictures

My Granddaughter's High School Graduation

New "Old" Camper

I sold our motorhome to Kate's brother and bought an old camper.

Old Dogs

Satellite Moose

Blue Moon

There was supposed to be a partial lunar eclipse of this morning's Blue Moon. I was watching to see if the eclipse happened before the moon slipped behind the Talkeetna Mountains.
Nope.
This shot was just before 10 am. About 30 minutes before sunrise.

Merry Christmas

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my baby sister Patti, seven years my junior. That makes her....

Annual Winter Weather Reports

I just can't help myself...









It was -16 at my house this morning,
-20 at my brother's house next to the
Little Susitna River.

Starlings

Memories of the 101st Airborne

In 1973 I was a Medic in the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky. Out by the airfield on the post were fields that looked just like the ones in this video. The fields were populated with flocks of Starlings that as I recall numbered in the millions. At the time there was an on going war to eradicate them because obviously they were a hazard to aircraft operations. I ran across this video that brought back the memories. This flock is estimated to be 300,000. The flocks that I remember were twice or three times the size. If you were standing on the edge of the field when the took off the blocked out the sun.

Click on the picture to see the video.