Caribou Cow and Calf

They hung around on the sandbar in front of our camp for about an hour, watching us watch them.

Hunting 2010

I just returned from a week or so moose, caribou, and grizzly bear hunting in the wilds of Alaska. My hunting party bagged a moose, a caribou  and a grizzly bear. We are pretty sure that the bear we shot is the bear that did this to our cook tent. There was very little food stored in the tent but, to the bear, the canvas probably smelled good from the 20 years of cooking grease. We'll need a new tent, cook stove, table and lantern next year.

Chickens, Dogs and Ducks

The sun came out after 32 days of rain. I took time away from building the Arc to sit on the porch. The dogs and my daughters chickens and ducks found me.

Chicken, Ducks and Dogs

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