Now the fishing starts

Dropped the Portland family off at the airport today; had a great visit and grand baby fix.  Staying at the Teague's tonight then back home tomorrow.

Roasting smores over an open Weber.

Kenai Wildlife Refuge

The caribou were a bit on the small side

Baby bison were a hit

A tourist insisted that this was a caribou

Stopped off at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on the way up.  Was better than I expected; there were lots of critters to see.

Now I've got this week to get a bunch of Sockeye in the smoker so the DeJean boys can have plenty frozen up for the trip home.  It is as good an excuse to get fishing as I can come up with right now.

Note to Troy, the seagulls have been asking when you'll be getting here.  Better bring a rain suit.

To everyone else, be kind to your web footed friends.


Enjoy Summer!

Homer on the 4th

Had a great day on the 4th; hope all your’s went as well.

We picked up Ryan, Judy and Nina in Anchorage on the 3rd and had a beautiful drive back that evening.  For the 4th we slept in (sort of, Nina was up and at em by 5:30), then drove down to Bill & Shellie’s after lunch.

Bill has the music room coming along fine with the addition of a drum set. An impromptu with Bill on acoustics, Jake on drums, Annie on Bass, Ryan on lead and Grandpa as engineer/critic was awesome. 

We moved out to Worsfold Field for some frisbee, football and trampoline work.  We managed to not hurt anyone and the only one who scored on Ryan the Annihilator was grandpa.

Only in Alaska, ok maybe California

"NO ONE SHALL PASS"

Perfect day; bug count was even low.  Hope all the peasants had as much fun.

Back at Soldotna Creek Park this morning.

Get outside, quick, it's sunny!