June 30th, 2009 by Lisa | 1 Comment »

Jacob, and his cousin goes on a halibut trip!

June 30
Little to they know kind of day lies ahead of them… should I wake them up?

Receiving the news that they will be going on a half day halibut charter:

Getting under way:

Aren’t they handsome?

Zach’s catch:

The crews catch:

Master filleter: (Is there such as word?)

Beautiful scenery:

Arriving back to port:

Receiving their catch… alread filleted and ready to cook!

Two [...]

June 28th, 2009 by Lisa | 3 Comments »

Salmon and Bear Encounter!

June 28
Today is a day to remember forever. The kids, recently joined by their two cousins who flew in to be with us for 2 weeks, will be telling this story to their kids and grandkids for years to come….Unfortunately, due to the surprise moments, the camera was either far from our mind, out [...]

June 26th, 2009 by Lisa | 6 Comments »

Caught our First King Salmon!

June 25
While the kids slept in, Jay and I went out on our own fishing excursion…. and well, the pictures says it all!

After a thrilling 8 minute struggle and waders full of water we pulled
in a 20 pound King!

Lisa gets credit for netting the fish and coaching Jay to relax the line and stay calm:

Back [...]

June 26th, 2009 by Lisa | No Comments »

My Kids Need Encouragement!

We made it to Alaska, and to our destination city, Anchorage! ~smile~ If you have been watching our 4 month trip, then you know we started from San Diego on May 15th, and took a beautiful ride up the Alaskan Highway and visited amazing places!
It has been fun sharing pictures and videos [...]

June 22nd, 2009 by Lisa | 2 Comments »

Fishing in Anchorage

June 22
A day prior to arriving in Anchorage, my dad told us about a woman who caught a 49 pound King Salmon a couple days ago out at Ship Creek. The first thing I wanted to do was get the directions and head on out to Ship Creek to check out the action. [...]

June 18th, 2009 by Lisa | No Comments »

A Day in Valdez, Alaska

June 18
Today was a lazy, overcast and misty day. One of those days that just makes you want to snuggle deeper into your blanket and not get up. We actually spent the morning taking time to get up and get ready for the day. Jay was first up and left for [...]

June 14th, 2009 by Lisa | 1 Comment »

Bears and Pianos?

June 14
We left Whitehorse today… a beautiful sunny day…the drive was the usual… gorgeous and breathtaking…

And thrilling! Two bears crossed our path! We we very eager to stop and let them go by:

Jay and Jasmine jumps out, and crosses the street for a closer look:

They scrambled when one of the bears shows [...]

June 9th, 2009 by Lisa | No Comments »

I can’t login…

There are several reasons why you might not be able to login. I will list them below:
1. This might sound sillly, but you might not be a member. Sometimes I have student who confuse the free lessons with the membership lessons. Unless you have actually purchased a membership, you will not [...]