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. [...]