July 9th, 2009 by Lisa | 3 Comments »

Dog Sledding in the Summer?

July 9
The Iditarod is the world famous 1000 mile dog sled trek through treacherous
ice and snow starting in Anchorage, Alaska, and runs north to Nome, Alaska.
In 2004, a man named Mitch Seavey was the world champion racer. He and his dog team of 16 Alaskan Huskies drove over the finish line after 9 days [...]

July 7th, 2009 by Lisa | 3 Comments »

Clam Digging for Beginners!

July 7
What an experience we had, and an unexpected ending!
First of all, like everything else we’ve set out to do… we had no idea what we were doing. All we knew is that we needed clam shovels, buckets and rubber gloves. We knew what time the tide was going to be the lowest, [...]

July 5th, 2009 by Lisa | No Comments »

Cousins Forever…

July 5
After a week in Homer, we were ready to leave and go to our next destination. We spend all morning preparing the RV for departure, a chore in itself, but even a bigger chore when you haven’t moved in a week. We ran into some problems with our septic tank overflowing into the [...]

July 1st, 2009 by Lisa | 2 Comments »

Jay’s Halibut Trip

July 1
Jay goes on his first halibut trip on our Uncle Greg’s boat:

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 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. [...]