June 27th

THE DETAILS:

THE WEATHER: It started off raining and 50 degrees and hasn't changed all day.

THE DISTANCE: 0


Another uneventful, rainy day. We continued to stay in Talkeetna as Gary fishes the area. Last night when Gary went fishing he was prepared for everything. He left on the motorcycle with a backpack filled with fishing tackle, etc but absolutely NO food. He even took out the Jetboil and coffee! He carried the 44 in case of any bear problems. When he got to the river he was surrounded with families gathered by the river side cooking up bratwurst, children riding bikes and shoulder-to-shoulder fishing in the river with other fishermen. The river ended up being wider than anticipated and a faster current than he had prepared for. So he stayed quite a while and didn’t get anything but he learned a lot from watching others and “reading” the river. So one of the things he learned is to pull the fish in ASAP so that the splashing doesn’t attract a bear. The sound means food to Bruno’s kind. That was good to know. The size of hooks they are using are huge. The picture will indicate their size next to a quarter.

The other picture above shows our last camp ground at 12:30 at night. It didn’t even need a flash.


Due to the rain we weren't able to get to the church tonight :( .