The weather has been much the same as the past month. Overcast, threatening rain showers and by the afternoon we see sun. It remains in the 60’s.
So we’re in a MUCH different kind of campground this time. A refreshing change from the glorified parking lot we came from with the hustle and bustle of catching and processing fish all around you. Here in Kasilof it is quiet, peaceful, family oriented type camping and the smell of pines. Yes, we are among the trees again. It is a state recreation site so we have the benefit of a lot of woods around us. There were bears spotted a few days ago, not far from here so we are back in the height of awareness again. It’s a bit of a walk to get to the Kasilof River, but a nice path that leads down to it about the same size as the Kenai. The fishing is very different than what we experienced on the Kenai. Gary & I were out for a few hours last night and I caught a 16 inch dolly varden and a 20 inch red. It could not be compared to where we had come from. It was really anticlimactic and I don’t know that we’ll find anything better than where we were. I am actually pretty well done with any kind fishing, but Gary is still looking for his big King! We’ll see how that goes.
We met an elderly man, Les, from Dunbarton, NH today. That’s the next town over from Weare. He had the old time New England accent and dry sense of humor that sounded so familiar. His son, Jim, was with him and he had moved to Berlin Germany 20 years ago. He had a slight German accent We had a lot to talk about. I bragged about my brother the “author” who married a German girl!! And he finally explained to me that the German’s and the Swiss are huge into fishing and there is a direct flight out of Frankfurt to Alaska which makes it convenient for them to get here. So that’s why we are meeting so many of them on this trip!
Today was spent resting and relaxing and taking care of all the gear. I did a load of very fishy smelling clothes and we enjoyed dinner cooked over a camp fire, pork chops not fish and a glass of wine.
Pictures:
1) flowers & woods around Kasilof Rec.Campground
2) Kasilof River
3) Kasilof River with filetted fish carcases at shore
4) The walkway down to the river... unlike the boardwalk in Saldotna!
5) The RV in our new spot
Sounds very relaxing for a change... phew, I was getting TIRED back at that last camp!!
ReplyDeletebtw, out of curiosity, have you thought about what route you'll be taking back home?
Also, I added 3 "Reactions" at the bottom of each of your posts. These were the only 3 they provided, so I couldn't put something that said "boring", or "yuck!", or "huh?".
As you know, I also limited the number of posts to 2 per page, hoping that it will load a little faster with fewer photos... (don't know what happened to the pics from 7/17, but you can load them back on for that day if you want to).
I'm glad blogspot has the authority to dictate "reactions"!
ReplyDeleteYes, I was getting exhausted at the last camp myself and ended up wrapping my right wrist in an ace bandage yesterday due to the pain.
Thanks for doing all the update work on the page. Hopefully that does make it easier and quicker on everyone's computers. Let us know!
As far as the return trip; we will be driving back up to Anchorage the same way we came down, b/c there is only one road! We'll take a side trip to Seward before returning to Anchorage, and then from there we drive east on rte. 1, take a trip south to Valdez, return to rte. 1 towards Tok and then leave Alaska via rte. 2... picking up rte. 1 in Canada, following that to the Cassier Hwy which takes us through British Columbia.
OK, that's way more detail than I was asking...
ReplyDeleteare you planning to go down the west coast and across somewhere in the US, or back across Canada?? that's really all I wanted to know...
Oh! Is that all you wanted to know! LOL! Down through Canada by way of the Cassier Hwy, pick up the west coast somewhere along that way and follow it through Washington, Oregon, and northern CA before heading back through the states towards the east coast. Does that answer the question?
ReplyDeleteGlad to see an update. Aren't you going to exhaust the where we are in Alaska alphabet before heading home? We really miss you and wish you could return to Where via NC. PLEASE!!!!!! The Elmore Inn is always open for you two!!!
ReplyDeleteZoe, now that you mention it, they are only allowed 4 more stops in Alaska, then they have to leave and start back... (the map won't go to "Z" for some reason).
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