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Destruction Bay to Watson Lake, YT
At the end of Day Two, we have driven almost 1000 miles with 3400 to go. This morning, I went for a short walk from our motel to the shores of Kluane Lake. On the other side of the windswept lake, I could see glistening gold patches of trees, plus peaks with new snow. It…
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Healy, AK to Destruction Bay, YT
Day One of our 4400 mile trip to VA. We started the day seeing a wolf and ended the drive seeing a grizzly bear. In between, there were many pretty snow-capped mountains with fresh snow. It was snowing as we packed yesterday, then turned to rain, then dropped to 21 degrees overnight. Two of the…
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Whittier and Cordova, a few highlights
This ten day trip deserves several posts. We loved both Alaskan towns and definitely want to go back. However, packing isn’t leaving me much time to write. With snow arriving in Healy, we want to head south soon! On day three, we left Whittier on the M/V Aurora (Alaska Ferry), for a 12 hour boat…
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Labor Day Weekend, Coho IV, 2024
Fall is here with fresh snow on the mountains and fall color everywhere. We spent 4 nights fishing for chum and camping at Sheep Creek Slough. Four co-workers joined us, and all caught at least one fish. We got on the road early on Saturday to pick up a friend at the airport. Thanks to…
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Bore Tide, Puffins, and Coho III
Seven nights: Seward, Swanson River, and Sheep Creek Slough Our second attempt to see the Turnagain Arm bore tide was spectacularly successful. The August 21 wave was much bigger than July 25 (https://roaming-nature.com/2024/07/27/bore-tide-and-bears-sockeye-ii-2024/) This time we could see the wave even before Beluga Point! As we were pulling the trailer we didn’t have the flexibility…
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8 Days Coho Count and Talkeetna
We spent 6 days camping, canoeing, and fishing in the rain. We saw 6 moose, a river otter, a beaver, and 3 Sandhill Cranes. We watched a Merganser mother with her 11 (!) ducklings scavenging and fishing around us. We also watched the Olympics on C’s phone during a break in the rain. On our last…
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Sockeye II Part 2 AND Coho Count I
During the latter half of our 6-day “Sockeye II, 2024” I finally caught my first sockeye salmon by flossing. Three of the four in the photo below are mine. It was a lot of work and in a crowd, so I am still not a fan of this type of fishing. July 29 we fished…
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Bore Tide and Bears, Sockeye II, 2024
We planned this 6-day trip around the Turnagain Arm bore tide. C was working on the best predicted days, but we still had a shot on his first full day off. (We will have a chance at a better bore tide in August, but not sure if we will try again.) We likely would have…
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Russian River and Nikiski
We had a splendid week on the Kenai Peninsula, July 10-16. After C worked 9.5 days on the Riley Fire he took 7 days off. We spent much of our time fishing for sockeye on the Russian River. We saw two black bears and one grizzly. Each bear was closer than the last, with the…
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Info on Riley Fire
This fire near the Denali National Park entrance is keeping C busy. One of the “especially effective” helicopters mentioned in the July 1 post at 4:45 is the one he manages.
Me & C
Roaming: Shenandoah River to the Alaska Range
Me & C 