Tag: fishing

• Alaska Travel

  

  As we are packing to return to Alaska, I am also planning our 2025 budget.  It is much easier to anticipate what we might spend now that we are on our fourth season!  Last year, I tracked the cost of all our mini-vacations, from 3 to 10 days. It cost us $2630 to drive our…

  Melissa Rudacille

  March 29, 2025

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, travel, Travel to and from Alaska

  alaska, Alaska Wildlife, Arctic, aurora borealis, Copper River Highway, Cordova, cost per day, Dalton Highway, Denali Highway, Denali National Park, fishing, Grizzly Bear, Hatcher Pass, Russian River, Tangle Lakes, travel

• Whittier, Alaska

  

  We stayed in Whittier September 10 and 11, 2024.  While the tiny city gets mixed reviews, we thoroughly enjoyed it and would like to stay there again.  It IS different. In order to get to or from the city by road or train, you travel through a narrow,  one-way tunnel.  There is only room for…

  Melissa Rudacille

  December 15, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Fishing in Alaska

  alaska, Alaska Ferry, Alaska Marine Highway, Alaska weather, coho salmon, fishing, Whittier

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  September 20, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, Garden/Plants

  Alaska Ferry, Alaska Marine Highway, Alaska weather, Alaska Wildlife, aurora borealis, coho salmon, Copper River Highway, Cordova, fishing, foraging, Northern lights, Whittier

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  September 6, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska

  Alaska weather, Alaska Wildlife, Bird Watching, coho salmon, Denali National Park, fishing, Grizzly Bear, Sandhill Cranes

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  August 30, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, Wildlife

  Alaska Sealife Center, Alaska Wildlife, bore tide, fishing, running water, Trumpeter Swans

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  August 15, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska

  Alaska weather, Alaska Wildlife, Bird Watching, coho salmon, Denali National Park, fishing, Sandhill Cranes

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 30, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Camping in Alaska, dry cabin, Fishing in Alaska, Life in Alaska

  coho salmon, fishing, running water

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 27, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska

  Alaska Wildlife, bore tide, coho salmon, fishing, Grizzly Bear, Russian River

• 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…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 17, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, Wildlife

  Alaska weather, Alaska Wildlife, Bird Watching, Caribou, fishing, Grizzly Bear, Kenai River, Russian River

• Hatcher Pass and Eklutna Tailrace

  

  Our 6-day weekend was shortened to 4 days before we left, and then to 3 1/2 on our way back (doggone wildfires).  We had fun exploring and fishing in the Palmer area.  Our first night, we stayed at Matanuska Lake Campground.   Since the Palmer Musk Ox farm had 4 babies, we decided to take a…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 1, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, Wildlife

  Alaska Wildlife, animal tours, Bird Watching, Dalton Highway, Eagle Summit Wayside, fishing, Hatcher Pass, Maclaren Summit, Musk Ox, Palmer