Tag: Russian River

• Alaska with Friends

  

  Friends came to Alaska for 7 full days, and we traveled together 6 of those days.  They had a good “highlights” adventure, with 3 days at Denali National Park, one night boondocking along the Parks Highway,  one night at Russian River, one night in Seward, and one night at Portage Glacier. Their wishlist was wildlife viewing (including…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 11, 2025

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

  Alaska Wildlife, Caribou, Denali, Denali National Park, fishing, glacier, Grizzly Bear, moose photos, Porpoises, Ptarmigan, Russian River, Teklanika Campground, Whittier

• Russian River and Eklutna Tailrace

  

  We have 10 jars of sockeye salmon in the pressure canner.  While the ten pound weight dances, I am writing this post. The above photo shows our campsite this morning.   In the foreground you can see the canner with the windscreen.  To the left is a can of bear spray in case I need to…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 2, 2025

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

  alaska, Alaska Wildlife, fishing, Kenai River, Russian River

• 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

• 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

• Sockeye and Bears

  

  We wore ourselves out fishing for hours on the Kenai River (at the fishermen’s ferry). Thousands of casts resulted in no fish. Most people weren’t having much luck, though a few savvy people had nice stringers. Three great things about the Kenai – the color of the water, friendly summer resident David who gave us…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 3, 2023

  Alaska Activities, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska

  Alaska Wildlife, fishing, Grizzly Bear, Kenai River, Russian River

• Russian River and Cooper Creek

  

  It has been rainy and C got an extra day off so going further afield to fish for sockeye this weekend.  Very few mosquitoes or potholes so far!  We drove an extra  100 miles to the Kenai Peninsula.  With the good roads it wasn’t that much extra driving time compared to last week. During the…

  Melissa Rudacille

  June 30, 2023

  Alaska Activities, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, Life in Alaska

  Cooper Creek Campground, fishing, Russian River