Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 73: Yaak River Campground, Kootenai National Forest, MT Cloudy, wet. The first thing we did this morning was drive somewhere to make breakfast where there was a phone signal. Pretty soon we found a sign for Kootenai Falls. We couldn’t see the falls from the road and I started walking the trail through dark... Continue Reading →
Day 72: Roosevelt Lake Spring Canyon Campground, WA Cloudy and warm. I bathed in Roosevelt Lake! It’s about time I did something adventurous! We visited Fort Spokane, which hasn’t been a fort since 1898. It does have a dubious distinction of being used to force boarding school on very young natives, who had been pushed... Continue Reading →
Day 71: Wallace River Hatchery, Sultan, WA Raining, cool. Heading East in the Cascades, we stopped in Skykomish. A lady was walking around town blowing bubbles in the rain, and there is a tiny train you can sit on and ride around for free. We walked Leavenworth, an adorable European alpine-styled touristy town, and went... Continue Reading →
Day 70: Bellingham, WA Cloudy and cool. AdjustmentsFrom the ferry we went straight to Kelsey and Greg’s house in Seattle to take showers and get our mail. Traffic was bustling around the neighborhood. We couldn’t park Arvi in front of the house because tree branches hang too low. Someone tried to park partially in front... Continue Reading →
Day 69: AMHS Kennicott, Inside Passage Sunny and warm. The AMHS Ferry System On the ferry all day. We are allowed to go to our vehicles per the schedule, every four to six hours. We get sleeping bags in the evening and return them to Arvi in the morning. Most people go to their vehicles... Continue Reading →
Day 68: Ketchikan, AK Last day in AlaskaFoggy and cool. We drove north of Ketchikan and found a totem park, Totem Bight, and walked through it. We are definitely in totem country. We found a fishing spot so Tom could get one final shot at fishing in Alaska: Ward Lake. No luck. There was a... Continue Reading →
Leaving Ketchikan On The Ferry It’s been 7 weeks yesterday’s since we arrived in Alaska. We easily could have spent more time here. However it is getting cold, the leaves are changing, so it’s time to go. The The people we met in Alaska are for the most part easy to friend up. They have... Continue Reading →
Outside Valdez near the Allison Point Campground is excellent bank fishing. There is ample parking. The climb down the bank is a little precarious so be careful. While there In mid August Pinks were heavy near the shore. All the anglers were casting beyond the pinks seeking Silvers (Coho). They swear when accidentally hooking a... Continue Reading →
Day 67: AMHS Columbia, Inside Passage, AK Morning fog, afternoon sunshine, warm. The ferry stopped in Ketchikan and we disembarked. Ketchikan was a lively little town with two cruise ships in port. We walked around and remembered Ketchikan 15 years ago when we were here last. Pinks, or humpy, salmon were in the stream where... Continue Reading →
A bear story This morning Jen and I were taking a casual stroll to the fishing weir in Haines. Bears frequent this spot and we were on high alert looking for them. A bear crossed the road 75 yards in front of us heading towards the weir. It disappeared in the bush next to the... Continue Reading →
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