Here is a picture of the commercial salmon fishing fleet, waiting for the go ahead from Fish and Game to start fishing. We have a childhood friend, David Wichers, who lives in Whidbey Island, WA and fishes commercially in AK every year. He is based out of Kenai. We called him to see if it might be possible to get together, but he's just too busy I guess. And his mom, Dee, didn't end up coming to AK this summer after all. So, no mini reunion. Maybe next time. Check out the firewood the kids found! Way to go! Bryan did his best to burn it all before we left, and made significant progress for sure. The wind off the beach kept blowing the smoke around,
just every way, so after a while, a person might have wished for no fire at all. One AK mom came in her big truck with camping supplies, clamming tools, and a 4 wheeler in the back, with her 2 little boys (maybe 3 and 5 years old). She is from Healy (up by Denali) and told us that her husband couldn't get away from work, but that she didn't want to miss it - they had last year. She squeezed in the non-spot on the other side of Bryan and Deet's camper and when we left the next morning, she repositioned her truck in their spot. She unloaded the four wheeler adroitly, with minimum help from us. I was impressed with her can-do spirit, AK style for sure!
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