SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUG 3 & 4

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 & 4:

     Rain, cool, overcast.  Started raining sometime Friday night and continued all Sat. morning.  Stopped for a while Saturday afternoon, and Bill grabbed the window to try his luck at salmon fishing in the spot where he was yesterday.  I stayed home.  He came back beaming – caught 2 good-sized pinks (about 15 lbs each). 

He fileted them and froze them.  More rain that night.  L can’t believe that Southeast gets any more rain than this area does!  These folks sure pay a price for their glorious perfect days, when they have them!

     Not so rainy on Sunday, but overcast, cloudy, & foggy nearly all day.  And cool – in low 50’s.  Even the locals had jackets on at church!  We ended up going to a Baptist church. There was a sign in the RV shower room for a non-denominational one that sounded nice.  Wrote down the directions, but couldn’t find anything close by but this Baptist church, and the service was at 11:00 (same as the other one stated), so went there.  Was OK – typical Baptist preaching style.  Again, not too friendly, which has been our experience the last few times we’ve visited a church.  Disappointing.

     Afterwards, we went to a little restaurant on the harbor to have some lunch.  A major disappointment!  High prices ($20 for 2 small fish tacos).  And the fish tacos were the worst I’ve ever had – totally tasteless.  Bill’s Fish ‘n’ Chips were ok.  The clam chowder, which is all we should have ordered, was fine.

     Took it easy for the rest of the afternoon, then ventured back to the fishing place about 4:30.  Bill had purchased a 3-day Alaskan fishing license, so wanted to use it again, even though he knew he’d throw them back, as we had no more freezer space.  He caught about 8.  Since they’re so easy to catch – literally effortless, I asked him how that could be very sporting or fun, and he said that the challenge came in reeling the guys in – they’re all strong fighters, and it’s like a wrestling match.  He thoroughly enjoyed himself while I took a read a book on a nearby bench, bundled up against the cold!

 

 

Then we walked around the hatchery area again

 

                                                        Swim, little (and big) salmon!  You can make it!
                                                     

.      If it looks like it’s not going to rain tomorrow, we’re going to try kayaking at the location we saw the other day.  We don’t expect a beautiful day, but as long as it’s not raining, we’ll bundle up and try it.  There may not be many more opportunities similar to this, to kayak among the icebergs up close to a tidewater glacier. 

     The RV Park here is almost deserted.  Don’t know if it’s strictly an overnight stop for most folks, or if people gave up because of the weather and left.  Has a real North Woods feel to it, with the fir trees shrouded in clouds and fog, and very little human activity around.