Ending our Alaska Journey



End of our Alaska Journey..........heading towards Seattle on Saturday Sept 1st


Well we'd like to say we're bringing home a freezer full of salmon, BUT.... We'd be telling a lie..Just didn't work out the way we thought it would..We're not even bringing home the freezer!!! .Gene says he thinks the problem is, this year we bought a freezer BEFORE we came up, and in 2006 we bought a freezer AFTER we caught lots fish (bought it in the Kenai with Connie and Fred)...  The silvers are still on their way...starting to come in, getting closer anyway......but must have been the 'scouts' s arriving first...there were a few silvers caught on Tuesday, including the one I caught, and we were so hopeful.......  So went over everyday to our fishing spot an hour or so before high tide (since the fishing is best right around high tide.) I caught my Silver at exactly (HIGH tide)...   Gene has fished a lot more than I, and he came up with Zero! Even today FRIDAY, we made one more trip over to Allison Point..  The roadway was lined with cars, nearly bumper to bumper, fisherman lined the banks, and with binoculars we looked all around... NO ONE is catching anything.  The fish didn't do what everyone is used to them doing....  It may even be the end of September when they do come in, but we can't wait any longer.  Its time to move on.....
Here's a few pictures to share before we go. 


I did catch one, not a very big one, but at least I got one.....

...................... Gene got the honor of cleaning MY fish.....


Gene tried and tried.......


We spent some time down by the hatchery looking at the different kinds of Seagulls that were around...this next picture of one kind we've never seen before, after looking it up in my Wildlife book...its a a "Bonapart's gull".  Its a beautiful bird, a little smaller than most sea gulls...



.....One more Eagle picture.......




...and one more bear picture...





Strange looking mushrooms growing near our trailer... 

and ferns as well....Very pretty area we camped in for the last 6 weeks!



Our last attempt at fishing....on Friday with a whole bunch of others...

and .....some more.... 
Bye Bye Valdez 
We won't miss the horrible fishing.
 But we can't stay any longer, we have reservations at Lake Pleasant RV Park in Bothel Washington for Thursday Sept 6th for 7 days where we'll stay about a week, just enough for me to get in my 24 hrs the next week, then we'll head home. Should be home by Saturday the 15th of September (hopefully Friday), but that may be a stretch to do, if we were in the car we could, but truck and trailer somewhat slower...   

Now its time to put things away, go empty our tanks, and get ready to pull out tomorrow...Dinner out tonight..
Long road ahead.

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