SNOW YES!!!

First dusting of snow in the valley this morning.  Not quite an inch at my house. 

Photo by Erin Kirkland

Here's an Alaska kid realizing he won his AK FAM SNOW BET.  First time he didn't pick his birthday.

FIshTaxi on Terra Da Gente!

Halibut Chowder and more...

Time has been going by fast getting ready for winter.  No snow in the valley yet but today it was raining & blowing hard.  When it partly cleared this rainbow showed up on Wasilla Lake.

Made Halibut Chowder which is basically Potato Soup with fresh (frozen) halibut chunks added right before the cream and roux.  Next I am going to make Spicy Salmon Chowder which is like a Manhatten style with Jamaican Jerk spices.  Sounded good to me and its the time of year for soups, chowders & fresh bread.  The picture is of the Halibut Chowder warming up on my sister's woodstove.

Here is the link to the 1st installment of the "Global Reporter"

The Global Reporter goes Kenai King fishing with Jimmie Jack Fishing!  Watch & enjoy great camera work & reporting from Brazilian TV.  Next week I will be featured halibut fishing with them.  Stay tuned!

Food of the Rainbow



Pass the Sausage!



Try eating one color at a time.  New diet!

Talk about Blue Cheese

Ice Cream WINNER!!!

 Found here

Hood Art

Looks like a 1976 Ford Torino hood to me. One of a kind!

This roadside show is off the Old Glenn Highway known as the Butte.

I've got to go back to this place. I could spend hours there taking pics and talking with the old proprieter. This carnival ride works. Just isn't motor driven anymore. It is "People driven." he said.

George's Rock

Wasilla is at Mile 42 of George Parks Highway (Alaska 3). George Alexander Parks was Alaska's territorial governor from 1925 til 1933. Originally known as the Anchorage/Fairbanks Hwy it received its current name in 1975. The highway was completed in 1971. The earthmovers must have ran into this rock and set it on the shores of Wasilla Lake for a monument to George back then.

Caught on Tape: Fish Uses Tool to Get Food - Animal News: Animal Planet

Caught on Tape: Fish Uses Tool to Get Food - Animal News: Animal Planet

Off the Kenai

Beautiful drive off the Kenai Friday. All the fall colors with the torquoise Kenai river passing by. I was too much in a hurry to stop and take any pics. Lots of time to reflect on the wonderful summer I had fishing, meeting people from all over and basically loving my life in Alaska.

Having a couple coolers full of fish on board felt good, too.