Kenai Edge

The mouth of the Kenai River

The picnic table only has bench seats on the safe side.

Erosion, earthquake or shakey legs...I wasn't getting close to the edge. Nice view from a little out of the way park I found in Old Town Kenai.

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Sunsets at the lodge that is. Time is getting short for me. The season is winding down to a halt soon. Luckily I have a lot to do so the time should go by fast & then slow down while I get ready for winter. HaHa I Wish!

Grab a fork...and a Leg

Snapping Ray Troll T-shirts

Stopped by Snug Harbor Seafoods today to pick up my smoked silver salmon and got carried away snapping pictures of the Ray Troll T-shirts. Every one of them is fantastic! Very good point.

Kind of out there.

The ugly truth.

Good book.

Fast fish!

Awwww.

Brilliant!

My favorite.

Home 4 Life

Here is the new business card of the company who are the brawns & brains behind my new abode. 
Thank-you Home 4 Life for giving me the inspiration and know-how to have my own place again.  I might not own the spot its on but with your design features it is movable.   

My own space!  I can't wait!  Groundbreaking was today.

Vote for Salmon

Salmon for Assembly

Salmon for Governor

Salmon for President

Sounds good to me!

Little Red Cooler

Had a great time on my roadtrip week vacation. The weather was sunny most of the time with the fall colors changing fast. Lots of campfires, roasted hotdogs and s'mores.

Came back with exciting news and solid plans for the winter. I changed my mind about the Hawaiian Islands and opted for joining my sister's Home For Life program and building a model gertee. Hired a carpenter, rented an awesome space in an RV park with water, sewer & electric hookups so this will be a modern gertee ( a cross between a yurt & a teepee).

So back to work tomorrow to finish out the season and look forward to winter near family in my own warm & cosy humble abode.

And my little red cooler came back empty. Ready to be filled up again!

One Last Breakfast

After 88 days in a row cooking breakfast & making lunches and all the other things a lodge momma does I HAVE A WEEK OFF!!!

A week to go to the valley to visit family & friends!

The job isn't over til the end of the month tho. The last guests left this morning and a group is coming in the 18th so I need to get a jump on that. Plus we are already improving for next year. And I want to wrap the lodge up since I will be the one unwrapping.

I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. Then taking a leisurely road trip off the Kenai with frozen halibut, sockeye and cohos on board.

Come along for the ride!

Dave's killer Bread

Just say NO to bread on drugs!
All summer long I've been making the fisherman's sack lunch sandwiches with Dave's killer Bread. It costs a little more than 6 bucks a loaf but well worth the price when everyone raved about my killer sandwiches. You can't go wrong with killer sandwich bread to begin with.

His story makes for good table talk, too. Above is a picture I took right off the back of the loaf. There is website you can learn more about Dave's killer Bread and order it on-line if you are not lucky enough to have it for sale in a store near you.

Also, Dave's killer bread makes KILLER toast with marionberry jelly!

My Boss on TV

 

Come On Down To My Boat Baby!

In 1967 Every Mother's Son song Come On Down To My Boat Baby made it to #6 on the Top Forty chart.

This boat reminds me of that song. I tried to link to the song but blogger won't let me. Check it out if you can!

Caribou, Eagle & Ducks

Hung out with a few Common Mergansers, G-U-11s and the American Bald Eagle on the Kenai River this afternoon fishing for silvers. Two days in row I caught fish!

This is the last week of semi-busy at the lodge. Its been a great summer, and now there is time for me to go fishing, too.

The leaves are starting to turn and the caribou are on the move. Great time to be silver fishing and stock up for the winter. I believe September 1st, the limit goes up to 3 a day, on the Kenai.

Sunday Fly-In

7am check-in at the float plane dock as it was just getting light. This was a trip our guests enjoyed all summer. So today we all went on the trip with Alaska West Air.

Jimmy Jack, his wife Rosie, Jacob behind me, Catdaddy and Big Jim. The plane is a 1958 Otter.

The pilot got to where we could see this BIG bull moose out the plane window.

Bears like to fish, too. We gave this guy lots of space!

On the way back from being dropped off for the day to fish for silvers our pilot flew us over the glacier.

I certainly enjoyed this trip and now I know why our guests came back so wide-eyed and humbled by our great state of Alaska.

And yes I tipped!

And now

I proudly present for your viewing pleasure, my favorite flower, Livingstone Daisies!!!

August Morning

This was the sunrise Tuesday morning around 5am. Then turning around towards Mt. Redoubt it looked like below.

The fireweed is getting closer to full bloom.

Fish Fests

The Kenai Peninsula is all about the FISH!!!

Good Sign

This "Help Wanted" sign went up today. My guess is the most educated migrant workforce in the world, American college students, went back to school after working the slime line all summer. And the fish are still running in Alaska. HELP WANTED!!!

River Scenes

That is Mt. Redoubt in the distance. The volcano you can see directly across from the lodge.

This puppy was having too much fun on the river.

This was a spawned out king salmon still swimming up the river to die at his place of birth.

Silvers Anyone?

Here is my first silver of the day. Everyone on board limited out. Not only was the fishing great the weather was perfect. Thanks boss for taking me fishing!

Waiting for our boats to pick us was this little girl dressed and ready. Shortly after we got our poles in the water I saw her hook in to a coho (silver) salmon and fight it to the end! I was too happy for her to pull out my camera. We all clapped & cheered when her grandpa netted her first SS of the day.

Bountiful day on the Kenai river!

Becky's Garden

I am so lucky to have my friend Becky down here on the Kenai. She used to live in Valdez when I met her and we have been friends since. She is an awesome artist and her house and yard are amazing.



The perfect place for me to go unwind from the lodge.

Her pool shows how much rain we had in the last few days. It has been one wet August so far.

These are her white delphiniums she planted years ago for her daughters wedding.

And here is Becky with her humongus cauliflower.