Kenai

Clam Gultch

Clam Gultch with Whale

Cow Moose and Calf

We are in Soldotna!  The Kenai is the most beautiful place I have ever been.  These pictures were taken by Calm Gultch. The second picture has a little swirl in the water we believe it is a whale.  Doug and I also found lodging which exceeds all of our expectations.  The pictures of the interior of our cabin are just a sample.  We also have 300 feet of private Kenai river front to salmon fish on, by ourselves!  The moose and calf were 20 yards from us and I snapped a couple of pictures.  She was bristling on her back.  I am sure she was saying "stay away from my baby, or I will turn your car into a heap of tangled metal."

 Our Lodging

This is the kitchen area of our lovely accommodations.  We have everything that the comforts of home would provide and our host is so knowledgeable. Gary, the man who we are renting from has built an amazing compound.  For years he drove down from Anchorage every weekend and worked on building a home, shop, bunk houses and many other buildings.  He now lives here full time and rents out to people and groups for fishing.  To sit next to the fire ring and be 40 feet from the river is amazing.  A drift boat this morning is the first activity we have seen on the river in two days.  Let the run begin and then we will talk about activity on the river.  There has been a black bear hanging around camp the last few days but we haven't seen him yet.

Looks like Saturday might be a good day to go to Homer to catch some halibut.  It will be nice to put a chunk of fresh halibut on the grill.  Homer is only a little over an hour south of us so it will make a nice drive down then not too long to get back after the charter. So, with any luck pictures of Homer Alaska and a few nice size halibut will be posted soon.