King Salmon Fishing in Willow

King Salmon fishing opened at midnight on Friday June 25th. Tom and Elizabeth invited us up to their cabin to enjoy opening night.

We took their boat out on Saturday and enjoyed a chilly but exciting day fishing.

Ryan started a new type of fishing.... no... not really, you'll never guess what he and Tom were trying to find...

While Tom and Ryan caught the boat anchor before it drifted down river... Kelly managed to get her fishing hook snagged on one of her gloves. While trying to free one glove she ultimately caught both gloves on the same hook.

We drifted to another fishing spot and both Ryan and Tom were able to get a fish on!

Back at the house, we cooked half of Ryan's first King Salmon.

We paired the salmon with homemade sourdough made from a 25-year-old sourdough starter.

May Kenai Camping Trip

We finally had the chance to go camping! We scoped out the Kenai Peninsula during the Memorial Day weekend. Here are a few sights we saw along the way.

We decided to setup camp right on the famous Kenai River. We found a quite campsite just a short walk from the river.

Kelly started dinner around 9pm, hamburgers, corn, and beans.

After a safe sleep in bear country we headed to the river. This was our maiden voyage for the season. Clad in new gear and sunscreen we fished the famous Kenai.

After fishing for a few hours we headed down to Homer where we hoped to camp on the famous Homer Spit.

The Homer Spit was a great place to pitch a tent and have a bon fire for all of five dollars per night.

After a fun night on the beach, Kelly walked the boardwalk way before the rest of the camp had woken up. There was a ice cream shop for sale called the Frosty Bear. This building and business was being sold as a turnkey operation for $100,000.00.

We resisted the urge to have a permanent residence on the Spit and headed back to Anchorage.