Alaska in August

Aug. 2nd, Gary, Rol, Dan and Bob flew out to Prince of Wales Island in Alaska for a week of fishing. They had a great time and caught lots of fish and saw some great scenery. Every morning and evening they set out crab pots and harvested the crab twice a day also. One day was spent on a charter boat halibut fishing and they caught lots of other kinds of fish too. Bob caught a 75 poung halibut. The first fish they caught after arriving in Alaska is shown in the picture with Dan and Rol. It was only a few inches long. Quite different from the next day when Bob caught the 75 pounder. While they were out on the charter a whale was very close by and doing a lot of showing off. He would wave his fins and tale and splash them hard into the water. Only one minor mishap marred the trip, Gary got a treble hook stuck in his chin and had to go to the island doctor to get it removed. He was also pretty bitten up by a black bug that he seems to be allergic to but I think even though he is still itching he would take the trip again. Dan did all of the picture taking and burned a disc for us with 163 pictures and about 10 videos on it so this is just a very small selection of shots.

Where has summer gone??

Now that summer is nearly over I think it is time to post a few pictures. June went by so fast, then July raced on by and now August is well underway. The first bunch of pictures is from the 4th of July when a bunch of us gathered out at the ranch for a fun day. We dug for "treasure" at the old homestead, shot praire dogs, hiked into the rocks (where the guys killed a rattlesnake) and had a steak feed and fireworks at the end of the day. I am not sure how blogger is going to let me lay this out so I will just tell you what the pictures are.

(1)Brooklyn, Aunt Vicky and Aunt Sharon trying to keep cool. (2)Papa Gary, Jocelyn, Brooklyn and Craig just relaxing. (3)Brooklyn getting to hold sister Hadley. (4)Ron T., Ron J. and Dave C. cooking the steaks. (5)"THE STEAKS" (6) some of our "treasures". (7) Prairedog hunting (8) Rock climbing (9) nighfall and a storm that caused some spectacular natural fireworks.

On the 5th of July we met Norm and Cindy at the big lake for the day. The guys went fishing and us girls just hung out at the campground, did a little walking and picture taking and cooked up the fish the guys caught. Just a couple of pictures from that day.