Talkeetna

What a cute little town this is! Located close to Denali surrounded by mountains and rivers, this is a great place to spend a few days.

This weekend there is a big event, a moose dropping contest. They paint moose dropping and number them, you can buy one for 20 dollars. Then they fly over a target, drop the droppings and which ever number hits closest to the target, wins the droppings, just kidding they win the money. The festivities include a parade and lots of other fun things.

Yesterday we went fishing for king salmon. The guide service provided waders and all necessary equipment. Gary and Roxy went with us and I had a great time. I caught 2 King Salmon, although you can only keep one. I threw the first one back as it only weighed around 12 pounds, luckily the second one weighed around 25 pounds. I caught those two fish within the first 5 minutes so we thought it was going to be an active fishing day. However, those were the only fish caught. Of course I did NOT brag (too much), but happily took the money for the bets. We cooked salmon for dinner using the recipe we had previously used (in the recipe blog) and it was the best we had ever eaten. Sorry Katie, hopefully more people than me will catch fish next time and I can mail some to you.

Note in the pictures, Gary has his waders on the wrong feet. One of his waders also had a hole in it, the water temperature was around 38, he complained all day. One of mine had a hole also, but when you catch the fish the rest doesn't matter.