A Wandering Moose - Soldotna, Alaska

I love this place! All of Alaska, but also this great cabin in Soldotna, Alaska called A Wandering Moose! Where moose really do wander through the yard, and the salmon flow out the backdoor on the Kenai River like we have never seen before! Ahhhhh... sure love vacations!







And the owner of the lodge, Audrey, is a wonderful host and a great fisherwoman! She has caught enough in the last couple days that she's treating all the guests (16 of us?) to salmon dinner tonight!



Heather decided to fish with her dad right out the back door, but had no waders, just went in mudboots & rainpaints! Now she has found the supply in the shed by the river!


And Kirk is loving the Kenai River....although we have to avoid the upper section where they have what is termed "Combat Fishing" - shoulder to shoulder fishing to get these great salmon!

First week in Alaska....WOW!

We have been in Alaska for a full week now, and WOW is all I can say! What an amazing place, from top to bottom, inside out! And I am SO GLAD that we took the full two weeks instead of shortening our trip to save on money!

The first amazing thing is just how light it is here in June in Alaska - when we wake up we never know if it's midnight, or 3am, or morning, as there is always some light in the sky! Hard to get used to but very interesting!

We went up to Denali National Park and Talkeetna first. Then a few nights in Seward, an ocean town on the Kenai Peninsula where we took a sea cruise and saw whales, sea lions, otters, and were amazed at the Alaskan Glaciers. This one is the Holgate Glacier, a part of the Exit Glacier - truly amazing!



















Now we are in Soldatna on the Kenai River, catching more salmon than we can eat. My daughter, Heather, appears to becoming a fly fisherwoman & is loving the catching and the eating of the salmon! We're staying at a beautiful quiet resort called A Wandering Moose - where you can catch salmon off the dock and moose really do wander through the yard! We're hoping the grizzly bears don't wander so close, or at least if they do I want a local and a big lens really close!






It's amazing how many small planes are here in Alaska - I guess it's the best transportation route! We'll be learning about that transportation method tomorrow when we take a float plane out to Lake Clark National Park!