Slept in this morning . . . clear up to 8:30! That’s an extra three hours for me – felt good. Off to breakfast with hubbymoose . . . and then, of course, I had that burr under my saddle – time to go shooting.
Pictures, that is.
Today is the first day of dipnetting on the Kenai River – I knew we should be able to see some folks wading and plying their dipnets.
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In the first shot you can see both banks of the river – and – around the riverbend to the commercial boats in front of a fish processor. Then, a closeup of the dippers who have waded out into the river. The last is of some of the tents that were erected overnight. These folks will be here until their quota is met – or until the end of the fishery.
Unseen in the pics are the parking areas (full) and the portapotties the city sets up for the fishery season. We have tried bank dipping in the past – it is not so easy to do. Our best successes came when we put the boat into the water and held the nets off the side as hubbymoose slowly motored downriver. I image there will be plenty of boats on the river in the days to come.
Hubbymoose does not eat fish (gasp!) so we don’t go out any longer. We used to fish when the girls were home. The three of us ate it.
🙂
We then drove into Olde Towne to see how work was progressing on the Holy Assumption Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox). It was built in the late 1800s and, while sided over the years, has had very little corrective work done on the structure. The church received a grant to make repairs . . .
The first picture is of the church – with part of the siding removed. The second is a close-up of some of the damaged – original – structure. There is moss chinking between the logs still. The third picture is of St. Nicholas Chapel which is the original structure and beneath which lies one of the founding priests.
The area is rich with history. Nearby is an old log structure that I try to shoot every year as it slowly falls inward on itself. This year the city has added new flowerboxes all around town and I love the old-new flavor of this building now.
The chinking on this structure looks to be muslin or some other sort of cloth strips. You can see someone has tried to pull some of it out.
I think this is my favorite picture of this morning:
Hope you all have a glorious day.
