Daily Archives: July 16, 2011

Saturday Detour

July 16th, 2011 / Categories: Alaska, Moose Nuggets / 1 Comment »

After watching the dipnetters for a bit and then writing about them here it was time to head to the sister city to grocery shop. Only . . . this sign caught my eye and I made a slight detour.

Come on – you know you would, too. It was only a 4 mile drive out of my way . . . .

First thing I found after I’d parked was . . . men in skirts!!! (Click for larger views)

Erm . . yes, I know those last two are women in skirts. I missed a shot of another woman swinging the hammer. Then men in red tartans are related somehow. There was a lot of joshing about family honor.

After seeing the hammer throw I went over to check out the sawfest in progress. They started Wednesday and today is the last day. Lots of very nice work on display:

Last photo of the day . . . I promise. On the way home I decided to go by way of Bridge Access Rd. again. The road was even more packed – traffic was tied up and people were all on a walkabout trying to get those red salmon. Crossing the bridge this caught my eye:

Why yes, I did indeed laugh . . . out loud . . . someone was not watching the tides and/or had no idea about that humongo sand bar right there. It has been there for umpteen years and anyone who boats the lower river should know that. Sadly they cannot even get some salmon because their nets won’t reach. Oh, well, tide will come back soon.

And with that, friends, I will leave you for the day. Family, hubby moose and I are going to see HP tonight. I understand that lessa got a discount because hubby moose and I are OLD! lol

I love Saturday detours. 🙂

You know

July 16th, 2011 / Categories: Moose Nuggets / 3 Comments »

that it’s time to go take pictures when you can hear the boat motors on the Kenai River from your front door – a mile and a half away from the river.

So that is exactly what I did – grabbed camera, ID, and cell phone and set off for some pics. Craziness, I tell you. hubbymoose and I used to do this type of fishing, mind you. Back when the girls were small. I sort of miss it – but not enough to get down there in the mix. It is great fodder for blogs, though.

To say that there is a love/hate relationship between dipnetters and commercial fishermen is an understatement. As I stood on the bluffstaking pictures, the two boats pictured here got “up on step” and sped past the dipnetters on either side of the mouth. This caused a big wake and many dippers bounced about. I’m sure there were chuckles from the boats, too.

Here are some closeups of the dipnetters and the “tent city” that has developed on the beaches.

I’ll use thumbnails from here and you can click on them for larger views if you like.

From here I went to the bird viewing site over the Kenai harbor to see how many boats were in the water. Several – but they were further down river. There were LOTS more waiting to get there, though.

The last one? Just cracks me up. I wonder how well he can see to back that boat into the water from behind his motor home???? Don’t think I’d like to try that.

Then it was off to the Warren Ames bridge where I had noticed dipnetters Thursday night. Sure enough, the lot was packed.

Then, on the way home . . . an extra surprise. The pictures aren’t the greatest because I was taking them through my dirty windshield. I didn’t want to get too close because it would spook them.