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.

And that’s how I spent my early Saturday morning – how about you?