Friday was a rainy day so we got caught up on laundry and errands.
With over 25 pounds of fresh salmon and not enough room in our bellies to eat in right now, we decide to take most of it to the local smokehouse. They smoke it and package it for only about $4 a pound.
Then we drove to the Buskin River so Corey could try his hand at river fishing.
The view from the truck cab.
The boys braved the drizzly rain while Kya, my mom and I hung out in the truck.
Corey really had a knack for river fishing, but he didn't catch anything.
Since the salmon are going up river to spawn, they are not typically "biting" ... so in order to catch one, you must snag it. As if that wouldn't be hard enough, you may only keep the salmon if you snag it in the mouth.
Just a few feet from where Corey was fishing, the Game and Fish Department was trapping salmon for egg harvesting and counting.
You can see the salmon splashing the the water.
It was a cool process to watch.
Friday evening we got a babysitter for Kya (friends of my parents) and went to dinner at a a small casual steakhouse just outside town. After dinner we had a drink at one of Kodiak's local bars. We put Kya to bed before we left and she slept the whole time we were gone.
To say the people watching was good would be an understatement.
Sights from one Friday night out in Kodiak:
- dude in Dr. Seuss "Red Fish Blue Fish" pj pants (shown above)
- security guard on crutches
- HUGE muscular guy wearing a shirt saying "these guns are loaded" ... thanks captain obvious
- fishermen. lots of fishermen.
- kid booster seats under a sign that says "no one under 21 allowed"
- more people wearing XtraTuff rubber boots than I ever thought possible
My sister's fiance Chaz is here working so he joined us for the evening's festivities ... what fun!
Saturday, June 11
Another rainy day in Kodiak, so we had a slow morning and then went to the NOAA touch tank and aquarium.
It was a really cool building and the fish were so neat!
We had the place to ourselves.
The touch tank entertained us all.
A great way to spend a rainy day in Kodiak.
We went to afternoon Mass. Kya was a bear. Oh my, it was rough hour.
For dinner we had salmon ... again. This time my mom made the salmon with a marinade. One piece of salmon had teriyaki and one had a sweet pepper sauce (kind of like sweet and sour). It was delicious.
After dinner, my dad took Kya outside to cover the grill. Kya refused to come back inside. It was drizzly and only about 45°F. She spent a lot of time just hanging out on the deck, barefooted, in the rain. What a tough little North Dakota girl.
Today is Sunday and we are planning to go to brunch and then out fishing. Have a great Sunday!
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