Hit the parade in Anchorage and it was a good one! It was packed with people and lasted a long time. It was followed by 4th fun stuff in this park where, as you can see, I had my picture taken with some pretty special people. Apparently the days events are the most attended happening in the whole state of Alaska for the year. You can imagine that there were tons of food vendors, rides, military demo's, and even a concert by the Air Force band.....off we go, into the wild blue yonder.
Next I went to a double header baseball game that started at 7pm....weird I know. They didn't turn on any lights till around 11pm and the fireworks were more or less in the day light.....yet, very good.
Met a guy an older guy named Jerry at the game He was from Montana and we got to talking. We were going to team up the next day and possibly fish the Klutina River for Red Salmon, also called Chinook. He was quite a cat, owned mules and horses and did pack trips in Montana. He also left a pickup truck, camper, and boat in storage here in Alaska during the winter so he could fly up during the summer to fish and camp. He had the mentality that many Alaskan's have. That is that nature is here to be used and harvested. Once in a while he said that he loads a large freezer full of fish, hooks it up to a generator, and drives it all the way to Montana. Man, machine and nature all in perfect harmony, Alaskan style.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Love it when people comment! Please do!