Wish I could send some of this rain back home to SC.....we are now entering our 5th day of rain and it has really been an unusual summer here in Alaska. At least, that is what the locals are telling us.
We left Kenai this morning(Friday) and drove back to Anchorage. The drive is a very scenic route, unfortunately, the rain and clouds were prevailing today.
Kenai is a very odd place. Right on the coast it is a fishing community and a good one at that. We arrived on Monday with rain and left Friday with even more rain. It rained virtually the entire time and we never really saw the sun, except for a few peeks on our last day. The guys stayed in the "Bingo Hilton" as detailed in the previous post.
We played two close games against the second place team(Peninsula Oilers) and lost a rain game 8-1. The two close losses were 2-1 and 3-2. The rain game was something I have never experienced before and I have been in some rain games before at The Con.
The highlight of our family's trip to Kenai has to be the fishing trip to Moose Passage. Tammy and Kaylee stayed back due to the weather, but Kirkland and I ventured on. It was worth it!! We started out down a gravel road and ended up on a fishwalk off the Kenai River. We started fishing and soon learned we were doing something wrong. Kirk would cast out and bring nothing back in. Meanwhile, four guys up stream and four more down stream were casting and reeling in monster salmon each time. It was incredible!! One older guy had to bring in about 50-60 fish. Of course, due to fishing regulations you could only keep your limit of 10 and they had to be "caught" in the mouth, you know, the traditional way of fishing.
Well, I soon learned that Kirkland and I were fishing the wrong way. You see, when the salmon are running you don't really fish, you snag. In fact, you can put anything you want on the hook as long as it has something on it. The local we talked to only had an orange piece of yarn tied to his hook. It was a large hook as well. You simply cast and snag......the salmon then fight to the bank and you start over again.
Kirkland and I caught two the real way and it was fun. Those salmon really fight. I have uploaded a video below of Kirk's adventure with his first salmon. Be careful to watch his face when he turns to the camera, it is priceless!!
The rest of the Kenai trip was uneventful, except for the coastal view which I will put photos up on flickr. Click here to view some updated photos.
Corwin Anthony joined us this week as the discipler for the remainder of the Kenai/Anchorage trip. To read more on Corwin, click here.
Corwin has met with us twice and has done a great job already. He is getting to know the guys and opened up his series with "an all or nothing" approach to being a Christian. He did a great job asking each of us where we stand on a scale of 1 to 100........it was eye opening.
We made it into Anchorage around noon today(Friday) and was to have our game at 1pm. The next few days is the MLB Showcase where all the teams play each other here in Anchorage and about 20-25 scouts are in attendance. Only problem is that the rain followed us. Our game was postponed until Monday so our next game will hopefully be on Saturday at 1pm.
Click below to watch the video of Kirkland catching his first salmon, keep an eye on his face when he turns around to view camera. Make sure sound is up....enjoy.
We left Kenai this morning(Friday) and drove back to Anchorage. The drive is a very scenic route, unfortunately, the rain and clouds were prevailing today.
Kenai is a very odd place. Right on the coast it is a fishing community and a good one at that. We arrived on Monday with rain and left Friday with even more rain. It rained virtually the entire time and we never really saw the sun, except for a few peeks on our last day. The guys stayed in the "Bingo Hilton" as detailed in the previous post.
We played two close games against the second place team(Peninsula Oilers) and lost a rain game 8-1. The two close losses were 2-1 and 3-2. The rain game was something I have never experienced before and I have been in some rain games before at The Con.
The highlight of our family's trip to Kenai has to be the fishing trip to Moose Passage. Tammy and Kaylee stayed back due to the weather, but Kirkland and I ventured on. It was worth it!! We started out down a gravel road and ended up on a fishwalk off the Kenai River. We started fishing and soon learned we were doing something wrong. Kirk would cast out and bring nothing back in. Meanwhile, four guys up stream and four more down stream were casting and reeling in monster salmon each time. It was incredible!! One older guy had to bring in about 50-60 fish. Of course, due to fishing regulations you could only keep your limit of 10 and they had to be "caught" in the mouth, you know, the traditional way of fishing.
Well, I soon learned that Kirkland and I were fishing the wrong way. You see, when the salmon are running you don't really fish, you snag. In fact, you can put anything you want on the hook as long as it has something on it. The local we talked to only had an orange piece of yarn tied to his hook. It was a large hook as well. You simply cast and snag......the salmon then fight to the bank and you start over again.
Kirkland and I caught two the real way and it was fun. Those salmon really fight. I have uploaded a video below of Kirk's adventure with his first salmon. Be careful to watch his face when he turns to the camera, it is priceless!!
The rest of the Kenai trip was uneventful, except for the coastal view which I will put photos up on flickr. Click here to view some updated photos.
Corwin Anthony joined us this week as the discipler for the remainder of the Kenai/Anchorage trip. To read more on Corwin, click here.
Corwin has met with us twice and has done a great job already. He is getting to know the guys and opened up his series with "an all or nothing" approach to being a Christian. He did a great job asking each of us where we stand on a scale of 1 to 100........it was eye opening.
We made it into Anchorage around noon today(Friday) and was to have our game at 1pm. The next few days is the MLB Showcase where all the teams play each other here in Anchorage and about 20-25 scouts are in attendance. Only problem is that the rain followed us. Our game was postponed until Monday so our next game will hopefully be on Saturday at 1pm.
Click below to watch the video of Kirkland catching his first salmon, keep an eye on his face when he turns around to view camera. Make sure sound is up....enjoy.
1 comment:
Like dad, like son ... if it's on video the fish gets away! Ha! (see Fri.Jul.11 entry)
Great job Kirkland!
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