Posted in Fishing Trips, tagged Anchorage, chinook salmon, Urban king salmon fishing on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With another small creek spring season under our wading belts our gears shift from miniatures to monsters. The jump from 5-12″ creek trout to Alaskan king salmon sounds like a rediculous transition but this is where D and I found ourselves last Friday with heavier spey rods in hand.
This local flow sits in the heart of downtown Anchorage and gets [...]
Posted in The Who, What, When & Why, tagged Alaskan winter, Anchorage, Backcountry Skiing, Cook Inlet on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Winter in Alaska has its moments. Fortunately for many Alaskans like myself winters are a pleasurable time of year aside from a few stormy weeks in December and January. The remaining winter-haters, of which there are many, emulate our fuzzy neighbors and hibernate by spending as much time indoors surrounded by ’happy lights’ and PFD funded flat screens as possible. Of course there are many [...]
Posted in Alaskan Politics, tagged Alaska, Alaskans for Obama, Anchorage, Biden Rally, John McCain, Obama, Sarah Palin on October 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Alaskans converged towards one of the 2 rallies scheduled in downtown Anchorage on Saturday. The clear winner in attendance and spirit was the Obama / Biden rally held downtown with an estimated attendance of well over 1,200 (I would guesstimate 1,800 at the height of the rally). The other was a 300 person affair for [...]
