Trout fishing

Day 3 June 18

Celebrating 30 years of marriage today!

We continued driving south on the Seward Hwy, then took the Sterling Hwy to Cooper's Landing. For those of you who don't know about Alaska roads, well....there aren't many. I think there are only 8 major roads in the whole state, and considering Alaska is the biggest state in the US, that's not many. You can take the Seward Hwy, which goes to Seward, or the Parks Hwy, which goes to Denali, and so on. It really makes it quite easy to find your way around, once you get used to it.

Once in Cooper Landing, we made arrangement to go trout fishing with a guide later in the day. We went to Gwin's Roadhouse,and tried reindeer sausage. It was good and reminded me of kielbasa. The roadhouse is one of the original places that served the earliest white settlers.

We drove down to the Russian river, knowing it was the first day for Salmon fishing there. What a madhouse!! There was a 2 hr wait just to get in the campground, never mind getting a camping spot. People were fishing elbow to elbow. I know now why they call it "combat fishing" We just drove around and looked, and didn't even try to fish.

Later we met our guide and began our fishing trip. We fished on the Upper Kenai River, which doesn't allow motorized boats at all. We were on a rubber float type boat, and the guide steered with oars. He got a good workout! We fished for trout. Steve caught 3 and I caught 1. They were all over 18", so they had to go back in the water, so no trout for dinner. We saw bald eagles and several other birds.

We stayed at Trail River Campground on the Kenai Lake. It was a brand new section of the campground, and we were the only ones in it.