Salmon for Dinner

We have been at the cabin since June 10th and I finally put a fishing pole together today and went fishing. It was raining very constant and sometimes very hard all day and about 58 degrees. There was a very thick fog laying right on the river and it was very difficult to see, but like any dummy, I went anyway. Sounds really bad but it is actually a very comfortable temperature. I wore jeans a shirt under the rain suit, no gloves, no jacket or sweater and was comfortable. The dogs went with me and got soaked, playing up on shore while I floated a creek. They are wiped out tonight.
I went to Bottle Creek about 3 miles up river from home. The fish were so thick in the creek you could walk across them. I accidentally snagged a couple I had to release, they were so thick. I casted a few different lures and finally found the right one, it caught all the fish. I caught a Steel head Trout, a Pink Salmon (aka Humpy) and a Silver Salmon (aka Coho). I only kept the Silver. I filleted the fish right on the bow of the boat, put it in a Ziploc and headed for home. We had about the freshest Salmon possible for supper. It was Awesome. We have no Tartar and that's OK, we did not need it. This fish was not fishy, it did not smell when I cooked it and the texture was great. We only had Ramon oriental noodles and canned corn to go with it, Kind of low on fancy side dishes around here. (Don't buy Ramon oriental noodles, yuck.) I did not weigh or measure the fish but I cut up and cooked one fillet and it was double the amount of fish we could eat. We have cold cooked fish sandwiches for lunch tomorrow and another whole fillet for supper tomorrow night then cold fish for lunch on Friday, if we use the whole fish. That should be enough to hold me over for a few days before I need more fish.

I took a picture but my camera got wet and quit working. I can't even get the picture off of the card right now. Anyhow, since there is no picture I will tell you it was WORLD CLASS Huge (about 30" & 15 lbs whole really I guess) it was a good catch. Now I have to go buy a freezer so we can keep some for winter. Problem with the freezer is our new inverter is not here so we would have to run the generator a lot to keep a freezer going. I really don't want to do that. Once we get the big inverter and I install the big batteries we can go 2 to 4 days on one charge of the batteries. Right now all we have is two deep cycle marine batteries and we have to charge them daily just for the satellite, computers and one light fixture (compact fluorescent) to be able to function. the inverters we currently have are not big enough to even turn on a freezer, it would have to be direct to the big generator. That would make fish saving very expensive in a hurry.

Anyhow, I WENT FISHING today, HURRAY! It was too wet to plow and I can't dance, so fishing seemed like a good alternative to crawling around in the mud to jack up the cabin. It was nice to take a real break from the work and running and just fish. Myra encouraged me to go when I mentioned it (Thank You). I am not sure what she did all day and didn't even ask. I see a little work and sorting done but I think she mainly sat around watching soap operas and eating Bon Bons'. We don't get TV and I am not sure what a Bon Bon is but she tells me this is her favorite past time.

No work got done today, (by me)

Thanks for being here with us,

Roger

Still wet, and whooped! Fishing is HARD WORK!

Myra here. Just a note that I haven't seen a soap opera since way before we left Ohio and I'm not sure either exactly what a Bon Bon is. (I am sure someone out there will tell us LOL). I did reorganize stuff in the kitchen again to try and figure out what we need to get to go with what we have. Trying to stock up for freeze up as it can be any where from 3-6 weeks that you cannot go ANYWHERE unless you want to pay for a plane to come. And that is not cheap! Anyway hopefully our inverter will come tomorrow and we can get the bigger batteries set up and go get the freezer. (I am hoping we can bring the fridge out too). That would really expand our choices of foods! Right now we keep minimal refrigerated stuff as it has to go into a hole in the ground that Roger dug and put a tote in. That is then covered with Styrofoam (3Layers) and a piece of wood. Kind of a hassle to use but at least we can keep a few things like some cheese and eggs and leftovers now and then. It is time for more! At least I think so. Oh well. Time for popcorn and a good book. Blessings to all, Myra

IT'S BEEN WET

Sorry we did not post last night, got side tracked.
I just got done reading that it has been the 8th wettest July on record around here. No Wonder I get wet every time I go outside. Anyhow, Rained it all day again yesterday. All I accomplished outside was getting the boat pumped out and peeling the rest of the logs for the Pilings. It was just pouring the majority of the day.
As Myra told you, we have a nice view of the river now and if the clouds ever lift I believe we will see the Tordillio Mountain Range. Time will tell on the distance view. When we get a good clear day I will snap some pictures and post them.
We are getting around to go to town as I type this (I should not be setting here but I felt bad for not posting last night), Myra is packing laundry to go. This is the first time we have hauled laundry to town to do it but there is a ton of it and it really needs a good machine washing. The hand washing is a huge amount of work and Myra's hands swells something terrible when she does it. I have to figure out a primitive mechanical washer for out here. We have sold the big Dark Gray Truck and are going to close the deal on that, we are getting the boat motor fixed, picking up the ATV part (hopefully) buying a used instant water heater (maybe) take the pup in to the Vet for his first shots, fax some papers, buy groceries and supplies, return a chainsaw part and buy the right one (I hope), sign up for a "fixed Wireless" phone and then do the things I haven't listed.
We are going to get the fixed wireless phone so you all can call us, especially if you have no long distance charges or lot's of minutes or free nights and weekends or whatever. We will be able to get free incoming calls at the cabin when we do this. The phone rates are outrageous up here and that is why we have been so restricted. It cost us 15 cents a minute to call out and the same for incoming if we go over minutes now. We will keep you posted (no pun intended) on the phone status.
A very busy couple of days in town just getting started, You may or may not hear from us again until Friday. We should be back home on Thursday but usually we are wiped out after the town / river trip. There is not much to post from town, as it is just the hectic life of the city.
Thanks for reading!
Talk to you soon.

Hi all. As Roger said it has been wet, wet, wet! And then wetter! I don't like the idea of hauling stuff to the laundromat but the hand washing thing is really hard on my hands. Especially jeans and things like that. With any luck all of the stuff we need  to do and get from town will happen so that we can came back home Thursday. Going into Wasilla is busy enough and this time we have to go to Anchorage too.
Time to get moving so that we can get some stuff done in town yet today. It will take at least 4 hours to get into Wasilla. And it is already 10:00 and we still need to load everything on the boat.
Blessings, Myra
Roger