Skagit River, Northern Cascades NP; Washington.

Pretty water down a pretty path near the campground. We had a wonderful visit with Abbey and Lucky who drove up from Portland.

I knew about 75% of flowers names, thanks mom! It was fun.!

Sunset on ferry.... saw 2 whales!

It took us 2 + hours to ferry across to the island, 2+ hours to get to Victoria and the gardens. google and apple maps were funky so...

2 flounder and a Irish lord. Small but tasty. Next pic will be dinner.

We have not had the greatest luck fishing in Alaska. We seem to keep hitting the salmon runs in between peak times. We tried a ‘fishing...

We bought zucchini; lingonberry and low bush cranberry jelly; kale; fresh greens; fresh picked golden raspberries; mushrooms (edible as...

Catch and release, fish was fat from eating salmon eggs.

We did not catch as many as we liked. A local couple actually gave me several filets so we will be eating salmon for a few days!

From Anchorage doing chores to Hope and it’s stinky fish, we felt like we landed in a good spot! This is our view from our back porch. ...

The water was full of fish. Took us maybe an hour to catch our limit- only snagging in the mouth.

The salmon are going up the river to spawn and die. Pretty sure mine was a male because of the hump. one cannot really ‘catch’ because...

The glacial water is gray from the glacial flour. They call it a braided River when it splits in rivulets like this. This is the...

Had a great time hiking and seeing the sights near the entrance of Denali NP. Tomorrow we drive into the park 30 miles. Once we are in,...