Buddy Boating with Airship

Watching the bear feeding frenzy at the hatchery made us hungry for salmon! It takes us a little longer to catch one, but then again we don't need to eat 30 a day.

Coho!

We moved on to Takatz Bay, where our friends on Airship were waiting.

To facilitate social discourse, we rafted up next to them.

And then of course set off to explore.

Yes, there are a lot of bears in Alaska

Red Bluff Bay, with it's narrow serpentine entrance was next. Good fishing and prawns!

The unusual Red Bluff is in the background.

We won't go hungry with Julie on board!

A storm was coming in, so an early morning departure into the calm seas of Frederick Sound,

watching whales along the way (yes, there are a lot of whales in Alaska),

And listening to Craig play Haydn's trumpet concerto, the notes drifting 2 miles across the water at the base of the sharp-peaked snowy mountains.

We headed to Cannery Cove in Pybus Bay to wait out a storm.

We had three days entertained by salmon jumping...

watching the rescue of an accidentally beached boat by the fishing lodge guests...

and eating delicious food.

Prawn Won Tons

Prawn Risotto (left)

After the storm, time to head for Petersburg to pick up friends joining us for the next week.

(Photo courtesy Laura Domela)