Ross's buddy, Taylor, invited us to stay at his parents beautiful "cabin" on the Kenai. The Wellman's stay here during the summer months and then live in Arizona for the winter months (we call it snowbirding).
Here's what my house is going to look like down the road...
Do you recognize some of the animals from our African Safari? We have a Kudu and a Gemsbok at the taxidermist right now :) Hopefully, we'll have a Dahl Sheep on the wall soon.
We ate well at the Wellman's and I copied down a couple recipes, including their smoked salmon secrets!
Mamma Wellman thinks the male salmon is best for smoking because it's firmer.
We went out to fish at 10pm and then woke up at 3:30 in the morning to get an early start and beat the fish guides to the coveted spot on the bank. It paid off! We came home with 18 fish and our freezer is now stocked!
I had a good streak of luck this weekend-- 9 fish!
We watched the sun slowly come up. It was shady on our side of the bank, until it was time to leave of course.
Our crew took up a pretty good stretch of the bank, only accessible by boat.
River rocks.
The boat.
The river was multi-colored as the sun came up.
Taylor and Ross.
The boys in the fish "filleting" hut.
Get 'em Joe!
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