Summer 07 Happenings – Part 1

The last few weeks have been extremely busy here in the far north. Summertime it seems is always that way. With about 20 hours of sunlight available each day there is usually no problems finding something to do or places to go. This summer has been no exception and it has been crazy with all that has been going on.

We have had family relocating up here, friends visit from the lower 48, and the hectic schedules of having new born grand babies arriving this year. So much has happened that it has been hard to post anything and everything that has made its way into the summer of 07.

I wanted to do a couple of posts that would give a great picture overview of some of the great times happening here in the far north this summer but so far it has been hard to upload the pictures so I decided to glean a few of the better ones and get a post up.

The odd thing is that since I first started writing the draft of this post almost two weeks has passed and still no uploads of pictures and there have been a few things in R/L that has happened in the past week. I guess I could go into the “it’s always something” attitude but that is not my style so I move forward with the knowledge of friendship and business sometimes don’t mix well.

I’ll upload a few pictures to get this going so back in a bit . . .

Part 1

72 hour fishing frenzy Pictures from previous post on 7-29-07






King Salmon







Early morning on

Summit Lake








The Trip out








The Rock







Cow Moose

and calf on the river








D. on the Kenai






72 hours of fishing madness


Mike, Demitry, and D.

on the Russian River fern trail








Kings 07







Climbing the falls





Ice

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