Alaska braces for "epic" storm; evacuations begin

[TBoneTX 46,041]

I miss free crabs in Juneau

Uh... you want to get crabs from someone in Juneau?

Last day of last trip to Ecuador, Mrs. T-B. flashed her puppy-dog eyes and said, "I want crabs." I almost responded that she had the entire male population of Ecuador to choose from, but we found a crabhouse where she pigged out.

[Leatherneck 693]

Between salmon fishing, crab pots and halibut cheeks, it was all free, fresh and so dayum good

Ok, what fish livin', crab eatin' happy camper would'nt miss that!

Now it's all a memory.

[Leatherneck 693]

http://www.ivars.com/ <---- Ivar's.

http://www.clubparisrestaurant.com/ <---- If your ever in Anchorage, Alaska...Club Paris ftw! It's been around for decades, doesn't look all that flashy, but the food is #1, and the drinks are typical Alaskan...all booze and no mix.

If it's not "all booze and no mix" you paid for expesive kool-aid.

Should I find myself in Anchorage I'll stop there to have a drink.

How far are you from Anchorage?

[Leatherneck 693]

Nice pics Kip. The pic "flying into Chignik Bay" you refer to it as "suckville usa."

That looks so peaceful to me, no gang bangers, graffiti, freeway sound walls, miles of traffic or busy freeways at 5 am.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Nice pics Kip. The pic "flying into Chignik Bay" you refer to it as "suckville usa."

That looks so peaceful to me, no gang bangers, graffiti, freeway sound walls, miles of traffic or busy freeways at 5 am.

These villages are pretty mellow for the most part....until the locals get some fire water in their veins anyways. Here's a few more pics of Chignik Bay. These are all from this mid September.

Here's a Brown Bear doing some fishing. The wife said this bear was less than a ten minute walk from the cabin they were staying at.

The wife doing some beach combing.

Looking down towards the village.

Here's a few fishing boats that haven't been dry docked yet. Usually all the boats up here are dry docked by no later than October 1st.

And a few random photo's of the bay...

Edited November 11, 2011 by Why_Me

[Leatherneck 693]

All very nice pics Kip. A naturally beautiful place, the weather serves as population control to keep excessive numbers of a$$ hats out.

How far are you away from Anchorage and where those pics where taken?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

All very nice pics Kip. A naturally beautiful place, the weather serves as population control to keep excessive numbers of a$$ hats out.

How far are you away from Anchorage and where those pics where taken?

All those last pics were taken at Chignik Bay. I'm about a 1 hr 15 min. flight from Anchorage. But come the end of next summer where moving back home... Big Lake...just north of Wasilla which is about an hours north drive from Anchorage. I'm not sure if you do any hunting or fishing, but if you ever make it this way I can hook you up with all the halibut, salmon and rainbow trout you can handle. Hunting for out of staters here though is spendy.

[Leatherneck 693]

All those last pics were taken at Chignik Bay. I'm about a 1 hr 15 min. flight from Anchorage. But come the end of next summer where moving back home... Big Lake...just north of Wasilla which is about an hours north drive from Anchorage. I'm not sure if you do any hunting or fishing, but if you ever make it this way I can hook you up with all the halibut, salmon and rainbow trout you can handle. Hunting for out of staters here though is spendy.

Yeah Kip, I'm an avid hunter and love to fish. I can't eat enough fish and other seafood, since I do not eat beef or pork.

I keep telling myself to take one of those last cruises in like August or September to the inside passage, but I'd rather fly there so I can do my own thing as I please and not be hearded around on a ship.

I will get over there to visit, fish, hunt and see the place. I love nature and marvel at its beauty, in fact some of my buddies can't understand some of the trips I've taken or why I would bother to visit those places.

Those guys are urban and suburban harden, I have to get out from time-to-time to be with nature.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

When I first went to Alaska, I couldn't shut my mouth for about a month, it's so breathtakingly beautiful. I fished every day that I could, but never hunted anything bigger than porcupine; I used their quills for jewelry.

Don't take a commercial cruise up the inside passage; that's for wussies. We took the ferry, which came out of Seattle at that time. Now, it's out of Bellingham. My dad and one of my brothers came up while we were there, and they were so taken with the place that I didn't see them sometimes for days. It's a pretty mesmerizing place, off the beaten path, but well worth the trip.

Yeah Kip, I'm an avid hunter and love to fish. I can't eat enough fish and other seafood, since I do not eat beef or pork.

I keep telling myself to take one of those last cruises in like August or September to the inside passage, but I'd rather fly there so I can do my own thing as I please and not be hearded around on a ship.

I will get over there to visit, fish, hunt and see the place. I love nature and marvel at its beauty, in fact some of my buddies can't understand some of the trips I've taken or why I would bother to visit those places.

Those guys are urban and suburban harden, I have to get out from time-to-time to be with nature.

Edited November 11, 2011 by Sofiyya

[Leatherneck 693]

When I first went to Alaska, I couldn't shut my mouth for about a month, it's so breathtakingly beautiful. I fished every day that I could, but never hunted anything bigger than porcupine; I used their quills for jewelry.

Don't take a commercial cruise up the inside passage; that's for wussies. We took the ferry, which came out of Seattle at that time. Now, it's out of Bellingham. My dad and one of my brothers came up while we were there, and they were so taken with the place that I didn't see them sometimes for days. It's a pretty mesmerizing place, off the beaten path, but well worth the trip.

Thanks for the reply, I was sitting here looking at some pics and videos of the incredible Alaskan scenery.

And yeah, no cruise, as I said, I need to be able to do my own thing, no heards for me.

Alaska is on my bucket list

[Captain Oates 911]

In the words of Captain Scott " Great god, this is awful place"

I am more of a Hawaii man myself

LINK >>>

Scott expedition

[Leatherneck 693]

In the words of Captain Scott " Great god, this is awful place"

I am more of a Hawaii man myself

LINK >>>

Scott expedition

From Hawaii to Alaska, from beaches to mountains, pine trees to giant sequoias, love it all!

[Captain Oates 911]

From Hawaii to Alaska, from beaches to mountains, pine trees to giant sequoias, love it all!

Especially Dearborn, Michigan

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Especially Dearborn, Michigan

Dearborn? #######?

I'd take a grotto on Corfu Island, Greece myself. ...loaded up with some hotties trucked in from Moldovia.

[Captain Oates 911]

Dearborn? #######?

I'd take a grotto on Corfu Island, Greece myself. ...loaded up with some hotties trucked in from Moldovia.

Moldovia via Dubai and the Abu Dhabi oil rigs ...... too high mileage....

come away with more than happy memories I reckon

Anyway, back to Alaska - the Eskimos seal their wives into the back of the kayak with whale grease and go off for 3 week seal hunts

Imagine the pong ! I bet they paddle into the wind all the way and come back at max knots

I reckon its Florida again for me - inner bay at Tampa