When the salmon start to run in June, the fishermen (and a few ladies) line the bank of the Kenai River. This type of sport is called "combat fishing" by the locals. Needless to say, with so many flying hooks at such close proximity there are many accidents. Doctors at the local hospital have plywood cutouts of a fisherman and fisherwoman in the emergency room, they put fish hooks they pull out of the patients into the appropriate area of the cutouts! The cord in the middle of this photo is the line for the flat-bottomed ferry that takes the fishermen across the river. The milky color of the water is due to the "glacier flour" from the nearby mountains.
Tern Lake on the Kenai Peninsula is a nice stopping place along the highway going to Kenai and Homer. This picture was taken just a few hours before a large thunderstorm hit.
in the Chugach State Park is a very popular trail among the Anchorage locals and tourists alike. The day we hiked it was the first clear weekend of the summer and it was packed with hikers and mountain bikers! Park rangers closed the parking lot when it filled with 250 cars!
