Tag: Alaska

2022 in Photos

With recent history having been a bit bumpy, looking back on 2022 is not too bad in out little part of the world. More than a few good memories.

  • Kailua Bay
    Kailua Bay on a typical Saturday Morning
  • PBR's with Asparagopsis taxiformis
    PBR’s with Asparagopsis taxiformis
  • Harvesting Atax
    Harvesting algae from the PBR’s at Symbrosia
  • Raceway pond
    A raceway pond full of Asparagopsis taxiformis at Symbrosia
  • Waimea Canyon
    Waimea Canyon
  • Kīlauea lighthouse
    Kīlauea lighthouse
  • Kōloa sugar mill
    Kōloa sugar mill
  • An air compressor rusts in the abandoned Kōloa sugar mill
    An air compressor rusts in the abandoned Kōloa sugar mill
  • Sunset over Lawaʻi Beach
    Sunset over Lawaʻi Beach
  • Charter Boat
    The quintessential Alaskan charter boat anchored to fish halibut in Yakutat Bay
  • Ben halibut fishing in Yakutat Bay
    Ben halibut fishing in Yakutat Bay
  • King Salmon
    A nice king salmon from Yakutat Bay
  • Icebergs on Harlequin Lake
    Icebergs on Harlequin Lake
  • A six inch gun emplacement
    A six inch gun emplacement from World War II at Cannon Beach, Yakutat
  • Total Lunar Eclipse
    Total lunar eclipse on Nov 8th, 2022
  • Equator
    Fred and Andrew Cooper at the earth’s equator along the Masaka Road, Uganda
  • Masaka Road
    A street in Masaka, Uganda
  • Line for the ferry at Nakiwogo, Uganda
    Line for the ferry at Nakiwogo, Uganda
  • Kids at Kazinga
    Kids come to see what we are doing at the fishing village of Kazinga, Uganda
  • An older male lion (Panthera leo) in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
    An older male lion (Panthera leo)
  • Tour vans arrive to see the lion
    Tour vans arrive to view a lion
  • Pied Kingfisher
    A Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) on the shoreline of Lake George, Uganda
  • Rüppells starling
    A Rüppells starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) at the lodge in Katunguru
  • Marabou Stork
    A Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
  • Elephant
    An elephant visits the Kazinga Safari Lodge at Katunguru, Uganda
  • The Elephant's Eye
    A close-up of an elephant’s eye
  • Toyota Land Cruiser
    The Toyota Land Cruiser at Kazinga village
  • Mauna Loa eruption at dawn
    The 2022 Mauna Loa eruption at dawn
  • The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa on the second day
    The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa on the second day
  • The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa on the second day
    The 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa on the second day
  • Sunset over Lawaʻi Beach
    Sunset over Lawaʻi Beach

To the End of The Road

There is only so much road to explore and we explored most of it.

Dangerous River
The Dangerous River bridge at the end of the road.

Yakutat, like so many Alaskan communities is accessed only by sea or by air. Not to say there are no roads, they just do not go anywhere else, much less connect to the road network that crosses the continent.

In the case of Yakutat the furthest you can get from town is about 26 miles as the crow flies taking the road to Dangerous River and Harlequin Lake. This road is a well maintianed gravel road heavily used to access popular fly fishing rivers and hunting areas, as well as by loggers harvesting the local hemlock and sitka spruce.

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Fishing Yakutat

It has been three years since the last voyage of the Nordic Quest. In the meantime the Quest has been sold and a pandemic raged. Three years is long enough, time for a return to the mainland and another fishing trip. My first visit to the mainland since the pandemic started.

King Salmon
A nice king salmon from Yakutat Bay

My father and brother had not taken much of a pause, with the sale of the boat they have instead headed to a fishing lodge for their annual fishing. After some research my father decided on Yakutat for the abundance of halibut and more generous fishing regulations than found in SE Alaska.

For the last couple years they have used Yakutat Lodge, a choice I have to agree with. We had a great time with five days of fishing on Yakutat Bay.

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