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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 on a typical Saturday Morning 
PBR’s with Asparagopsis taxiformis 
Harvesting algae from the PBR’s at Symbrosia 
A raceway pond full of Asparagopsis taxiformis at Symbrosia 
Waimea Canyon 
Kīlauea lighthouse 
Kōloa sugar mill 
An air compressor rusts in the abandoned Kōloa sugar mill 
Sunset over Lawaʻi Beach 
The quintessential Alaskan charter boat anchored to fish halibut in Yakutat Bay 
Ben halibut fishing in Yakutat Bay 
A nice king salmon from Yakutat Bay 
Icebergs on Harlequin Lake 
A six inch gun emplacement from World War II at Cannon Beach, Yakutat 
Total lunar eclipse on Nov 8th, 2022 
Fred and Andrew Cooper at the earth’s equator along the Masaka Road, Uganda 
A street in Masaka, Uganda 
Line for the ferry at Nakiwogo, Uganda 
Kids come to see what we are doing at the fishing village of Kazinga, Uganda 
An older male lion (Panthera leo) 
Tour vans arrive to view a lion 
A Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) on the shoreline of Lake George, Uganda 
A Rüppells starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) at the lodge in Katunguru 
A Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) 
An elephant visits the Kazinga Safari Lodge at Katunguru, Uganda 
A close-up of an elephant’s eye 
The Toyota Land Cruiser at Kazinga village 
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 
Sunset over Lawaʻi Beach
On the Dock at Tenakee
To the End of The Road
There is only so much road to explore and we explored most of it.
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.
Continue reading “To the End of The Road”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.
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.
Continue reading “Fishing Yakutat”Sea Lion Flophouse
Petersburg Harbor at Night
Mother and Cub
Tenakee Bakery
