Fishing Cordova

Summer 2025 featured another family fishing trip.

Orca Adventure Resort, Cordova, Alaska
Orca Adventure Resort, Cordova, Alaska

This time the destination was Cordova, Alaska. Why Cordova? Why not? New water, new adventures, new things to see.

We had never been to Cordova, bouncing through the airport on the milk run from Juneau and Yakutat does not count. The area feaures some interesting history, very scenic country, more than a few glaciers, and access to Prince William Sound for fishing.

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Another Hop Across the Pond

Starting out on an adventure, a couple weeks on the mainland. A bit of visiting family, the annual tribal meeting, then off to Alaska for a little fishing with family. A lot of camera gear loaded, will be making time for some exploring along the way.

Yet another hop across the Pacific, leaving the island behind and headed to Portland.

A Day Without Lava

Reading the data it really looked like Saturday would be the day, the USGS forecast was for Saturday, the online chatter agreed… Saturday.

The volcano does what the volcano does… The eruption started Sunday morning.

This time I had followed up on my bet, spending all day Saturday in the park. Arriving well before sunrise, not leaving until well after dark… missing the eruption, but still enjoying the day.

A rainbow over Kilauea Caldera seen from Steaming Bluff

I spent some time on the north rim, the stars bright, Jupiter and Venus bright, it was going to be a lovely day.

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Volcano Run… Not

I was ready…

Kilauea eruption episode 28 just starting before dawn on July 9, 2025
Kilauea eruption episode 28 just starting before dawn on July 9, 2025

I had the day off, and the eruption was due. The camera was packed, batteries charged, memory cards cleared. Ready to go!

Work, as usual, is the complicating factor when it comes to volcano photography. I had been planning for a week. Some experiments at work required me to go in on Saturday. This giving me a chance to trade for a day for off in the middle of the week. Careful checking of the USGS telemetry showed that day would be Tuesday. Thus I arranged Tuesday off and was ready to go…

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Happy 4th of July

Fireworks over Palm Trees
A fireworks display over the coconut palms of the Fairmont Orchid resort

The state just enacted some stiff new penalties for illegal fireworks, effective immediately. This is in response to a really bad explosion at a house on Oahu last year that left a couple local families greiving. Wondering if this will have any real effect on the huge amount of illegal fireworks that get lit in our neighborhood for the 4th and New Years.