7/17/2009 FISH ON!

The call of the day was.....FISH ON!

Bob got to go fishing today and what a good day it was! He and Dan left around nine and headed to meet up with Dan's brother and a few other's who were going fishing.

Meanwhile, us girls did laundry, read, got some computer time in, took care of some tasks concerning dinner and just generally hung out waiting to hear the fishermen did.

It was mostly overcast today with some short glimpses of blue skies. A little on the chilly side so it didn't take me long to change from shorts to a pair of pants.

I guess it was around two to two thirty when we got the call to meet the guys at Fred's, Dan's brother. Since his other brother, Don was here dropping of things for dinner, he drove us over.

Here come the fisherman!

Off loading the fish.

Getting them hung up and washed off for picture taking.

Everyone caught their limit today. Here's Bob standing next to the fish stand with all that were brought in.

I watched Fred clean the fish and he was so darn fast! In no time at all he had 15 fifteen halibut filleted.

He couldn't have taken more than 2 minutes per fish. If that! He'll take care of getting it vacuumed packed and frozen and Dan & Lin will put Bob's share in their freezer and get it to Quail Run. (Although Bob and I are discussing purchasing a small chest freezer to put in the closet anyway. It just makes sense to have one since we can really stock up at the commissaries)

I came back to the 5th wheel when Dan & Lin had to return to meet up with someone. After all I can only take so many pictures of dead fish. Bob hung around a while longer and caught a ride with Dan when he returned after his meeting.

We had a good dinner tonight with Dan's brothers and a sister-in-law joining us. We had corn on the cob for the first time this summer and it was excellent! We're making a run tomorrow for some more! Now if we could just get our hands on homegrown tomatoes!

Even though it is only mid-July there are signs that fall is just around the corner here in Alaska. The leaves are turning already.

This evening we sat around the campfire and told jokes and solved all the world's problems.

Here's our fire-tender for tonight.

If it got any better than this it would be against the law!