7/6/2009 Bob Goes Fishing

Bob got up at five o'clock this morning to catch a resort provided bus to take him to the docks. I never heard a thing, he must have been really quiet or I was dead to the world. One or the other.

Today is the day he's been waiting for, he's going halibut fishing. He's been wanting to fish so badly he could have been going for goldfish and he would have been happy.

While he was gone I took a walk around the Army's Seward Resort.

The resort office and gift shop.

The breezeway.

There's a TV room...shown in this blurry picture.

This is the bar area with seating for dining if you don't want to sit outside.

I'm hoping I get to take a picture like this. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. That goes for the bear and the photographer!

This the Freedom Fighter's Bar and Grill kitchen and outdoor deck.

These are quarters available for rent if one doesn't have an RV. Though I haven't been inside one as yet I would bet they are each nicely furnished and well stocked.

To keep the little ones occupied there is small playground. This is usually quite busy but I must have hit it at lunch or nap time.

There are also yurts available for rent if one would like to go that way.

And then there is the RV Park. Nothing fancy but it certainly serves the purpose.

Here's our spot.

One of the most important buildings here is the Fish House.

This is where all the action is every afternoon.

Shortly after the fisherman are dropped off their fish arrive by truck.

The fish containers are off loaded by resort personnel.

And then unceremoniously dumped on the ground.

Each fish had already been tagged on the boat.

This is one of Bob's halibuts.

Bob gathers his fish. He caught the limit of two halibut and a ling cod. The cod is one ugly fish!

Now its off to the Fish House to clean these bad boys.

Let the cleaning begin!

One of Fish House hands gives some pointers on cleaning these flatties. Bob takes the opportunity for a swig of beer.

One down, two to go....

After the fish are cleaned and cut into portion sizes they are put into plastic bags and put into this machine so they can be vacuumed packed.

From this machine the packages get put into a tote and put into these large deep freeze freezers. The fish will stay here until you leave the resort or its shipped home. We're having this shipped home to a friend of ours who will take some to my parents, keep some for himself and take the rest to the Legion to be given out to the guys.

Bob is one tired fella as I type this but he wasn't too tired to share some of the pictures he took out on the boat.

The early morning sun.

Some whales frolicking nearby? Frolicking? Do whales frolick?

Heading out to sea.

He said the scenery was spectacular! I can't wait to see it when we go on our cruise to see the fjords.

Bob will go deep sea fishing again when we meet up with Lin and Dan around the 14th.

It was a great day! Bob got to fishing and I had a ME day.