Hi All: We woke up to rain again this morning. Not cold, but raining lightly... We had breakfast, then Amy started the spring cleaning of the rig. She first washed the sheets off the bed, then proceded to kicking me out so she could do the floors. I went even though I wanted to help her do the cleaning.????, Well may not.

We had an appointment to go on the boat trip at 1400, and got there in plenty of time. There was a line of hundreds of people waiting to load when we got there. Picked up our tickets that we paid for at the Campground and proceded to the load line. Gal at the ticket place told us of a quicker way to get on and we went there. Got nice seats at the top deck that we wanted and it was supriseling fast that all got aboard. Left the dock and headed down river to the area that another river crosses this one. We are on the Chena river here.


A picture of my Sweety at the Stern of the boat by the flags. No rain, but little sun either. Was fairly comfortable along the trip.

When we got to the end of the Chena River and where the Tanana river crosses it we found that the Tanana river was one of those rivers of mud. The photo above shows the mud flowing from left to right, and sneaking in towards us.. Really muddy.

The trip of the boat took us to an area they have set up as an old Eskemo village, and we got off and went on a tour of the village. Above is a photo of a volunteer from the Collage in Fairbanks who is a native eskamo from a trip here who talked to us about how things are and were with their people. Showing some of the clothes they made and how they got them. This is one of the coats they made... Really beautiful..

Also had some Raindeer. They are Raindeer if they are captive. If they are wild they are Carbou. Both the same animal....This is the only deer family that the female's have antileers just like the big guys..., And they both loose them each year.

Also stopped at an area along the way that raised sled dogs. He had some hooked up to a four wheel vehicle, and let them take off pulling it along. No power from the 4 wheeler, just Dog Power. They took of like a bat out of you know where, and ran around an area full blast at about 20MPH. After they got back he unhooked them and they ran in the water to cool off I guess. Nice boat trip. It was about 4 hours all told and very interesting.

Got back to the motor home and we had spegathetti for dinner. Super.

Going to the Gold Mine in the morning to get a big pile of gold. Then thinking of going to a place called Pioneer Park where they have a Salmon bake and several different meals that should be good.

I did get hold of the guide that took us fishing last time and I am set up to go fishing for a full day trip on 30 July in Soldotna. Amy set up reservations there for 29,30 & 31 July. The Guide I had before is booked full, but he said he has a couple guides that are good, so I will be going with a different guide. No problem. Same body of water. The Kenia River....Wish me luck. Would like to get another nice big King Salmon. They say they are hard to find this year. Said that last time we were here also....Also plan to go on a Halibit fishing trip in Homer which is a few days away...

Camp ground filled up again this evening with another caravan. Seems like there are a lot of them going on around here now.. Sure glad I'm not hooked up with any of them....

Semper Fi.

Don, Amy & Pharaoh.