Arizona. At that time, she had just escaped the Alaska winter for sunny Arizona. She bought a freezer from us for storing Halibut that she had arriving from Alaska the following day. She gave us a piece of Halibut to try and we were hooked. There is nothing like fresh Halibut! She had told us to look her up if we ever got to Alaska and Bob gave here a call shortly after we arrived at Moose Pass.
The "boys" had been talking for days about what they would take, what to wear, and what they hoped to catch. They were both packed and had their clothes all set out and ready to go Saturday evening. They were up at 445am and on the road by 530am for "thier great adventure" on Sunday morining. They were like two little kids - bouncing off the walls - trying to contain their excitement and dreaming of that "big" Halibut they would catch. I am trying to be very diplomatic. I was not on the boat, so I cannot even begin to imagine what it was like. I do know that there were 12 people on the 37 foot boat and they managed to land quite a catch. You would have to talk with Bob or Randy to hear the real story of their escapade. You know how fishing stories go. They did see a pod of around 40 beluga whales. They came right next to the boat, however, neither of the guys were able to get a picture of them. I would have loved to see them. Hands down, Randy's story would be the best.
Unless I want to be stranded here in Alaska, I will say no more. Randy laughed for hours after they got back and had Bob, Chris and I practically rolling on the floor. They pulled into Spruce Moose around 7pm with 2 trash bags of fresh Halibut and Rockfish. Randy had caught 7 Halibut and one of the other guys gave them a Rockfish also. Each person was allowed to keep 2 Halibut. They spent the rest of the evening reliving the day. Bob cut up the fish into individual servings, Randy sealed them with the food saver and we tossed them in the freezer. The biggest Halibut caught was 110 pounds. The guys ended up with around 50 pounds of Halibut. We will have plenty of fish to eat this summer. Randy and Chris loaded their little freezer in their 5th wheel with as many packages as they could fit and we ended up keeping the rest.
Oh, by the way, we had been sitting out every day watching our Raven babies grow bigger and bigger and louder and louder. Sunday, the last of them gained enough courage to take wing and left the nest. They had been coming back and forth to the tree for security and to squawk for mom to feed them, but she started to feed them less and less. We even got Chris and Randy hooked on watching their progress. Monday morning we could hear them squawking periodically and during the day and we would see mom come with tidbits. We could see them flying from tree to tree and calling to each other. Today, Tuesday, it has been very quiet and we have only seen a couple of the Ravens in the air. We will miss them. We have watched them grow since we arrived.
Chris and Randy packed up their 5th wheel and headed for home on Monday morning. Randy was concerned about turning around up here where he was parked and opted to back down the hill to the highway. That was quite a feat. I don't think Bob would have even tried it. The hill is steep and curves in a couple of places, but he was a real pro maneuvering it down to the bottom with Bob guiding him. We really enjoyed their visit and will miss have them here.
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