marten

Bo's beaver hat
Handmade by ME!!!!!

Trapping gear

Getting his trapping stuff together. And, of course, Maggie helping!

old Bristol Bay salmon fishing boat

Nushagak River (Dillingham,AK)

Wood-Tickchik State Park (Dillingham,AK)

In a museum in Dillingham, AK
Bo was there for a meeting

This parka is made from some kind of bird feathers

Ground squirrel parkas. Wolf ruffs.

Seal parks
Beaver mitts
Seal mukluks

The new burn box! The things we get excited about. HA!

FINALLY DONE!!! After 4 days of constant sewing.

Bou HATES his booties! I think he would rather get frostbite!

Getting started on Bo's beaver hat! I traced the pattern and he cut with a razor.

Sharp-tailed grouse

Bo and Ken checked the main trap line and caught a mink, plus got these sharp-tailed grouse!!!!

Walking home after checking the traps

This is Bo's trapline in the woods behind our house.

32 below today!
I think Bou has cabin fever

Sorry these pictures are backwards.
This was a doggie birthday party for the huskies.
Tosh, Tussock and Taiga

Bou can't party like he used to!!

Hard to play Jenga with so many dogs

Singing Happy Birthday

Kristi getting everything ready to sing Happy Birthday!

Pupcakes I made for the party!

Kevin chopping ice to get to the beaver trap under the ice

snowshoe hare tracks

Marten-
this is the common darker color

Mink

Bo and Ken setting a beaver trap under the ice

Our first big snow of the year!
Put my Christmas lights up today! I couldn't help myself.

Maggie is LOVING the snow!!!

Getting ready to save on electricity.
This is a step up from last year when we had coolers!

This is the reason we NEED snow-DUST. It is HORRIBLE!! 3 inches in the forecast for Monday night (NOV 9)

This is the Kuskokwim River in front of Bo's office. The ice has quit moving. Some people are actually starting to walk and take 4 wheelers across to log on the other side. About 8 inches deep.

This is Muskeg Creek, where Bo and Kevin have their traps set.

Another picture of the creek. This "WATER" is still running in below freezing temps! It was 10 above this day.

Bo with his marten.
This is a very unusual color for a marten.(they are usually darker) This color is called canary.
They are about 1 in 700!
Caught it in a marten box that he built.

Kuskokwim Mountains
Bo went to a meeting in a village called Shageluk. About an hour plane ride from McGrath.

This is the airport runway in Shageluk

Downtown Shageluk

Black Bear hide drying

Drying Salmon eggs

This is an outhouse on the mound in front of house. There is only one building that has running water in it-for laundry!