Big ugly fish - no clue what it is. Not edible but cool looking.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15TH

Two weeks until we make our move South! We are getting excited about starting our new life in a new place. I am so ready to have my own place. We are thankful for all the house/dog sitting jobs in Kodiak, but we are ready to sit in our own chairs, cook with our own cookware, drive our own trucks, watch our own tv, etc. Abby, however, does not care. She would be so happy to live with a gypsy family. She is no doubt the most adaptable dog I have ever seen!! No one can say that we failed to socialize her! HA!

BUT, we both miss McGrath so much. This is the best time of the year to live there. The leaves will be changing, berries are ready, and MOOSE SEASON! Roger Seavoy had to make it worse by telling us that he spotted two nice bulls in our hunting spot while flying the other day.

2 MORE WEEKS!

Buskin River
We didn't know at first, but there was a kid's fishing derby going on.

Pink salmon caught in the Buskin River. This is straight out of the ocean so it doesn't have the characteristic hump of the pink (humpy) salmon.

This is Angel. She belongs to Kent and Carol. We house/dog sat for them for awhile. She was SO interested in the dog training video on tv. So cute.

Moose backstrap stuffed with cream cheese, jalapenos and spices, wrapped with bacon and cooked on the grill. It was so yummy. I'm going to add whole cloves of garlic next time (this week).

One rockfish! At least we didn't zero. Kent took us out fishing on Sunday. The plan was to fish for rockfish first and then go out about 3 more miles to catch some halibut. The rockfish seemed to disappear and the fog was so bad that it was unsafe to travel out to the good halibut spot. We later found out that commercial jiggers cleaned out the rockfish from this spot!!!!