Welcome to the Arizona Sparrows
About
a year earlier, I decided to take a trip to Twin Lakes
Alaska for some remote wilderness style fishing and my big brother came
along
to make sure I didn't get in any trouble and to make sure I came back
in one
piece.
Below are some photos of the adventure with a few comments along the way |
Once we arrived in Anchorage, we took a small plane to Port Alsworth - then we jumped in a float plane to take us the 60 miles to Twin Lakes.We stayed at the Windsong Wilderness Retreat.More information can be found at this linkWindsong Wilderness RetreatWindsong Wilderness Retreat, on beautiful Twin Lakes, offers awilderness vacation in the heart of Alaska's Lake Clark National Park. This destination combines the uniqueness of a premier wilderness setting with the comfort of your own log cabin.   |
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= The Birds =
The Birds were hungry almost all the time so we fed them crackers, berries, nuts and pancakes whenever they came calling.   |
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= The
Fishing =
The Fishing was so good we lost track of how many we landed - we estimated 50 per day. The first Lake Trout was the only small one - All the other Lake trout were between 18 and 21 inches long - The largest was the salmon landed by Jesse. We kept one per day for dinner and let all the others go.   Almost too big for the net!      One Arctic Grayling was landed on the Fly Rod near the mouth of the connecting stream.  Kiss the Fish - A Sparrow Tradition (started by Stan)   Fresh Sushi   The Magic Lure - Worked very well - And Jesse only had one... Until he lost it and found another in his bag of lures - - - NOT NICE!  Fresh Fish!  And local blueberries in the pancakes with scrambled eggs. A great way to start the day!  I picked the blueberries while Jesse stood guard.   |
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A visit to Dick Proenneke's Cabin =
More information with this link http://www.nps.gov/lacl/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm       |
| = The
Bears = While we were there, we had an encounter with a black bear. We stupidly left our packs in the boat for a few minutes while picking blueberries. When we returned to the boat, Jesse's pack was gone. We found it and the bear in the woods and had to ""persuade"" the bear to give it back. Nobody was injured but the bear did chomp on the GPS rendering it unusable. No photos of the encounter were taken - We were a little busy trying to "not get eaten". * Note to self, don't leave anything unattended in the wild - ever!   We also saw a mama bear and her cub near the Windsong Resort I only managed to get these few photos. They left us alone and we left them alone. Baby bear in a tree  Mama bear near the beach    |
= The weather was great and the scenery was even better =        |
I
offer my thanks to my big brother for joining me on this adventure. |
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