Alaska

My Aunt and Uncle were taking a few of their daughters and my parents fishing in Alaska for a week and they were kind enough to invite me to go with them. It was sooooooo much fun! Here are a few of the highlights from the trip.

It started by flying to Alaska in the private jet.

We landed in Dillingham and it was COLD!

from the airport we took a van, to a boat, that took us to the island that the lodge is on.

We were greeted by a very delicious steak dinner (all of the food was really good).

The view from the room that I shared with my cousin Karen.

The next morning we (my cousins, Sherri, Karen, Alisha, and I) flew out to a river to catch king salmon.

I was nicknamed the Unabomber for this look, but it was cold! OK, I can admit being from San Diego has made me a bit of a pansy when it comes to the cold.

We caught our kings!

We went for a hike on the tundra.

It was such a fun trip! And since it was a fishing trip here are some pictures of just a few of the many, many fish that I caught.

King salmon

Pike

Char

Sockeye (Karen caught this one, but I thought that it was a cool picture)

Sockeye

This Rainbow trout won me the derby for biggest rainbow - 20"

I caught it on a fly rod, it was my first time fly fishing.

Chum

Pink Salmon