Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

Today we are driving to Ninilchik to stay at a RV site on the bluff above Cook Inlet which flows out to the ocean. We have seen so many bald eagles; some are still teenager and immature. The immature bald eagles have brown and white speckled breasts. They won't be an adult til they are 5 years old. Then they will get the white head and tail feathers. The bald eagles mate for life and stay here year round. They do not fly south for the winter. They just keep adding sticks and branches to their nests. Sometimes the nests become so large that they will collapse and have to build a new one. The view from this bluff is amazing. You can see the mountainous volcanoes across the inlet from us. Some still have snow on their tops. The one erupted last year. Any volcano which has erupted in the last 100 years is considered active!!!
Daddy, Noah and Tyler went halibut fishing in the ocean. It took 1 hour by boat to get to the ocean. The water was pretty mild that day and sunny. They caught lots of halibut and kept only 2 of the largest per person. There was a man on board from the Air Force base. He caught a 175 pound halibut!!! That was bigger than Tyler. When they pulled him on deck his tail whipped around and smacked Noah in the butt. He had blood all down his pants leg! Daddy said Tyler's and Noah's eyes were like saucers when they saw the size of that fish. The crew is allowed to keep 2 fish per person, so they gave their catch to us also. By the time the fish are cut into fillets and the heads and carcasses disposed of, we had 66 pounds of fish to ship home. That cost $300., but that is better than us buying a freezer to place in the RV! We have no idea where we would put one and then have to run the generator 24--7 to keep the freezer running. Paying $300 is cheaper, believe it or not!!!