Salmon cake Benedict for brunch in Excursion Inlet We made the salmon cakes roughly following our recipe for crab cakes, and they came out really great! Topped with an over easy egg and some hollandaise and chives it made a wonderful brunch. We grilled the salmon we caught (a pink) after we anchored, and then made some salmon cakes to use for brunch the next morning. Airship and Dog Star rafted in Sawmill Bay, Excursion Inlet The view from this spot is great, with tall snow-covered mountains in the distance, but when I took this photo they were covered up by some clouds temporarily. In the morning, we cruised back across Icy Strait to anchor in Sawmill Bay for two nights, the easternmost arm of Excursion Inlet (and technically part of Glacier Bay National Park, but not the part where you need a permit). For dinner we grilled some steaks, baked some potatoes, and served those with a caesar salad (so traditional!) Looking out of Flynn Cove toward Icy Strait Some things (besides crab) that we pulled up in our crab traps Our next stop for the night was Flynn Cove, where we didn’t really take many photos, but we had a great time. We put out crab traps again (we were catching a lot of crab, I just don’t remember which spots got the crab, but we had plenty).įor dinner in Neka Bay, David and Julie made homemade pizza - so so good! We had three different kinds: smoked duck, cherries, and goat cheese (pictured, delicious), another with prawns, jalapeños, and ham (also delicious) and one (slightly more traditional) with fennel sausage, mushrooms and olives (of course, delicious as well). In the morning, we returned to Fisherman’s Daughter for breakfast, which was very good! We left Hoonah later that morning and headed into Port Frederick and on to Neka Bay (the north bight) for the night. Howard returned us to Fisherman’s Daughter and we were happy to see their power had returned as well! (One of the things we did while driving around town with Howard was pick up a guy named Leroy, giving him a ride up to the power plant…he was the guy to fix the electricity, so that was productive!)Īfter lunch, we walked around town a bit more, and then headed back to the boats for some relaxing.ĭinner on Airship tonight: Laura’s homemade clam chowder, sourdough bread, and caesar salad. Howard Diamond and his son Jack (a Yupik Eskimo, and bear guide) run tours out of Hoonah, and can gear them toward photography, culture, wildlife…whatever you like! Rivers Alaska is the name of their company, and if you’re in the market for something extra when you visit Hoonah next time, give them a call! Fun! We got in and had a great time hearing Howard’s stories about the town and culture and random businesses and wildlife, as we drove the length of Hoonah and back. We weren’t very far down the road when a man named Howard pulled up beside us and said he’d heard we were waiting for the electricity at Fisherman’s Daughter, and that he was a local tour guide with a half an hour to spare and would be happy (no charge) to help us kill thirty minutes. So we looked at the menu and opted to walk around town for a bit and then come back, hoping the power would be back when we were. We wandered up into town and over to Fisherman’s Daughter to get a late lunch, but they said unfortunately their kitchen was on hold - their power was out. We arrived in Hoonah and found space on the transient dock. Humpbacks, orcas, seals, sea lions, brown bears, black bears, eagles, puffins, wolves, mountain goats….and now, finally, moose! We were pretty psyched to have finally seen moose! In all our years coming up to SE Alaska, it’s the one animal we hadn’t seen. Mama got to shore and waited patiently for her baby to come along: A mama moose and calf had been on shore and decided to swim across the channel right in front of Dog Star (as in, they had to stop the boat to let the animals cross!!) Moose with calf following behind, crossing in front of Dog Star Dog Star was out first and called us quietly on the radio as they neared the exit. We grilled up some burgers for dinner, and in the morning headed across Icy Strait toward Hoonah. We settled in Swanson Bay and put out some crab and shrimp traps, and explored the area by dinghy afterwards. Dog Star leaving Juneau Coming around Pt. There was plenty of room on the public float with only one boat, but we opted to anchor out and raft together. (Our grandkid is along with us this week, and has requested lots of bumpy dinghy rides and fresh crab and maybe some fishing.) Our first stop was Swanson Bay/Couverden Islands. Last week we left Juneau to do some buddy boating with Dog Star for a week or so.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |