Alaska Trip - September 2004

Our daughter Danielle and her fiancé Jeff live just outside Delta Junction.  They had the pleasure of my company for a month :-)

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Jeff and Ellie's Cabin just outside Delta Junction AK

Hunt Gang : Ellie, Me, Bob Mason (Jeff's Dad) Jeff, Mancha and Nellie

 One of Jeff's sheep

 

The Tanana River

 

Our guide, Ellie, paddling  Bob and Me, tough life huh?  

Unloading

Our Hunting Camp

 

Awesome Views

 

 

 

We hunt from up here

but the moose are down there. We also saw black bears down there every day. 

the red X up on the bluff is where I was standing when I made the shot,  about 165 yards  away

 

 

 

 

 

My first, last, and only Moose  From this point on, its nothing but hard work Hunting in the Alaskan wilderness is definitely a young person's game :-)
It may not have been the biggest moose ever shot, but it  was more than enough work to cut up and haul out to the canoesJeff and Ellie were impressive!  

 

We hung the quarters up in trees for the night and the bears decided to feast on the head and ribs.  We couldn't find a sign of the head anywhere.  Didn't bother the quarters for some odd reason, so we did have plenty left for moose steaks, roasts, tenderloins, and hamburger.

 

 

Bob had to head for home after 2 weeks, but I stayed the whole month of September.  We went out on a caribou hunt, saw a few but didn't get any shots.

Jeff and Nellie

Upper Tangle Lake off the Denali Hwy.

taking a break

 

 

 

We did a little fishing    We watched 6 or 7 otter playing in the river and as $$$ signs flashed thru my mind LOL

Good Night :-)

   
   

 

and I helped out a little with some odd jobs and repairs.

 

   

the bunkhouse needed a little work   

    Bob & I slept up in the loft

 

The Alaskan version of remodeling the bathroom

        

 

Ellie and the dogs went Grouse  hunting

A snowy end to September,  seemed a good time to head back to Wisconsin

 

Danielle and Jeff were married on May 27, 2005 and we had a great time in AK again for 2 weeks.

Alaskan Wedding  

They have an interesting life :-) 

 

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