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Alaska Paddlers ?
- Thread starter Jim Dodd
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Close, but not close enough...Depending of where you are going!! I'm in the Yukon... If you would have been driving, you would have had to pas by!!
We are planning to fly into Anchorage, rent a vehicle and at least drive down to Homer.
Right now, we are trying to fill our days, with things to do.
I'd LOVE to meet up with some builders up there !!!
Thanks Canotrouge !
Jim
Right now, we are trying to fill our days, with things to do.
I'd LOVE to meet up with some builders up there !!!
Thanks Canotrouge !
Jim
Hi Jim, I hope to meet you when you are up here if it works out. I can also try to get you in touch with probably the most prolific boat builder up here. I had done a trip with him years ago, his name is John Lucking of Eagle River Canoes. You can mention that myself and my wife Gail floated the Delta River with him and his friends Chris and Sharon about twenty years ago. I would be happy to help you out any way I can.
Alan
Alan
Paddler going to Alaska? That would be us in late June to September
Just the drive out of Anchorage past the last real town road...eye opening, then the next 50 miles or so - BREATHTAKING!!! (Turnagain Arm, a glacial fjiord)
Trip to Homer is definitely worthwhile...stunning views all around, great fishing, wildlife, sea kayaking in the bay, water taxis to Seldovia, Halibut Cove, friendly locals...do it! (and buy a good camera if you don't already have one)
Trip to Homer is definitely worthwhile...stunning views all around, great fishing, wildlife, sea kayaking in the bay, water taxis to Seldovia, Halibut Cove, friendly locals...do it! (and buy a good camera if you don't already have one)
Great ! This will be an adventure I'm really looking forward to. Hoping Alan Gage can come along !!!
Thanks Alan !!!
I've got a good camera, just need to get it back from my son !
This is sounding better all the time ! Thanks !
Jim
Maybe I can coax the group into going earlier, and we could meet up for a paddle !
Jim
We leave July 4 weekend it seems. Have to paddle the Yukon for 250 miles enroute
YC if you're passing through Anchorage I hope to meet you also.
We will go through Anchorage at some point.. You see last time we missed the Kenai Peninsul entirely
This is a look at that drive this week...no endless crawling line of campers, RV, guys towing fishing boats...
(This is the highway out of Anchorage on the way to Homer or Seward or other points on the Kenai Peninsula. ) Bird Point rest area.
(This is the highway out of Anchorage on the way to Homer or Seward or other points on the Kenai Peninsula. ) Bird Point rest area.
TEASE!!!!
One of the guys in our group is a pilot, and is hoping to renew his float plane license while up there.
The planning stage is getting exciting !
Need to find out what we can and can't take. I know things are different now compared to pre 911, when we first went up there !
Jim
The planning stage is getting exciting !
Need to find out what we can and can't take. I know things are different now compared to pre 911, when we first went up there !
Jim
heh, heh, heh...got plenty of those...!
Got a few days for an Adirondack-like paddle trip? Either the Swan Lake or Swanson River Canoe Trails can be good for anything from an overnighter to a week's plus trip. Designated Wilderness areas, no fees or permits required, one outfitter in Sterling if you don't have your own boat(s), native rainbow trout for fresh fish dinner every night... Then on to Homer and kayak all or parts of the Kachemak Bay Water Trail, book a charter and land a halibut or two (daily limit), hike a trail across the Bay in Kachemak Bay State Park - no end of things to do here on the Kenai Peninsula. I live in Homer and would be happy to connect.
Brad
Brad
LOL and the only time I have paddled with you I think is in the Ozarks at one of the Rendezvousesessese.
https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/refuge_swanlake_canoe_route.pdf
well we will have to fix that.
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