Ahh. Nothing is as great as a shower. There is a public place for showering by the Russian River, but I had been looking forward to tonight. The van has been cleaned, as I think mechanics have a different feeling when the car is washed, instead of full of 40 days of road dirt.
I drove two hours to Anchorage and got the oil change done for the van. Tomorrow I’ll get the tires rotated and find a replacement folding chair for my van. Then, 2 hours south to the Russian River, and then into the river, regardless of visible fish or not.
So, what is this Phase 3? Phase one was driving all the way to Alaska bypassing lakes and blown out rivers. Phase 2 was fishing a little and figuring out how to catch fish here, as well as scouting all the road side access points to the Kenai river. Phase 3 is all out fishing. Each day I’ll sleep in, get brunch, put on my gear, and fish, fish, fish. The Red Salmon are in the Russian and the Kenai. The Silver Salmon will be here in two weeks. I will be disappointed in myself if I don’t fish every day remaining in August.
To celebrate I’m have my second beer in the last 42 days. I’m not happy that my photo shows me blurry when I haven’t even opened the beer.
Tight Lines!