6wt Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Leaving WA for a flight to Anchorage to spend the night before getting on a Cessna Caravan to Iliamna, where we transfer to smaller float planes to head to Royal Wolf Lodge in the Katmai 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 Had a nice dinner at The Crow’s Nest in the Captain Cook Hotel in downtown Anchorage 1 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 Leaving Anchorage for Iliamna, decent flying conditions 2 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 Visibility deteriorated as we approached Iliamna…landed at 5:00 pm, we were supposed to leave by 5:45 pm to be at the lodge by 6:15 pm 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 By 9:00 pm it was apparent we were going to spend the night on Iliamna, which had no hotels or available rooms…thought we were going to sleep on cots in the “airport “ lobby. We were fortunate that there was a nearby hunting/fishing lodge that was between clients and offered us their beds…even made us moose meat quesadillas 1 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 5:30 the next morning…still heavy clouds and inclement flying weather…hopefully it improves by 8:00 am when this lodge receives its guests for the week 1 Link to comment
Jdofmemi Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 4 hours ago, 6wt said: 5:30 the next morning…still heavy clouds and inclement flying weather…hopefully it improves by 8:00 am when this lodge receives its guests for the week If you must be stuck, there are much worse places! 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 3 hours ago, SUFA5160 said: Is this walrus? Yes… Link to comment
6wt Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 2 hours ago, Jdofmemi said: If you must be stuck, there are much worse places! Yes, like in a four seater float plane on a lake somewhere, waiting for the clouds to lift… Link to comment
SUFA5160 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 3 hours ago, 6wt said: A beautiful sight… Is this atlas T case? 1 Link to comment
6wt Posted July 8 Author Share Posted July 8 A pair of moose crossed below us, and this dude was twenty feet away while we were rolling up the raft 2 Link to comment
SUFA5160 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Awesome pictures. Than bear is well friendly Link to comment
wjtstudios Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Beautiful Bows Ed! I love that place, such amazing wildlife and scenery! What rivers are you guys on? And you doing fly ins or jet boats? Link to comment
6wt Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 16 hours ago, wjtstudios said: Beautiful Bows Ed! I love that place, such amazing wildlife and scenery! What rivers are you guys on? And you doing fly ins or jet boats? So far…the Big Ku, Lower American, Middle American…today, the Nonvianik, tomorrow Kuklik…nearly all fly in (except the home river today) Link to comment
6wt Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 Hiked into the Middle American…a bunch of fish on drys and mouse 2 1 Link to comment
SUFA5160 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 9 hours ago, 6wt said: So far…the Big Ku, Lower American, Middle American…today, the Nonvianik, tomorrow Kuklik…nearly all fly in (except the home river today) Awesome!!! Link to comment
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