Guests and Fishing

Our first out-of-town guests of the season arrived at midnight last night. We've got plans to do lots of sightseeing with them over the course of the coming week.Right now, they're probably still sleeping off their jet lag. They arrived tired and starving having had their 1.5 hour layover in Phoenix reduced to a 15-minute sprint to their connecting flight. So they were unable to grab any food on their way. Luckily the Taco Bell drive-thru is open very late and we were able to get them some "sustenance" on our way home.

In other news, today begins the Slam'n Salmon Fishing Derby here in downtown Anchorage just behind the railroad depot. I walked down there on my lunch 1/2 hour yesterday and saw the banks of Ship Creek lined with anglers hoping to catch a king salmon. For those who don't know, the king salmon is the largest of the 5 types of pacific salmon which make their way up the rivers and streams of Alaska each summer. This is the time for kings... The others follow throughout the summer. You can see more info on that derby at www.shipcreeksalmonderby.com.