We went on the Tangle Lakes to the Delta River, about three hours from Fairbanks, left one car and the take-out point, drove up to the lakes and then floated down, fishing all the way. The weather was awful the week before our trip, but bright, sunny, warm during the day and cool at night for the whole weekend. Buggy during the night, but even that was managable.
We fished and fished, first for lake trout and then for grayling, filleting and eating our catch at night and still having lots left over to take home. We got quite fussy and threw back many more fish than we caught. But our catch each day was quite respectable.
The scenery was spectacular as we floated through mountains and flat areas and passed beaver lodge after beaver lodge!
And David and I did quite well in one canoe, with David as captain and me as mate.
Even the portage, which was in two parts...unload, carry, load, paddle, unload, (have someone else) carry was an adventure. That was not something I would look forward to doing again since the up was steep and the down even steeper over treacherous rocks, but it all added to the adventure.
Then it was back home, for a midnight dinner...and then early to bed for the next two nights.
For those of you who visit AK or who live here and want a great trip, go to http://alaskadreamadventures.blogspot.com/ and contact Tony who has been traveling these rivers since he was a little boy!
and then were lucky enough to meet up with Tom Moreau and his family at Exit Glacier on Friday morning. 
They are Dylan's friends who have a cabin near where he used to live in Homer and now live in Moab. We saw a lot of them whenwe were in Moab and like them quite a lot.
All Three boats caught a total of 3100 pounds of halibut which we split. Now our freezer has no room because it is all filled with halibut. Poor us! David is holdinga ling cod which, although suppsoedly very tastey, had to be thrown back because the season wasn't open yet. Fishing is very tiring
, got to see Meadow at an ice skating performance, saw great friends, picked up a spinning wheel, got bumped from my seat going out and got a compensation of $300.00 and an upgrade part way to first class, but had a 9 hour delay coming home. I cannot believe that we have been gone for over 1 year!!!
for Chicken Stock, a tiny bluegrass festival run by a lovely woman who I know from the Yukon Quest. Check out the stage.
of course, in Chicken Stock, you must have chickens...
My favorite time was when I was talking to the mandolin player from one of the bands,comparing people we knew and bands we liked, when a voice piped up from behind me, "Do you know Dylan from Homer?" Well, it turns out the voice belonged to a woman bass player whom Dylan had promised to meet in Cantwell the next weekend...and he had said he would meet us in Seward at the same time. The boy was busted, and when I called and asked hima bout it his comment was, "I knew this state wasn't big enough for both of us!"
Although Fred sleeps in the car at night, he did join me in David's sleeping bag in the morning! David volunteered to cook and I worked selling merchandise which was great fun.