Saturday’s fishing was not a complete shutout; I did catch two rainbow trout in North Twin Lake. I had no luck in Delta Clearwater River, I could see the Grayling jumping all around me as I stood thigh deep in clear cold water. I was using spoons and grubs while the guy across from me, in a honey hole, was using flies and caught five while I hooked zero. Went back on Sunday and tried drifting some flies with a spinning reel, still shut out. My fly road is in my household goods, when it arrives, I will slay them! Nina went to Fairbanks with Rachelle to go furniture hunting on Saturday. (We sold our sofa/loveseat/recliner and our dining room table/chairs so of course, we need to get new ones.) On the way back, they saw a mother moose and baby crossing the road. They stopped on the side of the road and took pictures of them in the bogs. She said that they were only about 30 feet away slashing around in the bog eating the plants off the bottom.Today we found out what the Delta Winds are, it was a clear day around 74 degrees with a constant breeze of around 25 mph. It was hard to walk against it and it kicked in the wind chill factor. We can only imagine what it is going to be like at -10 degrees and a 40 mph wind. Nina and I drove back up to Donnelly Dome this evening to look at the Alaskan Range since it was so clear. The temperature dropped seven degrees as we drove through the hills. When we got to the top, the temperature had dropped to 63 degrees and the wind was roaring. Nina had a sweatshirt in the car that she put on, I only had my shorts, t-shirt and sandals, and yep it was cold. The view was fantastic; it is hard to believe how much snow is still on those peaks. You can see the glaciers between the peaks, cliffs of snows, and in one area a huge bowl of snow. One day Nina and I would like to take a flight-seeing tour of it. Nina and I have been in Alaska for two weeks now and the scenery and the wildlife still amazes us daily.
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