Old Valdez Townsite, Alaska
February 10, 2023
DrFumblefinger visits the abandoned townsite of Valdez, Alaska, and finds an area returning to nature, and a creek packed with spawning salmon.
DrFumblefinger visits the abandoned townsite of Valdez, Alaska, and finds an area returning to nature, and a creek packed with spawning salmon.
DrFumblefinger visits the fabulous Alaska SeaLife Center, located in the small town of Seward. The aquarium provides excellent displays of local sea life and is located on Resurrection Bay.
DrFumblefinger enjoys fresh sockeye salmon, plentifully available in the Pacific Northwest during the summer months. He enjoyed see the Copper River in person as this is where most of the salmon he’s cooked originate.
Kodiak is at the heart of Alaska’s salmon fishing industry. But this is not a salmon any fisherman would want to catch.
One of the pleasures of traveling is talking to local folks whenever that’s possible. This couple—happy with their harvest of coho fillets from a half day of fishing—were friendly and offered very helpful advice.
DrFumblefinger visits Hope, Alaska. Site of the first Alaska gold rush, the town is small but many of the gold-era mining buildings survive.
DrFumblefinger enjoyed watching an Alaskan brown bear fishing beneath the roar of Devil’s Falls in Katmai National Park.
Travel Rob explores the unique and beautiful waterfront of Campbellton, New Brunswick
Kirsten Hines’s series on Celebrating Nature on Seven Continents continues with stops in North America. The first post highlights salmon spawning in Canada, eh?
The Salmon’s ability to return to its home river after a year or more in the North Atlantic is an astonishing feat of navigation, perseverance and physical transformation. The migration from feeding grounds in the North Atlantic to the upper reaches of the River Tyne.
DrFumblefinger visits the abandoned townsite of Valdez, Alaska, and finds an area returning to nature, and a creek packed with spawning salmon.
DrFumblefinger visits the fabulous Alaska SeaLife Center, located in the small town of Seward. The aquarium provides excellent displays of local sea life and is located on Resurrection Bay.
DrFumblefinger enjoys fresh sockeye salmon, plentifully available in the Pacific Northwest during the summer months. He enjoyed see the Copper River in person as this is where most of the salmon he’s cooked originate.
Kodiak is at the heart of Alaska’s salmon fishing industry. But this is not a salmon any fisherman would want to catch.
One of the pleasures of traveling is talking to local folks whenever that’s possible. This couple—happy with their harvest of coho fillets from a half day of fishing—were friendly and offered very helpful advice.
DrFumblefinger visits Hope, Alaska. Site of the first Alaska gold rush, the town is small but many of the gold-era mining buildings survive.
DrFumblefinger enjoyed watching an Alaskan brown bear fishing beneath the roar of Devil’s Falls in Katmai National Park.
Travel Rob explores the unique and beautiful waterfront of Campbellton, New Brunswick
Kirsten Hines’s series on Celebrating Nature on Seven Continents continues with stops in North America. The first post highlights salmon spawning in Canada, eh?
The Salmon’s ability to return to its home river after a year or more in the North Atlantic is an astonishing feat of navigation, perseverance and physical transformation. The migration from feeding grounds in the North Atlantic to the upper reaches of the River Tyne.