The Florida Yacthers Two couples ("The Florida Yachters"), Charlie Hood and Della Betz along with Maura Smith and Marty Sullivan joined Skookumchuck in late July for a ten day cruise in Southeast's inside waters. Coming from Florida, all were well oriented towards boats and water. Hiking was high up on their lists of thing to do as well as viewing wildlife (Charlie's priority, of course, was fishing!). However, having never been to this part of the world before, no one had a clue as to how cold it might be during an Alaskan summer so the answer was to come prepared for anything! We couldn't have had more fun on this trip if we had tried! |
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Charlie, Maura, Della and Marty checking out some back country on a very misty morning. They picked enough salmon berries for a pie. Charlie said the fish weren't biting. |
| The skiff at low tide in a neat little cove. |
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Hmmm! A banana slug. Wonder how they taste dried? |
| Don't touch it Maura! Devils Club can be nasty. |
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Charlie ready for rain. OK. Let the fun begin! |
| Don't even think (especially out loud) that you might go on a diet and not eat any more pie! |
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What's for lunch Charlie? |
| Hmmmm. Good choice Marty! |
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"How about this?" Nice going Della! |
| "Or this?" Kind of small Marty! |
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"OK, how about this one?" Something is looking pretty familiar here. |
| Oops! Orcas cruising nearby. Lunch will have to wait. |
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Not everyone was liking what we saw were they Della? The Orcas |
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How about another hike? Bring your boots! |
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"Yea, we made it!" (brown bear incident and all) |
OK Della! Enjoy the hot springs and forget about the Orcas! |
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Well, someone had to clean off the ice cream beaters, didn't they? |
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Pretty nice one Charlie! Too bad we didn't get a photo of the halibut we turned loose, huh? |
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Morning mist. Getting close to the end of the trip now. |
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Della saying her quiet goodbyes to this incredible place of animals, |
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Dressed for Alaska. It just happened to be the warmest
day of the summer! I told you they came prepared. |
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