• Chris the Drifter
  • Chris the Drifter

Alaskan adventure

Una aventura de 37 días de Chris the Drifter Leer más
  • Inicio del viaje
    7 de mayo de 2018
  • The Chugach mountains

    9 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F

    Flying out of Anchorage bound for the Kenai peninsula. Tonight I will hopefully be situated in the cabin in Ninilchik. On side note stay away from el Jalisco in Havana food poisoning for airplane ride to anchorage made for rough day. It’s good to b home in Alaska , float planes leaving lake hood as I type.Leer más

  • Thursday May 10 excellent night

    10 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F

    Was a nice night awoke to a crisp and refreshing 38 degrees, it is so quiet , I have to wind the clock or keep the fire crackling to sleep, I will adjust . The first pic is we’re a young bull moose cleaned his antlers in the fall we will hope he made it thru the winter, I found tracks this morning were 2 had been thru the yard in the night. Sunset at 10 and rose at 6. I keep lifting sink faucet thinking something will come out but air, it’s the long way on everything here, if u want water u must go and get it from the spring that flows year round up in town. The arctic entry also works as a refrigerator, drove to soldotna was a nice day that’s a picture looking across to west side . Tomorrow I fish the Kasilof river for king salmon , it’s early so I expect no luck but it will b fun I hope it’s like riding a bike and the skills I used to have return quickly and fish will b for dinner. Went out looking for moose and found 9 tonight a cow and two of last years calves I was able to get pictures of .Leer más

  • Friday May 11 Steelhead fishing

    11 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌙 77 °F

    Woke at 6:30 to rain, I got rain gear out and headed for river , fished for four hours and nothing , but guy next to me had caught six, when he asked me to take a pic of his fish I looked at the fly in it’s mouth and beat feet to tackle store to get some of them, I returned to river at 4:30 pm with said flies and at 4:45 I had my first fish on the line , don’t mess with success fished till 10 and caught 5 total that is a banner day for steelhead fishing. Day turned out beautiful.Leer más

  • Homer Alaska

    12 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 45 °F

    Awoke at 5:30 and headed off to homer , tourist day and hardware store visit, homer is the end of road to go farther it must float, homer is also were I went on my long cross country solo for pilots license, my instructor said fly down mountains till u get to water it’s on the left, it worked I made it without a gps or a vor can u imagine today we can’t get across street without a gps.Leer más

  • Moose

    12 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    The moose are everywhere I go right now so I thought I better get some pics before they disappear, they will drop into thickets soon to have this years little ones. There is also a picture of wolf track I found on edge of driveway , my hand shows how big his foot is.Leer más

  • Volcanos rivers and lakes

    13 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F

    What was supposed to be a rainy day turned into a clear and sunshine day views across inlet that a picture can never do justice. Mt illiamna , Mt redoubt across Cook Inlet , makes ya wanna take a super cub and go exploring, kenai river is one of best salmon and rainbow rivers there is anywhere , it was a great day, it looks as if time has passed all this by same buildings and fishing holes from 15 years ago very little additional commercialization of cooper landing and surrounding area.Leer más

  • Work a dirty word

    17 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌙 72 °F

    Spent the last 4 days helping my mother in law finish up some construction projects hanging doors running casing and base my old vocation before I started fixing planes , hopefully I will finish tomorrow and get back to fishing and touring, had a nice black bear run thru yard it makes me wonder if the pistol is worth carrying around he wasn’t even trying to run and was way faster than me on best day, if he was hiding he would be on u before u. Could say boo much less draw a gun and shoot. I will also post picture of a porcupine and a spruce chicken that was in yard. Went fishing after working today and caught a 30 inch Steelhead approx 10-12 pounds my largest ever, another moose mom and last years baby also out by road today . this cabin is starting to feel like home I love this place. Will be going up to birchwood Saturday to help assemble a brand new cub crafters super cub with io-390 engine should b a real performer . Pics to come when we get wings on.Leer más

  • On the move

    19 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 48 °F

    Left Ninilchik village at 5 am headed north, gonna stop in birch wood and help a friend with putting his new cub crafters cub together and then I will continue north for a total of about 400 miles, I may freeze winter still has a healthy grip on things at the moment was 38 when I left cabin. U can see in pics lakes in hills are still partially frozen , hopefully they will b open in spots at Denali catching a grayling is high on the list of things to accomplish while gone. I should arrive at Riley creek campground in Denali National Park on Tuesday, they are clearing the roads but are well behind standard opening date of may 15, The pic of lake with grass mound was a stop I made to see if a pair of swans still nested there, they were there all the time we lived here, swans mate for life , they are still there.Leer más

  • Denali campground site 3A and pics w

    21 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    Winter still has a grip up here , a few lakes I had planned to fish are still frozen solid, saw to swans in a beaver pond resting in the only open water I had seen, I’m sure they are bound for the north slope to nest, hopefully the pictures show the vastness of this amazing place. My camp for next week or so if I can tough out the coldLeer más

  • Horseshoe lake trail

    21 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F

    I took a warm up hike tonight on the horse shoe lake trail, I was thinking of walking into the park which is about 12 miles to were I had planned to spend most of tomorrow, needless to say 5 mile warm up like to have killed me so I bought bus ticket, was a few critters running around, the snow shoe hares think they are hidden but still have little too much white on them. The bird in spruce tree is a camp robber , he will come in and swipe things if u r not paying attention, rest I believe is self explanatory.Leer más

  • Animals of today

    22 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    Today I saw 5 grizzly bears, 2 lone bears and sow with 2 2nd year cubs, 40 plus caribou, 3 moose , 8 Dall sheep 3 rams on that knob and 4 yews and lambs on hillside , hundreds of snowshoe hares and willow ptarmigan, it was a banner day, I did best I could with pics, I take them with iPad.Leer más

  • Scenery of today

    22 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F

    I don’t think a visit to park could be much better, 3 out of 10 see Denali and she was out all 20, 000 feet and both peaks were clear, I walked down Toklat River until I thought I had gone farther than any one else would, wanted to say I have walked were to my knowledge I am the first, I was wondering though if something would have happened not a soul in world would known were I was , is an awesome place unless u see it with your own eyes beauty and vastness is beyond comprehension. As u can see I had a hardy lunch of spam Oreos and trail mix. Bear track was on my journey down Toklat RiverLeer más

  • The sled dogs of Denali

    23 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F

    A couple of videos of sled dogs used in park, average dog runs 1700 miles per year , the kennel takes on average 120 trips per year supporting winter operations in the park, being designated a wilderness area no motorized equipment is used off of the main road in summer and none in the winter, I used to run sled dogs with Arnold Woodard when me and mb lived in anchorage.Leer más

  • Moved to Talkeetna Alaska

    24 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ 🌧 50 °F

    Talkeetna is refered to as a drinking village with a climbing problem , if u wanna climb Denali this is were it all begins . I’m staying at Talkeetna roadhouse were most all of legendary bush pilots have spent time. Now they have joint dispensary can get high before the journeyLeer más

  • Talkeetna airport pics

    24 de mayo de 2018, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F

    You used to have to walk thirty days to get to mountain to start climb , now theses souped up otters do all the heavy lifting. Couple old snow machines as well,it’s 5:14 and they have closed up gift shops and opened bars , bet it will b rowdy place tonight , I got room at bakery now that I’m old fuddy daddyLeer más