Russ Travel Adventures

Joined July 2018Living in: Redmond, United States

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Day25
Russ Becomes A Grandpa
Yesterday in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
At 6:43 pm (PST) Russ became a Grandpa! Hollie and Kevin gave birth to Zoie Madison Small. She was born 7 lbs 1 oz, 19 1/2" in length, and has lots of hair. Zoie is the cutest baby in the hospital.

Baby, Hollie, and Kevin are doing well.
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Alyse Clements
Yay!! Congrats Russ!!!
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@ United States Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough South Rolly Lake
Jul 20, 2019 at 5pm · ☁️ 70 °F · Altitude: 253 ft
61°40'11" N 150°8'5" W

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Day25
Tanaina Canoe Trail
Yesterday in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Took our kayaks on a portion of the Tanaina Canoe Trail in the Nancy Lake Recreation Area this afternoon. Got to 4 different lakes before we got tired of doing the portages.

Camping at a view point above Rolly lake. Making our famous rock fish stew for dinner. Living like Kings!

The Alaska campfire ban has finally been lifted. It has been 12 days since our last campfire.Read more
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@ United States Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough South Rolly Lake
Jul 20, 2019 at 3pm · ☁️ 70 °F · Altitude: 236 ft
61°40'11" N 150°8'6" W
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Day25
We Can See Russia From Here!
Yesterday in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Guess where we are? We are in the hometown of Sarah Palin.
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@ United States Matanuska-Susitna Borough Wasilla Wasilla Lake Seaplane Base
Jul 20, 2019 at 7:57pm (UTC) · ☁️ 63 °F · Altitude: 325 ft
61°34'44" N 149°24'42" W
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Day24
Whittier, Alaska
July 19 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Whittier, AK was created by the US Army during WWII as a no-ice port and petroleum delivery center. To get to Whittier by car you must drive thru a one lane tunnel, carved through a mountain. The tunnel is about 3 miles long.

Once in Whittier, not much to see. However there is a alot of fishing charters who harvest fish from the Prince William Sound. Might be a future trip 😊Read more
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@ United States Valdez–Cordova Census Area Whittier Whittier Creek
Jul 19, 2019 at 3:42pm · ⛅ 64 °F · Altitude: 75 ft
60°46'37" N 148°42'5" W
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Day24
Portage Glacier
July 19 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
The Portage Glacier was once used as a means of portage to Whittier, AK.

Now there is a tunnel through the mountain under the Shakespeare Glacier
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@ United States Alaska Anchorage Municipality Placer Creek
Jul 19, 2019 at 2:53pm · ⛅ 64 °F · Altitude: 121 ft
60°47'22" N 148°48'34" W
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Day24
Bird Creek, Alaska
July 19 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
We are now leaving the Kenai Peninsula and heading up north to Denali National Park. We grabbed a campsite at Bird Creek Campground early since it's Friday night and everyone is bugging out of Anchorage.

We are going to play tourist today. Portage Glacier, Whittier, and Alyeska.

Planned on fishing Bird Creek tonight but got stuck at Girdwood Brewery on our side trip to Alyeska Resort. Got back to camp and made Salmon fish and chips for dinner and lost track of time. Will try the combat fishing in the morning.Read more
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Wow, drop dead gorgeous country. Wow, listened to the theme song -- keep your day jobs. Watched the fish clinic -- I suspect Russ was out of sight of camera planting hook in fish.
July 19, 2019
I see you cross the river there by walking on fishermen.
July 19, 2019
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@ United States Anchorage Municipality Indian Bird Creek
Jul 19, 2019 at 12:44pm · ⛅ 75 °F · Altitude: 108 ft
60°58'11" N 149°27'18" W
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Day23
"Where There's Life, There's Hope, AK"
July 18 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F
We return back to Hope, Alaska, and Porcupine Campground. We hope to wade the mighty Resurrection Creek and hope to catch more Pinks. We know more this time around. We have more appropriate lures and have talked to many locals about the process.

The results were unbelieveable. Nice salmon were on the line with every cast. Best fishing ever! We caught over 30 fish. It was exhausting 😁. We kept 5 "bright" ones.

Check out "Dave's Fishing Clinic", instructional video. We filmed this in one take. Turn up the volume on your phone.

The next morning we were on the creek 90 minutes before high tide and had another repeat performance. 🐟😁🐟😁🐟😁Read more
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@ United States Kenai Peninsula Borough Hope Porcupine Creek
Jul 18, 2019 at 4:49pm · ⛅ 77 °F · Altitude: 108 ft
60°55'56" N 149°39'50" W
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Day22
Salmon Fishing with Cody & Wyatt, Homer
July 17 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Had a great day catching salmon with Cody and Wyatt on the boat Bear Force of the O' Fish'ial Charter fleet.

We caught our limits by noon. Our bounty included 3 Kings, 2 Silvers, 6 Pinks and 1 rockfish. Russ caught the trophy fish of the day. Dave caught a big King as well.

Be ready family, Dad is shipping a bunch of fish home! We will ship 45 lbs of Halibut and King Salmon and retain 30 lbs of Pinks and Rockfish in the trailer freezer.

The weather was gorgeous.Read more
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@ United States Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough Point Pogibshi
Jul 17, 2019 at 10:33am · ☀️ 57 °F · Altitude: Sealevel
59°25'34" N 151°53'53" W
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Day21
"First Class Camping by the Sea", Homer
July 16 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
Arrived in Homer during torrential downpour. Staying at the well known Heritage RV Park located on the Homer Spit for next two nights.

The Spit is a peninsula that extends into the ocean. The Spit should have washed away long ago if man had not intervened and saved the land mass. Way to go man. Very cool place.

https://www.homeralaska.org/the-homer-spit.html

We are right next to the "Fishing Hole" which is a man made lagoon that contains salmon, so we are told. Way to go man.

Looking forward to charter fishing for King Salmon tomorrow morning.Read more
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@ United States Kenai Peninsula Borough Ostrovski (historical) Homer Spit
Jul 16, 2019 at 5:29pm · 🌧 54 °F · Altitude: 16 ft
59°36'38" N 151°26'26" W
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Day21
Kenai River Brewery, Soldotna, AK
July 16 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Stopped in Soldotna, AK for a micro-refreshment at Kenai River Brewery. The price was right, at only $4.00 each. We were told that everything was supposed to be super expensive in Alaska.

On the way to Homer.
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@ United States Kenai Peninsula Borough Soldotna Soldotna Creek
Jul 16, 2019 at 2:19pm · 🌧 64 °F · Altitude: 95 ft
60°29'5" N 151°3'26" W

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