FISH CAMP CABIN

This is inside the cabin. The logs are birch. Supplies are hung from the middle birch log.

THE FISH CAMP

The area on the left was for preparing and cooking fish and other foods. The cabin is on the right. It is a one-room cabin that contains three small beds, a table, a few chairs, a stove for warmth, and a cabinet built by Lige Charlie, owner of this fish camp.

THE SMOKEHOUSE

The smokehouse for smoking the salmon.

DRYING RACKS

Racks to put the fish on to dry.

COOKING OUTSIDE

Still cutting up the moose and beaver and getting them ready to cook!

MEN'S WORK

The guys are work hard at preparing the moose and beaver for the Potlatch.

SETTING THE "TABLE"

Bring out the food so we'll have it all in one place when we get ready to pass it out.

ALMOST READY TO EAT

People are getting ready to receive their food.

A FEAST

This display of food is spread completely around the square of people.

TOO MUCH FOR ONE MEAL

This amount of food was placed before each person for them to eat! We were so full afterwards! The answer to what you're thinking is, "NO! We couldn't eat even half of our helping!"

A MEMORIAL

Ray Barnhardt and Bill Pfisterer help carry a grave memorial they made for the Charlie's family. Here they are carrying it past the Elders' cabins to the cemetery.

JUNE 18, 2005 - GOING HOME

We're in the boat at Old Minto, headed for Nenana, and then home. This was truly an unforgetable week.

This beauty has an extremely thorny stem!!!

Prickly Rose in the backyard.

I spy...

Reg and I were wandering around the base one afternoon and noticed these little Cliff Swallows. They live under the overhang of many buildings here.

Muddy home

Cliff Swallow ready for flight!

See how big I am!!!

Cliff Swallow headed home! Notice the one peeking out!

Fireweed Flower

This is a close-up of a Fireweed flower.

Graceful Flight

Cliff Swallow in flight.

Fireweed

This is some Fireweed we found growing behind one of the buildings here on base. Actually it grows pretty much everywhere here. The flowers start opening at the bottom and proceed to the top. The myth is that this when the flowers open at the top, it is only two weeks til winter.

Not snow

This was taken up on Birch Hill. Reg and I were up there looking at the Alaska Range when we noticed that it looked as if it had recently snowed. This is the seed that blows off from the Birch trees and Cottonwood. I also found out that the Aspen and the Alders can produce this type of seed. So this may be a mixture of all types. Whatever it is, it is deep and everywhere!

Red Fox

Here he comes! If you wait for just a little bit, this beautiful Red Fox will show up and pose for pictures. Thankfully, it's not to far to our house, and I get to see him pretty often!

Nice coat!

I took this photo to show his beautiful coat. This picture was taken around June 1st, and you can tell he's still losing some of his winter coat.

Smile!

This Red Fox is always out in the evenings. We've got some really cool footage of him with his meal in his mouth. He apparently likes squirrel!

For all Deployed Mommies

This was a sign on the side of one of the houses here on base. The Stryker Brigade was coming home after a month in LA for JRTC.

Robin at Noyes Slough

Fairly young Robin standing in grass with deep water on the edge of Noyes Slough.