Road Trip

What to do on our Anniversary!  I know, Ask Bruce and Pam if they want to take a picnic and go on a road trip to look at Twin Island Lakes, and maybe to Sarkar to see if the sockeye are in.

Off towards Twin Island Lake we go, and the guys find a likely spot to put the boats in. It will soon be a hot fishing spot. We also drive down some roads that go no where! Great roads for a bit, then they turn into brushy tunnels. There is always an adventure in Alaska.

We find a lot of pretty flowers. I don’t know what they are called. I still have to get my flower book checked out at the library. I know that the big yellow one is a dandelion. How pretty is it in this picture!

Good Freinds

This little fawn was by the road with his mommy, got scared and dropped down to hide! We see you little guy! Took a couple of pictures and left him to go to his mommy!

We stop at Sarkar Lake and eat our lunch. Tasty deviled egg sandwich, chips, carrots, and yummy cookies! Great food! We meet a Forest Service geologist there and ask him questions about where to find gold! He doesn’t know, but later down the blog you will know where to find gold.

Yum!

Sarkar Lake in background

Only In Alaska boat trailer

Next stop was Nakauti!  For those of you that have never been there, it is an experience. I was all for going to get an ice cream at the store. We drive up the road to the store, walk in ~~~~ “NO ICE CREAM today”. The ice cream is on its way and will be here in a couple of hours. That is too long to wait. We drive around the area, look at the nice new school that was built, nice boat harbor and saw this. Does anybody know what it is?

It is a steam donkey. Pat is going to write about it. He was so excited to see it, as you can tell by the pictures.

The old donkey was originally set on a float and used for beach logging, or “A” frame logging. An “A” frame was mounted on the front of the float, and the contraption was used similar to a modern day hi-lead logging tower, except that the logs were drug directly into the water. This was probably made in the early 1900s, but may have been brought up here to Alaska at a later time. There was a fair amount of beach logging done here in the early part of the last century.

 

Remember the “GOLD”. We found a huge nugget in a secret spot!  

Pam and I were on it instantly so that no one else could take it over. If anyone would like to have more information about the nugget, please send a check with the current price for one ounce of gold and we will forward the place so that you can get in on this huge nugget. Don’t miss out on this opportunity

 

We all had a great day on the road! We saw some great scenery and had a great time. Hope to do this again soon.