>North to Alaska – 18
>
>July 7, 2007
>
>Today we are in Anchorage. Jim is waiting at the Kawasaki dealer for 
>his front tire to be replaced. It is his last chance for several days 
>so it is a good decision. My tires look OK so far. Today was about 120 miles.
>
>We passed the Montana Creek on our way to Anchorage. We noticed several 
>cars parked along the road and a full campground. We also saw several 
>people fishing in the creek. We stopped to take a look. We used a 
>walking bridge over the creek to watch the activity. First we saw 
>several large salmon. Then we noticed one hooked and a guy trying to 
>tire him out. His wife was in the creek with a huge net waiting for the 
>fish to tire. It actually took almost ½ hour for them to work the fish 
>to a position where she could net it. The fish was 30 to 40 lbs. While 
>this was going on there were many people trying to get other salmon to 
>take a lure. None were successful but one did snag a fish in the side. 
>We didn’t stay to watch that. We also saw several fish swimming free 
>with lures hanging from various parts of their bodies. The size of the 
>fish break a lot of tackle and the lures didn’t seem to bother them 
>much. There were probably 20 to 30 people in the stream all trying to 
>catch on of
>  the big salmon. I would have loved to catch one but not in a stream 
>full of people.
>
>How long will we stay in Anchorage? We are not used to the activity of 
>a big city along with the noise and dirt so I don’t think we’ll be here long.