Wednesday, December 3, 2014

September 5, 2014 Goodbye Alaska

Here's pictures of our cabin. Sure the Afognak Wilderness Lodge is in the middle of nowhere. But it is pure comfort at the lodge. The food is also first class. The hand made ice cream using locally picked berries was amazing. Who am I kidding? I loved dessert every night but the ice cream stood out against all the other incredible desserts. It is practically impossible to eat fresher fish than they serve here. Dinner is served for all guests at a huge King Arthur wooden table that is covered in all kinds of food for every meal. So you get great food while talking to people from all over the world.


We were supposed to fly back to Kodiak at 9am. Heavy fog and low clouds put our travel plans on hold, so we found some things to do at the lodge while we waited for the fog to clear out.

Sadie provided the entertainment we were searching for...ready girl...fetch...

...off the dock she goes...

...a great swimmer eyeing that stick...


...got it...

...now back to the shore...

...over the rocks...
...past the main lodge building...


 ...down the metal ramp to the dock. The board was install to protect her paws on the ramp. This sequence went on for about 20 minutes before she got bored with us. So I walked around and took pictures.


They make their own lead sinkers here.


Fishing and hunting are the main activities around here.

So is relaxing...

...and photography...

...including reflection selfies from a docked boat.



Eventually the reports of the fog lifting were deemed incorrect. Since the lodge had 5 of us leaving and 8 people waiting in Kodiak to fly out to the lodge, the decision was made to take a boat to Kodiak. So it was goodbye to Afognak. We were told it could be rough seas for our...

...THREE HOUR TOUR to Kodiak.

The sky looked dangerous but it was sunny by the time we got to Kodiak.

We passed the Alaska Marine Highway ferry along the way.



We docked at the float plane airport and said our goodbyes to Jordan & Dana.
Since we missed our flight to Anchorage we were happy to get on a flight to Anchorage that allowed us to catch our midnight flight back home.


I was standing on the dock watching this plane take off after saying goodbye to Jordan. Jordan was happily heading into Kodiak for a rare visit to the 'city'. Meanwhile I am not looking forward to be heading back to my real life in Chicago. It struck me that too much of anything makes you long for a change...

...so as much as I enjoyed my two weeks in Alaska...

...I decided that two weeks wasn't too much of Alaska. I 'd rather be on that float plane heading into the wilderness over being on that jet back to Chicago.


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