After a 1200 mile drive, 2 ferry rides, & a two hour drive up the island we are finally here. On our way up the island we picked up Ed & Kathryn who had flown up in Eds airplane. The following is an aerial photo they took of our camp.

The first day was very productive. We had the normal issues (flat tire, ran the van out of gas, leaks all over in the plumbing) but the Lord was gracious and we overcame them. We got unloaded from the trip up, moved all the boats out of our driveway, relocated the outhouse, got the running water working, went down to Thorne Bay (2 hours away) and loaded up about half of the stuff we shipped up, got that to camp and unloaded. Whew! what a day.

THE FISH ARE IN… all the while we were working today I had to listen to the salmon splashing down in the bay. You could literally hear them jumping all day. I had to go down & shoot a little video to show you.

I couldn’t take it. After shooting this video I went up, grabbed my pole & in one cast I caught dinner for tomorrow night.

Below are a few pics of todays action. I’ve uploaded some more under the Alaska 2008 tab on the right.

Opening Days Crew – Tracy, Luke, Hannah, and Addie Gunkel, Ed Shoemaker, and Kathryn Schacher. We are looking forward to Davis Pederson & family and Ed & Janet Clark arriving tomorrow evening.

Unloading

Lots of good helpers

And of course, moving the outhouse. We will work hard this week on getting the new bathrooms built.

More to come later. Keep us in your prayers