The August news is a bit late because of an extended cabin visit for moose hunting and fishing. A couple of elders managed to capture a moose, and a few of the lodge crew helped get it out of the woods and into freezer boxes at the lodge fish house where salmon are normally processed and packaged. That new twist promises to extend the hunting careers of the elders, who are clearly too old to hunt moose otherwise. Here is a photo of one old guy packing out a modest load.
The moose was harvested the last day guests were at the lodge which concluded a successful season two. It featured outstanding fishing, nearly 100 percent occupancy, decent weather and only minor staffing issues. Here is one of the best fish caught this summer, a 35 inch char that likely weighed about 20 pounds.
Many others were nearly as big. Andy’s fiancé Liz was assigned the task of catching dinner for the cabin crew one afternoon. She went fishing with Colin McDonald. After 15 minutes without catching one at a location picked by Colin, Liz announced she might have to get a professional guide from the Lodge to improve her chances. Within one minute her fishing rod was bent under the boat,
and she reeled in this dandy.
That fish was released and quickly two smaller ones were caught for dinner.
After the lodge season was completed it took about a week to shut down the operation, and the staff was flown out a few at a time. On the first night with no guests the staff congregated in the lounge, and things were a bit more casual as the staff celebrated the end their season. Bartender John Seawood took the opportunity to show up at the lounge in his pajamas and robe.
Here are some of the lodge crew skinning a leg and one of the elder hunters Don Lehmann prepping moose steaks for the crew party.
Finally in lodge stuff, this video reveals a few of the millions of red salmon that return to Bristol Bay each year to spawn and die.
ALO Update
ALO managed to settle one case recently involving a car-pedestrian crash in Kodiak. The location of the accident was a notorious intersection in Kodiak which has been the scene of several accidents owing to its poor design. This claim settled for policy limits without litigation, and included two policies of insurance, one covering the vehicle and one covering the driver who was not the owner.
Mandatory Moose & Other Characters
This month’s Mandatory Moose is a classic breeding season clash between two bulls.
Take a good look at this Northern White Rhino, because it’s the last one.
Imagine living for 55 million years, through several ice ages, earthquakes, extinction events, meteor and asteroid strikes - then man becomes a bipedal life form, here for only about 220,00 years as humans, and is complicit in the extinction of this magnificent, long-lived white rhino. The Northern White Rhino is now officially extinct from planet Earth.
Wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate because of habitat destruction, global warming and over harvest but it hardly registers in the political realm. Scientists estimate that about 70 percent of the world’s wildlife has disappeared since 1970. The earth is in the middle of a great extinction event and few people care, even though humans are threatened too. That is very evident in the relocation of countless folks where survival is threatened. Scientists predict millions will be displaced as excessive heat and lack of water drive folks out of equatorial areas, and that is happening now. America is in a temperate zone but already areas are inching toward disaster as temperatures increase and water diminishes. How long would it take to relocate the millions who live in the American southwest if the water supply no longer allowed water to be diverted into cities dependent on the Colorado River?
In Other News
The economy is an important part of this election cycle, which is normally the case. Much is made of the health of the manufacturing sector. ALO news has often pointed to corporate greed as the cause of inflation and stagnant wages. Here are some figures to support that belief.
A recent event involving the Bethel police has made its way to ALO. This story from the local radio station KYUK describes an arrest that went way wrong. The victim has hired ALO and will make a claim for damages. Stay tuned.
This clip from the 1980s is worth watching. Old Friendly Dog Farm sponsored sports teams for many years, and softball was so popular that the local TV station covered the championship game. Take a a look at this video of that contest, and try not to laugh. Guess who was the winning pitcher...
It's back to school for the grandkids. Three of them lined up for breakfast at the Angstman house as Mary passed through to start her sophomore year in Juneau. The other shot is Ada’s kindergarten class which shows she is nearly the shortest kid in her class. Jack is in preschool and concluded his summer by answering a question about his interests. “What is your favorite thing in all the world?” Without hesitation he answered “Float planes” When asked to name his second favorite thing, again without hesitation, “Wheel planes”
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