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Arvin Brown
05-31-2004, 4:09 AM
I will be traveling to Anchorage, Alaska (actually going there to do a little fishing) and was wondering if there was any woodworking place I need to visit while there?
Todd Burch
05-31-2004, 9:50 AM
Hi Arvin. You might try looking up a totem pole carver, a snowshoe maker, or a sled maker (sled dog races). Anchorage is a pretty big town, so I would think your chances would be good.
Richard McComas, a creeker, is from Eagle River, which is just outside of Anchorage.
I was born in Anchorage ('62) and left in '75. So, I was only 12 when we left, and hadn't discovered woodworking yet. I had carved a little soapstone by then, as that is pretty popular there. Maybe there's a hockey-stick factory up there somewhere?
Going for salmon? What river? You should have a blast!
Arvin Brown
05-31-2004, 1:11 PM
:) :) Going to fish with Guth's Lodge on the Iliamma River which is at the North end of Lake Iliamma. Going to fly into Anchorage and then take a float plane 1-1/2 hours west (almost due west from Homer and Seldovia on the west side of Cook Inlet). Going to fish for King Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Halibut, and a little sockeye salmon. Getting exceited about the trip - been in the planning for four years. Going with my Father and two brothers - NO WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :)
Bruce Page
05-31-2004, 1:43 PM
I just checked out the Guth's Lodge website, MAN is that gorgeous country! The “bay full of fish” in the 2003 gallery is incredible. I will be on Kodiak Island the better part of July (if the schedule holds).
Richard McComas
05-31-2004, 3:08 PM
Been there, done that, Fishing on the Iliamma that is. Used to fish that in the mid 70 when my dad and I had a float plane. Fishing was great back then and probably still is, haven't been there is years. My dad was killed in a plan crash and I quit flying. Not because I'm afraid of flying but it got to be to expensive a hobby for me to finance without a someone to help share expenses, especially after paying off the plane that was destroyed in the cash (no insurance).
As far a woodworking around Anchorage there's really not much, at least that I know off. I'll check around a see if I can find anything that might be of interest and let you know.
There is a guy that does carve animal and other "stuff'" with a chain saw that's quite talented.
Roger Myers
05-31-2004, 4:33 PM
Hi Arvin. You might try looking up a totem pole carver,
Something like this!!
Can't remember if what town I took these in...from a trip I took to Alaska last year....everything about the trip (a cruise from Vancouver) was outstanding, and the scenery is breathtaking.
Enjoy!!!!!
Sam Chambers
06-04-2004, 1:30 AM
Arvin:
I was in Anchorage about a year ago on business. What beautiful country! And the people are very, very friendly. I've never been much of a salmon fan, but I found there's a huge difference between the farm-raised stuff we get here in Atlanta and the fresh stuff you get in Alaska. Wow!
There's a restaurant in Girdwood, just south of Anchorage, called the Double Musky. Cajun food, of all things! I wholeheartedly recommend the peppered steak! They had some very good local beers as well. It's an easy 20-30 minute drive from Anchorage, up Turnagain Arm. You'll thank me, I promise!
They have a web site: http://www.doublemuskyinn.com/framed.html
James Carmichael
06-04-2004, 12:55 PM
Arvin,
You should have put a gloat warning on this topic, I'm green with envy here!
I like WW but there should be a whole lot else to see and do up there.
Enjoy!
James
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