Dip netting in Kenai

Last month we were invited to stay with a family in Kenai for "fish camp". This is what we Alaskans call spending a few days only fishing, fileting and preping the fish for storage, in order to have salmon to eat the rest of the year. The Peters family met us in July; he is the director of Arctic Barnabus Ministries out of Kenai. The purpose of their organization is to encourage and support Alaskan missionaries and pastors.

This first picture is a bald eagle that landed at the top of a tree in their yard. Majestic.

Anyway, we had an amazing time connecting with their family; they have 3 children the same ages as Connor and Samantha, and Rob and I have a lot in common with Jonathan and Becky.

Dip-netting is a fishing experience like none other. We were at the mouth of the Kenai river, holding up long handled, metal, large hoop nets, waiting for red salmon to swim into the nets. There were people all around us, just a few feet away in a long line along the shore. A lot of fish campers literally camped on the beach along with the fish guts strewn everywhere. (See pictures below!)We came home with 25 fish - both Rob and I were able to catch some. Thank you, Dana, for lending me your chest waders! And the Peters family for your hospitality! What a blessing to us.