more around Valdez and a day trip to Chitina

This hotel was redone and is used as hotel and restaurant now.
This old washing machine is in the lobby of the old hotel on Chitina.
The fish nets below are used by the native Alaskans that practice subsistence living.

This sign is a warning to all who go down this road. There was another sign that warns you to take an extra tire along due to the railroad spikes that may still be there.
Single lane through the mountains headed to McCarthy and Kennicutt 60 miles on an old road that had been a railroad track
There is still wood in the road left from the train tracks.
This shows the fish boiling. The sea lions are herding them toward the shore and then go in their midst to have dinner. when the sea lion is in the midst they are all jumping or boiling to get away.
here you can see all the fish before the se lion gets in their midst.
He got his limit of 6 salmon, these 5 and the one in the following photo.
Bil has to fight the sea lions as well as the bears for his fish. You can see where the sea lion bit the fish.


We ran across a Yak farm on the way to Chitina on a day trip. These are said to be very docile animals. They have very full tails more so than even horses.

This Grouse Hawk and the Red Hawk below are being trained by a man who uses them for hunting. He trains them to bring back game birds for him. It is only for hunting that one can own birds of prey in Alaska.
This red hawk is just a baby and the two of them are brought into public to become accustomed to other colors, animals and people so they come back to their owner.
This eagle was watching for his share of the fish.

A drive down a nearby canyon reviled the following sights----

A glacial den-could it be for a bear--or just from melting glacier????
a loud, large water falls that led to the old bridge(no longer used) and on to the creek

another old bridge that we could cross to get to the water fall
the view on past the water fall and the end of the road for all drivers.
These are the many beautiful glaciers in the area and some other nice views of the area.
The drive through the canyon to get to Valdez.

This view is from the docks where we clean the fish. They have little areas as shown below with metal tables and pressurized water for everyone's use. You clean the fish and wash the remains back into the ocean for the fish to eat.