Let's spin the big wheel and see where we land today ...
Ketchikan, Alaska was my home during my first, second, and third grades in school. Sunny days are rare in Ketchikan, but when weather permitted, my father often took me out fishing. Salmon, trout, and many other fish are big and plentiful here, and put up quite a fight on the rod and reel. I remember the excitement of my bait getting a bite, but more often than not I seemed to catch sharks or other useless fish. The photo below is one of my catches. Dad helped me unhook this shark and released it back in the water. Can you tell I'm a little bit scared?
The three other photos are of the family VW "bug" near Ketchikan's "Liquid Sunshine Gauge" (rain is known as "Liquid Sunshine" here), one of the ubiquitous seaplanes, and a view of the rustic coast. I don't think I have any photos of me with any "real" fish or king crabs, but I did catch lots of them! Really!
5 comments:
Oh wow! I LOVE those four images; and the story behind them. Sounds like the perfect childhood memories... oh and by the way, that's a beautiful VW too! I love the old "bug" model. We had two when I was a kid myself [not two at the same time though] :-)
Freethinker sans afro???? What gives?
Lilly ~ Yes, thos old VW bugs were fun. They disappeared for a long time. Here in the US, there's been a new, slicker version available for a few years.
Radio ~ Chalk it up to incessant combing, shorter hair, and perhaps hormones. The kink didn't really kick in until puberty.
FreeThinker -- aye, we've got the 'modern' version of the VW bug here too. I am not so fond of it. I guess I prefer the original....
What a beautiful part of the world! I'll bet you remember it very clearly now..? maybe it's somewhere you could tell us more about. I know I would be interested!
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