We went into the library at Craig to use the library to post out last blog. While there Garry started talking to one of residents who turned out to be a Ham Radio buff like Garry. He invited us to stop by later that evening when he would be on a Ham radio net.
After we finished at the library we headed back to Klawock to have Happy Hour with Jess the man we met on the ferry. He has a trailer camper that he keeps permanently parked at an eclectic RV park. There are 18 sites with permanent summer residents. Had a nice time at the Happy Hour. We then headed back into town to meet back with John the Ham radio operator. He fixed dinner for us ( Venison hamburgers) and invited us to stay parked in his driveway for the night. He even offered us hot showers. Everyone we meet here is so generous and kind!!! We had a wonderful visit with John. He even makes his own beer so after having a beer at the Happy Hour with Jess and then beer with John we both had a bit of a buzz. The next morning we were up early and back to Klawock to meet Jess at 8 to go out with him fishing. I went along to see the scenery. It was a beautiful sunny day in the 80's. I was happy! It was beautiful out on the water. Garry and Jess caught a lot of fish. Most were either Cod or Quill fish all of which Jess threw back. We would have been very happy with the Cod but Jess was determined to have Garry get some halibut and Salmon. They never did get a Salmon but Garry did get a wonderful Halibut which we had for dinner last night and I still have another dinner of Halibut in the freezer. While we were out on the water we saw 3 Humpback whales!!! The last whale broached almost under the boat and scared all 3 of us! By the time I grabbed the camera he had surfaced just 75 feet from the boat and as I watched his tail came up and I snapped pictures as fast as I could. Unfortunately I had the wrong lens on (Telephoto Zoom) so the pictures were fuzzy but I got the pictures nevertheless. We also saw many, many eagles. On the way back in Jess stopped to check the 2 crab pots he had put down. (Dungeness Crabs). He had 6 in the first pot of which we kept the 3 largest. The second pot had 9 of which we then kept 3 and the rest were smaller and were thrown back. We were allowed to keep 3 per licensed fisherman. Jess wasn't in the mood for crab that night so we kept for and gave 2 to a couple also staying at the RV park. So we had crab that night and had crab omelet the next morning. We spent the night at the RV park that night and really had a ball at the Happy Hour there that night. It was a fantastic day!!!!!
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