We are 1/4 of the way moved into our new rental.

It is a place out in the country but still in a "subdivision" - which means 1 house every 2-3 acres or something. It's located about 7 miles from our 5 acres to be built on.

Anyways, our rental (and our house to be for that matter) is located in the absolute heart of the fishing explosion. It's not the huge halibut ocean explosion but it's the interior SALMON explosion. They call it combat fishing from July 1 - Aug. First there are king salmons - HUGE salmons! Then, from what we've learned there are silver, pink, and dog. Yeah, dog salmon! HA! I guess dog salmon, from anyone's guess I'd say, is not that good to eat and they just make salmon jerky out of it.

These fish all run in and down the streams, creeks, and rivers into the mouth of other huge rivers or even all the way to the ocean. The people catch them as the salmon go crazy down the mountain. And the bears are going crazy with the salmon - following them all the way too! It's no big thing to have 150 people shoulder to shoulder ("combat") fishing on one side of the bank and then a dozen bears of all sizes and brown and black fishing on the other side.

Since the bears are preoccupied with eating - and eating lots! - they don't even bother the humans - unless taunted.

Of course. Right. Unless taunted.

So, anytime you hear of people coming to Alaska to fish (besides the ocean fishing), they are coming to the Mat-Su Valley for the largest salmon running in the U.S. And now you know and you just went through an introductory class to salmon fishing in Alask. Do you mind if I call you Alask, Alaska? Now that's super summer lazy...one more letter? come on.

Music into from some qual radio this week: hot hot heat, sure coldplay, all this indie cool mix stuff from station run by UAA - university of alaska.

Hey might do a 10k in Anchorage next month. We'll see, mayb not. Gotta get treadmill next week.

Good Africa update. Sounds intense. Sounds African. Hope you talk to gramps this week :)

Happy 4th of July all!