Winter is slowing down... preparing for summer!

Well winter is wrapping up here. We ended up with an average year for snow... although it seemed very poor since there were very few times the snow was good enough for snow machining or boarding. Anyway, as we watch the snow melt away, we have time to prepare and get ready for another exciting Alaska summer. This year we don't have a single guest scheduled to come visit! It's bittersweet but it will allow for a good amount of exploring and adventure.

Not much has happened in the past month. We are just rotating out the winter toys and catching up on things we put off this winter. My time has been dominated lately from starting my own Mobile Application Developing business called LTH Life. We have a BIG app scheduled to release this summer targeting Alaska residents and visitors. I'll let you know when that hits the app market.

Every other year I head down to Missourri to snag for spoonbill. The opener is March 15. The cold winter in the Midwest didn't provide for very good fishing, but we found a few here or there. Of course, I caught the most and biggest :)

 This is how we do it... Dad and I pulling our gear while Mom drives us around trying to find a group of them. This picture was taken immediately before I had to go to the bathroom... to which dad said, "I can hold your rod." Awkward! 

 Jessi landed  her first ever spoonbill. Her pole was in the water less than 15 minutes before she hooked in to it. It was the only fish she caught the entire trip... but a good one around 45 pounds.

 Grant holding Jessi's fish. 

 Here's our day 1 catch. Jessi with 1, me with two, and everyone else (Dad, Mom, Grant, Doug, and Don) with none. This was the best day of fishing too out of the 4 days we snagged. 

This is a picture of my biggest fish of the trip. It was the last day of snagging. She weighed 66 pounds and had a deformed bill. I also caught and released a smaller one that day as well. 

All and all it was a good trip back to the Midwest. I got to spend lots of family time with my parents, cousins, grandma, sister, aunt, uncle, sister, and brother in law. Plenty of cards were played and beers drank! We also worked our butts of around the cabin too. 

On to what's around the corner here. This weekend we are hosting a block fish fry. We are cooking up the 14 burbot we caught last month to share with everyone on Easter... should be a good time. Also, every free day available we will be hunting for bears (both bear and black). And, my sister is getting married at the begginging of May. Lucky me, I'm officiating that wedding, hope you got tickets to that show!!

Until the next update. Peace and Love!