Megan and I are getting ready to head out on our Alaska vacation Saturday. Someone told us the Kenai Peninsula is unbearably overcrowded this time of year with salmon fisherpersons, and that the streets of Homer are lined with RV's. Is there any truth to this rumor? Also, does anyone know the possibilities for getting a bush plane flight up some deserted river with folding kayaks on short notice? BTW, we got the "Skin-so-soft" mosquito repellent, and we'll report back. Also, if I figure out how to digitize the snap shots I'll put vacation pictures on my Green-leaf web site when we get back. Maybe I'll figure out what to do with the kayak survey by then, too (one possibility would be to provide a hyperlink to the original survey email from each respondent in the comments section). Thanks in advance, Keith Kaste *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>Megan and I are getting ready to head out on our Alaska vacation >Saturday. Someone told us the Kenai Peninsula is unbearably overcrowded >this time of year with salmon fisherpersons, and that the streets of >Homer are lined with RV's. Is there any truth to this rumor? Could be I guess, it depends on how you look at it. There are place where there is big croweds, but its worth taking the time to see it. If you don't mind doing a little walking it's easy to get away from the crowds. Also weekends are the worst, go on a week day. Most of the crowds are not tourist but locals fishing on the weekends. >Also, does anyone know the possibilities for getting a bush plane flight >up some deserted river with folding kayaks on short notice? This is no problem, but bring your own folding kayaks, there is no place to rent folding kayaks here. Other option, there are a number of bush flying companies that will do a external load. Most the locals here use nonfolding boats. They just strap them to the floats of the plane. Hard shells are available to rent. Lot of the Anchorage boaters like using Susitna Air or Willow Air out of Willow, about 90miles north Anchorage.There are carriers out of Anchorage but we all prefer to drive the 90 miles because their pilots are some of the best in Alaska and you can count on them. They also do external loads. Starting point on contacts would be Alaska Kayak http://wwwalaskakayak.com they rent kayaks, other contact would be Knik Canoers & Kayakers http://www.kck.org this is the local paddling club, you'll find local contacts of members and information on club trips that you might be able to go on. >BTW, we got the "Skin-so-soft" mosquito repellent, and we'll report >back. Good to try, but don't leave home without the real stuff. If the bugs get bad you'll regret not having the 100% repellent. NOTHING beats a sho-bug jacket when they get bad. Guiding many years here in Alaska this is on top of our list of things to bring. Also by using the jacket you don't have to put the repellent on your skin. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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