[Eye of Unk]

I feel for you, I’m down here in the Valley, spoiled rotten with our Walmart and all.What do you think about having the road built to Nome? Should create a ton of jobs, as long as they hire in state you know.

I just finished restoring a 30’ bowpicker and come this summer I’m heading offshore for as much fish I can legally bring home, of course I’ll have to build a walk-in freezer and a smokehouse, my wife never took to moose, I love it when I add some fat for sausages or burgers.

I hear the put the flag up the other day, think it will be a late breakup? I’m thinking we might have a quick sudden thaw like we used to have years ago. We just picked up about 8” of new snow down here, it was pretty warm a couple of weeks ago.

Here is hoping the Kings and Reds come back this year, my fingers are crossed.

[Eska]

Ya know, I had a neighbor when we lived in Sutton, homesteaded his place in 1942. He was awful sharp. I once asked him what hadn't happened that he thought would. He said after WWII everybody figured there would be a railroad to nome in 5 years. Never happened and he always said it never will. Course if it did, there would be dramatic economic development but many of the locals & Indians don't want their life to change either.

I only ever have a few kings in freezer and make some dry fish & strips. We usually put up alot of chums. Quite a few of locals dry 4-5 thousand chums for their dogteams. Actually, I'm about salmon 'd out . We concentrate on lings and get a bunch of caribou and a moose if lucky. Life is pretty cheap living in bush Ak; nowhere to spend money.