Kennecott Copper Mine

The Kennecott copper mine in McCarthy, Alaska was opened in 1906. A railroad was formed two years later to transport the copper from McCarthy to Cordova, which transported approximately 200 million dollars worth of copper ore. The mine officially shut down in 1938 due to the falling cost of copper.

Our summer in Alaska

This is an ensemble of some of our summer highlights. We had such a great time this summer!



Just a peak at all the snow that welcomed us in April. :-)

Going out to drop the shrimp pots! YUM!!!

Tyler and I took Kali and Corey fishing on the docks, it is so cute how excited they get!

We thought that the shrimp pot had gotten stuck under a rock; turns out we caught this coral...

Jack's Bay

Robin's boat out by where Tyler, Robin and Cody went hunting

Some glaciers floating out in the ocean

Camping at Squirrel Creek.

Kali and Corey had such a ball picking the shrimp out of the bucket once they figured out they weren't as scary as they originally thought.

It got really warm one day so Terri got the inflatable pool out and Kali, Corey and the neighbor kids went swimming.

My rock fish!

Walking around town in Valdez

Hiking at Thompson Pass

I had hooked into a little rock fish, but as I was reeling it up this giant lean cod ate it...so I caught a big fish instead of a little one!

Cleaning it!

The bear and...

The fish.

All three of us with our prize winning fish!

My "big one" 16.42 lbs!

The Valdez Women's Silver Salmon Derby. We all had fish that placed! What an exciting night!

Dip netting in Chitna

Hailey Creek waterfall

Riding the four wheelers through an old railroad tunnel

Hiking near Liberty Falls

4 seasons in 5 months

This summer in Alaska we were able to witness all four seasons, in just a matter of five months.

When we got here in April there was still a hint of winter in the air...

A small while later, spring came and the fishing started...

After that we got an amazing 2 weeks of summer, where temperatures reached a whopping 80 degrees!

And finally as we left the temperatures begin to drop again and we begin to see the beautiful colors of fall...

What an AWESOME summer in a GORGEOUS place!!!

My first experience with a REALLY BIG gun

I was able to shoot Robin's AR15 earlier this summer. What a fun gun. It reminds me of the air soft guns that my dad and brother have...only a little more power. He has a military grade scope on it and everything. It was pretty dang fun.