The one problem with 20 hours of sunlight, is that the day gets away from you, especially when your watch has been banished to the darkest drawer in the coach, and before you know it, you are having dinner at 10.30 pm.
We had another fine day, not a sky in the cloud, eagles and seagulls all over the place, doing absolutely not a lot.
The main event of the day was driving 35 miles into the town of Soldotna, to join the library.
They have high speed internet and wifi access there, and as we needed to do some bizniss, bills and other boring stuff, we combined the trip with a beer run.
An Englishman never runs out of beer, and I was down to one bottle, so, we had to go.
In the evening, after a sumptuous dinner of steak, roast potatoes and salad, we met with our campsite neighbors at the communal firepit, where we sat, until the local gillnet fishermen came by with our order of salmon.
We then proceeded to process the fish, your never say die Captain ever game to attempt new and dangerous tasks. Armed with a left handed fillet knife, I proceeded to get some very juicy fillets at my first attempt.
One of our neighbors, Art, declared that he was going to smoke his fish there and then, so we all stood around the barbecue pit, drinking, giving all kinds of conflicting advise as to the best way to cook it.
He ended up sprinkling chili powder on, and covering it with butter, and after 30 minutes we all helped him eat it!! Absolutely yummy!!
By this time the sun had set, it was well after 11pm, and we all suddenly realized that the one problem with 20 hours of sunlight, is that the days get away from you.
Wildlife watch today, eagles, gulls, a bucket full of dead fish, and Max and River, the two campsite mutts, who are always wandering off, nosing in everyone’s coach, and generally getting into mischief. They can usually be found……….in the doghouse.
