added: Photos from Our Fish Camp Weekend

This past weekend Lydia and I took a two hour drive, followed by a 30 minute boat ride and went to a fish camp. Now, as the name might suggest this was a camp where lots of fishing was done! Most of the Native Alaskans in area villages leave their home each summer and go to a cabin or camp to fish…even many of the non-natives in Nome have camps outside of town that they will retreat to on a regular basis. We went to the camp of Tom & BJ Grey, each summer they invite the christian community to their camp (which also doubles as Tom’s Lodge for tourist hunting guides). Their camp is nicer than most peoples, but it was still nice to get a tiny taste of regular life in Western Alaska.

On the way to and from camp we made a few stops….These included berry picking and taking a quick tour of a 100 year old gold mine that has just recently begin digging again.

(click here) for Fish Camp Pictures
(click here) for the trip to Fish Camp