Eagle River Yurt

This weekend my family and I had reserved the rapids yurt from the Eagle River Nature Center.  Its really a great place for $65 you get this great yurt on the side of a cliff overlooking the Chugach Mountains and the Eagle River.  It has a set of bunk beds, a table, a bench, two chairs, and a wood stove inside.  Outside it has a huge deck, a fire pit, and a bunch of chopped wood to heat the yurt.  Its only a 1.75 mile hike to the yurt so you can bring some of the finer things in life too.  We had brought some kabobs, beer, smores, and cheese and crackers to snack on while we were there.  We also packed one of our favorite games clue to pass the time at night.

The next day after we hiked out my Dad and I went to Rabbit Slough which is part of Wasilla Creek.  It usually gets a nice run on coho's so we were going to try our luck.  The river is only open for fishing on the weekends from 6 to 6 so we only had an hour and a half to bring back some fresh fish.  We brought the canoe to paddle upstream a little to get further away from the crowds of people that usually sit along the bank.  Paddling upstream you can see the waters turning from all the salmon in it,  it actually looks like the water is boiling there are so many of them.  Once we got to our spot it wasnt long until my dad hooked one.  It ended up snapping his pole though, but it didnt matter as it was an illegal hook anyways.  A few minutes later though we ended up catching a nice coho 15 minutes before the fishing shutdown.