Ruby Trip - 2013

Day 3 - Thursday - July 18

Brandon woke up earlier today and we went out the road further than 3 1/2 mile to pick mushrooms with Grandpa.  

The mosquitoes were especially thick and the mushrooms were already getting 'buggy'.  

What we did get was good and once it was fried up with bacon and potatoes  Brandon, who doesn't like mushrooms, actually ate a few bites.  Jesse only tried one bite.

Brandon broke his hatchet he made and had to repair it.

Roy came down with some old newspapers or magazines printed in 1961 and 1962, called Grit, that he found in an old cabin.

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Since it was raining by the evening, we watched the next two parts (Part 3 & 4) of the series Centennial (James A. Michener).

Ruby Trip - 2013

Day 2 - Wednesday - July 17

Brandon slept for most the day, finally rolling out of bed around 12 O'Clock.  By than Jesse and I had already taken another walk around town.  

We were waiting for groceries that I had sent out the Friday of the previous week but it still had not come in. 

 In the evening we had Brandon's salmon for dinner and Roy brought a truck down so we could take a drive around the town and see what we could see.  We drove out to 3 1/2 mile, looked at the construction going on at the school at the top of the hill, and looked at a cabin that is for sale in Ruby.   It was time for Roy to eat dinner so I told him we could walk back home from where he is staying. 

  Later in the evening, Brandon built a hatchet and mini-spear from rocks and sticks.

Ruby Trip 2013

Day 1 - Tuesday - July 16

It was Jesse's first plane ride.  He took some video and we both took a few pictures. 

 Brandon, who is the 'world traveler' of the family and being use to plane rides by now, mostly slept under his jacket.

When we finally reached Ruby, only 1 1/2 hours later, we were met by Roy and my dad at the airport.

The boys and I took a walk around town and that evening Roy took us across the Yukon River  to do some pike and she-fish fishing.

 However, Brandon caught a small salmon known as a chum or dog salmon.