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I had started to think that the Momplex posts were my favourites, but no, I love your salmon fishing tales more than any other post.

Enjoy Haven!

Go to a braves game for me while you're in Atlanta

Love reading about your adventures in Alaska:-) Have I mentioned lately how sad I am that you are going to be in my state and I can't get a ticket to Haven?? Don't you need someone to help you tote tools around? Videotape the workshop? Take photos? LOL

I so love all the Alaska pictures you post, they make me smile. Can't wait to eat some fresh smoked salmon, there's nothing like it!

Yum!
A woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do! Feeding the family is definitely more important than packing cocktail dresses!

Love this post Ana! So fun reading little snippets about your life!

I was up at Copper River last weekend and we _just_ missed the run by a few days. I'm glad somebody got some action. We'll have to try again soon. Hopefully, we don't miss the harvest bounty.

PS I love this site. I'm a DIY zealot. I had been reading it for months before I realized you were a fellow Alaskan! There must be something in the water up here...

Thank you for the kind comments! Made my day!

We did NOT get the salmon processed before boarding plane, had to freeze and will be diy-ing a smokehouse now! We were very blessed to get our fish - it certainly wasn't easy this year!

@jim sorry we missed you in chitina!

I am so sad to be away from Alaska on the longest day of the year but it's for a good cause - teaching a carpentry class to other DIY bloggers - so glad to be at Haven.

Thank you for supporting all the things we do. You are a true friend!

@misty looking forward to seeing you up here. Gotta start running so I can do the pipeline run with you!

Ana - I just love your blog! I love the DIY projects. I love the momplex posts. I love it all - but I think I'm starting to love the life-in-Alaska posts best!

I remember learning about the loooooooong days in Alaska way back (and I do mean WAY back) in elementary school, but it just comes alive to see you living it!

So amazing! Thank you for sharing your personal moments as well as your great how-to projects.

Have fun at Haven!

I just love the photos that capture your salmon fishing adventure...maybe one day I'll travel there with my family.

Truly captivating beauty.

Thanks for sharing these adventures with us. I love following the Momplex and your blog. Have fun at Haven.

I'm a die-hard follower of your blog, Ana, and what a pleasant surprise it was to see the photos of your trip to Chitina! I've lived in the Copper Basin for 15 years and have loved working for the school district here all that time. In fact, you drove right past our farm on your way down to the Copper. Shoulda stopped by to see some of the projects we have built from your plans! Keep up the AMAZING work with the blog. You have certainly inspired me to be brave and go crazy with power tools! :)

Another fellow Alaskan and dedicated dipnetter. In fact I'm eating salmon we smoked last week while I'm reading your blog! I really love your website. I have an electric smoker and a real smokehouse is on the to do list, so I look forward to your instructions. I'm also writing for plans for the UHMW sled I saw another post on. That is on my to do list before the snow falls.

Thanks again for the great site!

loved this blog post and LOVED the pictures!! :) wish we had a tradition like that in Massachusetts! someday I'll make it to Alaska... I visit Sweden frequently and oh how I love the long daylight hours in May/June/July. I'm sure you Alaskans relish in the long daylight in the summer as well.

I have wondered... after spending 2 days looking at your website, what kind of camera you use. I don't know how you do it. The pictures are such an incredible addition to all you bring to your site. I think you are just awesome and wonder if you ever in your wildest dreams imagined this is what your life would be. I wish you all the best and continued success. Hopefully you will continue to provide us much more.
PS. I just love your daughter, she is so beautiful and what a wonderful life she gets to have.