Day 345. July 17, 2014. Salmon feast!

LOCATION:  Near Clam Gulch in south central Alaska

WEATHER:  Beautiful. Highs in 60s

We headed south on the Kenai Peninsula.  We stopped in two campgrounds with no vacancies, so continued.  We found a nice state park.  It is located on Cook's Inlet, which people call the ocean here.  A camper told us about a place on the beach where we could buy fish.  So, we hiked along the beach.  There was a "no camping" sign but that didn't prevent about 100 people living there temporarily.  They were there with gill nets scooping up salmon.  We talked to one fisherman who agreed to sell us one.  We asked for a female one (called a hen, we learned), 

so we could eat the roe.  

When we hiked back to the campground, the host was there.  He told us about an even nicer state park where he is a host, too.  It is about 15 miles south.  We found it, and it has a beautiful view of the ocean.  Nice, spacious sites with good campfire grills.

George gutted and cleaned the fish.  He did a great job.

He removed the eggs.  I put in an emergency call to our chef daughter to learn how to cure the roe.

We could not find our cedar plank, so used a pine board instead.  The filets turned out beautifully.  We have a LOT of fish to eat.  The salmon roe turned out really well, too.  

DINNER:  Grilled salmon with a salad, and sautéed vegetables (onions, zucchini, summer squash)....washed down with a sauvignon Blanc.