Fishing in Alaska

Pictures of the Alaska Trip
Tawni & Kyle overlooking the ocean outside of Micks cabin!
Tawni & Britt with their halibut that only weights about 30 pounds less than they do.

Tawni in her camo with her dad and some silver salmon! Micks fishing boat out on the ocean!

Tawni's "HOOKED" eye after the removal of the hook!

Okay, I am always so late getting things posted but I guess better late than never. A few weeks ago Tawni and Kyle had the opportunity to go together on a fishing trip to Alaska. The trip was a ten day adventure! Paul and Brittney went with them so that Tawni and Britt would have some "girl" company instead of just the other 9 men that went. Brian flew up from Texas with his friend ,and Hunter (Kevin's son) also went with them. Before leaving, Sherrie gave Tawni strict instructions on the "rules" that Brian was to abide by while in Alaska. Tawni got a kick out of that because she knew if Brain decided to do a "fly in" or something there was nothing she could do to stop him. But if it gave Sherrie piece of mind it was worth it. The rest of the guys I didn't know. Anyway, Tawni was so excited to go with her dad. She has been begging him to go since the first year he went to Alaska right after he finished his cancer treatments. He promised her he would take her with him one year and this was her lucky year. I had to laugh because she was a little worried when they went shopping to find warm apparel, hip waders, etc and she came home with "CAMO." I guess in her mind she thought they should have some cool pink and brown outdoor wear. I was also worried about her going to the bathroom outdoors because she has never had to "GO" outdoors. All I could think about was that it would end up down her leg and fill up the bottom of the hip waders or something. I told her she needed to go and practice outside in the backyard a few times before she left but she wouldn't do it. Everyday I got calls from Tawni to let me know how things were going. She called the first time so excited with how beautiful it was there. She even took a picture out over the ocean from Mick''s cabin and sent it to me on my phone. It was crazy that her and Kyle could be out on the ocean or fishing the Keynie River and they could still be in contact with me. For that reason, I am thankful for cell phones. If a bear were to have tried to attack them they could have called me while they were being eaten- and knowing that makes me feel better. Kyle was so proud of her. From what I hear- her and Brittney were real troopers. They didn't complain and act like sissy girls- they embraced their opportunity to be with their dads and do some awesome fishing for halibut and salmon in one of the prettiest places on the earth. One day, as I was emptying the dishwasher at he house, I got a call from Tawni's cell. I answered it and she was upset. I asked her where she was and what was wrong. She said she was river fishing for salmon and that she "thought" she was okay. Tawni then explained that she had caught a salmon and was reeling in the fish which was obviously tyring to get away. Then all the sudden she felt a sting on her upper eye lid. She wasn't sure what had hit her but then when the blood started running down her face she reached up to where she had felt the sting and realized that she had the fishing hook through her eyelid and it was still in her eyebrow. Then she kinda freaked out and called me. The hook had entered right below her eyebrow- went completely through the upper eyelid and poked out the other side. Fortunately, the the barb also had make it completely through the skin. In other words- she had a "fish hook" eyebrow piercing. Anyway- Kyle had to cut the hook and pull the rest of it out of her eyelid. I am so grateful it didn't hit any lower on her eye or her eyeball would have been torn up. Who else but Tawni could have a fish in the middle of the river, snap the hook and have it fly back directly towards them, and hit them in the eye. I'm glad she is watched over. I think the angels have to work double time for her. The scar is slowly going away now. Other than that little mishap- she had a blast out on the ocean and rivers fishing and hanging out with her dad and Britt. Her and Britt caught he biggest halibut on this trip which was a fifty pounder. They aslo caught tons of salmon. Unfortunately for Kyle- I think Tawni thinks this is going to be an annual trip for her. I can't wait to see him try to get out of that one.