Now with my ego boosted I decided to take on the problem of the propane system shutting off when ever it feels in the mood. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a RV service shop in Anchorage and they tried telling me I needed to replace a valve, run a new control line to the service bay, put in a new carbon monoxide detector and a couple of other things and the bill would be around $500. I didn't fall off the turnip truck last night.
I found the switch at the Fleetwood parts department for $4.01 plus shipping and they sent it here to the RV park in Ninilchik. Took about 15 minutes to replace the old switch and now no more intermittent propane!
With my ego really boosted I decided to reward myself with a little fishing in Deep Creek. The old saying "good things come in threes" is true. I caught a couple of "pink" or Humpy Salmon. They were schooling in a shallow area where I could "sight" cast to them. They are a lot of fun to catch as they will go on some long runs and after about 10 minutes I was able to land the first fish with the help of another fisherman. The place we were fishing has huge boulders lining the steep bank which makes moving around difficult so we each help each other land the fish.
I asked the guy that helped me what he did for a living and said he was a cop. He was there with 4 other cops. Answers the age old question of "where is a cop when you need one"? They are fishing!!
Unfortunately the "Humpy" Salmon are not a good eating fish if they have been in fresh water for longer than a day. These fish were starting to turn "pink" so they were released to finish their destiny.
Abby sun bathed most of the day back at the RV.
I checked the returning Halibut charter boats and they all limited out but still again, the fish are small at around 20 pounds.
There is an interesting situation this year regarding halibut. 40% of the small halibut caught have "mushy" meat and are unedible. Talked to a fish and game officer and he said it is because the food source for the small halibut has all but disappeared this year. The large halibut are eating so much, the small halibut are starving. Apparently the solution is to reduce the stocks of large halibut.
I believe we will be doing our best late next week to help reduce the size of the halibut ranks.
After dinner Abby and I will be going fishing.
