Another rainy night in Anchorage. We’re happy to be here as this park has all the amenities except for 50amp power. After our stay in Denali we had lots of dirty clothes and not enough water for laundry. So this morning both Kathies were washing piles of clothes.
After lunch the humans went on a fishing expedition. They drove to the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery. It was a really interesting. There are over 100 tanks here for rearing over 6 million fish every year. The self guided tour began on a footpath where they could view adult salmon in Ship Creek. Returning Chinook and coho are collected and held in the creek so the staff can collect eggs from these fish to begin the next production cycle. The eggs are hatched and are pumped into tanks to grow. When mature the fish are released to sites all over the state of Alaska. They raise the salmon and also rainbow trout and Arctic char using a recirculating aquaculture system. There was a very informative area above the tanks with various videos and charts explaining the whole amazing process.
There was also a gallery of art in the building. Hanging fish sculptures, stained glass murals, and metal sculptures decorated the walls between the large glass windows that looked into the various tanks teaming with fish.
After seeing the harvesting of salmon eggs Jim and Kathe wanted to have their picture taken with the eggs.
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