Why Elche no headaches, although they (the must wear Elchstiere) so heavy antlers / may? They do it like we do: they eat, aspirin ', ie, the active ingredient of the bark of the willow!
Alaska is, in the language of the Aleut Alyeska, that vast country. This we experienced in the past three and a half weeks, although we are a very small part of this state have seen.
KENAI ICELAND
drive from Anchorage, we - along with Brigitte - on Sunday, 23.7. stay in the sunshine along the Turnagain Arm towards Whittier, however, before the tunnel at the Camp Ground Williwaw. There we can expect a like torrential downpour that lasts up to our departure the next morning. The heavy rain has washed our campers (the next night he is after a ride on a 2 km long site again covered with a layer of dirt). During our coffee break on the parking lot of the Visitor Center at Portage Lake, we keep our campers involuntarily laid on the table, when a squall our campers almost knocked over! The storms so fierce that we can hardly go to the Center from the parking lot to be without blown. Only later did we learn that Williwaw means 'in the language of the Aleutian Islands, strong wind'.
In Seward we see two more rainy days that we visit the Alaska Sealife Center, which was built by Exxon for about $ 50 million. romp in large aquariums the puffin, fish of all kinds and even seals, for which the basin is somewhat small. On a short hike to Exit Glacier, we observe long been a moose, the ten yards ahead of us, ruminating on the ground.
In better weather, we go north again. The turquoise blue of the Kenai Lake gives us a few times to photo stops carried away, especially since even a blue train runs along the shore. At Tern Lake, we observed during the coffee break terns. The trip by the Kenai Lake, through the mountains, over passes (which are less than 200 m high) and, finally, does the Kenai River westward along in sunshine and heat well. 
On the way to Homer, we want a different photo stops: at Kenai River to photograph the fanatical sports fishermen who are like herons on the river bank. Your sport is to catch salmon and returning them to throw in the river and we think some kind of animal cruelty, in Soldotna on traveling Kenai River; in Clam Gulch, where we find the majestic volcanoes of the Alaska Range across the Cook Inlet (inlet ) see (10'197 ft. Volcan Redoubt, Iliamna Volcan, 10'016 ft in the sea Augustine Iceland, 4025 ft, from the top of a long cloud of smoke moves northward). From the 400 m high ridge, we enjoy a magnificent view of Homer Spit (Spit = headland), the bay and the opposite glaciated mountains. 
select In Homer Spit Campground for a change, we as the luxury version: the Heritage Spit Campground, a beautiful place where we can observe bald eagles in the morning on the beach.
We walk along the beach and eat in, Spit Fire ', which was recommended to us by the lady at the Visitor Center, fine salmon salad. On Hole, a large artificial pond, are the hundreds of anglers!
visit on the way back we Ninilchick, an old Russian village from time with a beautiful Russian Orthodox church on a hill. The view the opposite is breathtaking volcanoes. The village is famous for the shells. We watch the people looking at low tide with small shovels tubes for these treasures. Of course, we also taste the specialty here, and it tastes good to us all wonderful!
Before we arrive back on the court Williwaw, we also furnish the old gold mining settlement of Hope a visit, but find almost no parking. Instead of gold mined today, salmon is caught: hundreds of salmon fishermen, and mosquitoes ravaged this village!
On Sunday, 30.7. we go through the 4 km-long railway tunnel to Whittier - a strange feeling to drive a car on rails. Thank God we will not Train meet! In the afternoon, we let the ferry for six hours through the Prince William Sound to Valdez lead, in the belief that it was for Brian, a brilliant end of her visit.
But hardly has placed the ship in Whittier, the glaciated peaks disappear behind clouds, the rain begins. Although we see a few sea lions and seals, otters and icebergs two playing swam 30 km away from the Columbia Glacier. About nine clock in the evening we reach Valdez, we can barely make out the dense fog. The sun only breaks out again on Monday afternoon, as we observe on the other side of the bay salmon. 
The Sea cook almost salmon from the thousands who flock to a Gulch Hatchery (salmon) in Solomon. The salmon trying to swim upstream to a fish ladder, which is due to the strong current is quite difficult. If they succeed up to swim, they are exhausted and ready to spawn, which is done in the factory for them kindly! The following spring the young salmon in the sea exposed will come after two or three years back here at their place of birth, and experienced the same fate. Out at sea we observe seals, the salmon catch and throw them almost playfully in the air. Gulls fly screaming approach and try to peck the captured salmon.
The next day Brian flies back to Switzerland and arrive the following day on the Richardson Highway to the Alaska Highway near Delta Junction (200 km north of Glennallen). Because the Highway is Tok since the earthquake of 2002, a catastrophic construction site, we have selected the 180 mile detour. Now we will immediately depart towards Beaver - cross the border to Canada - Haines Junction - Haines (re Alaska), where we will arrive on Tuesday (see map on the blog from 11.7.).
SPORTSMEN
We believe now finally know what a real, Sportsman's'. The "Sportsman loves' the lonely wilderness, mountains, rivers, lakes, wild animals like us, but the motive of this love is different. He is not to be confused with a sports man, because he differs from him already in his appearance: a sportsman is slim, distinguished the 'Sportsman' by a certain girth. He not only loves juicy steaks, but strong, loud engines. With its big pickup, he makes the evening a little tour. When he walks, he limps slightly, because his right foot is growing stronger from all the throttle.
to exercise his athletic ability he have the following options: first
He drives an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle =), that is a toy for children surviving men, in sand dunes, next to Highway on a separate track, dozens of miles straight, or on its own trail through the forest. For a change, he will be pleased to personal watercraft and race with turbo howling through the lonely forest lakes. A wonderful feeling! If there are frozen lakes and rivers in winter, a snowmobile it is available (snow mobile). Already in northern California, we saw specific paths that are paved only for this winter sport and reserved.
second He goes hunting, usually with use of an ATV, because ultimately it would be unsporting to carry guns and ammunition himself, and the prey must somehow find the way to his hut. A real Alaskans considers it his duty to the wildlife to regulate. Therefore, it hunts each year a moose, a grizzly, three black bears, deer, wolves, foxes and other small animals, the course will be caught in traps. He collects and sells furs, like other people their stamps.
third He goes fishing. On a hike to a waterfall called salmon at Russian River, we see people with boots, waterproof clothing and fishing rod, which we meet: no one has apparently caught something, because no one wears a tank. The solution we find the following day: on the banks of the Kenai River, the people are standing in water like frogs around a pond. The sport of many fishermen now is to catch the fish, the fishing rod carefully to emerge from the mouth when we are not, they let in there and cut the cord, then the fish back to feed his element. It is therefore recommended not to use stainless steel fishing, so they are possibly in the stomach of caught and released fish can again decompose. We think that these fishermen should first get through a test: You should pierce their cheek with a hook to pull a few times a jerk in it and then remove carefully, and if this procedure a few times has done with them, issue the Fischer patent. A smaller number of fishermen keep the fish they feed right out of big (the discarded remnants were still a treat for us!) and they take home. It has so many salmon that they can eat them all!
Despite all, we are pleased with the wilderness and are excited every time when we can observe a wild animal - even if 'only' a squirrel - and wish him good luck, long life and a natural death.
But there are also hard, really athletic Alaskans: We see them walking around in shorts and T-shirts when we are cold even in long pants, sweater and windbreaker. Minus 15 degrees Celsius when we are in the Engadine not dare leave the house is referred to here as too warm!
Each year in March, a competition is held over 800 km, on foot, by bicycle (Wide tires) is discharged or ski. And of course we meet again in the footsteps of the famous Iditarod sled dog race, which is known all over the world. The historic launch on 21 March in Seward. Today is officially launched in Anchorage, due to lack of snow on the coast effectively in Wassila. The target is located on the west coast of Alaska Nome.
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