Author Topic: 1st Anniversary in Alaska 1967 (Read 3202 times)

Smokin Don · « **Reply #-1 on:** August 20, 2015, 11:07:31 AM »

We were married Aug. 20, 1966. I was in the USAF and 6 months later was sent to King Salmon Alaska. I rented a half of a cabin on the river and Nancy flew up for a month for our 1st Anniversary. She had frozen the top of our wedding cake and brought it along on dry ice. Here we are enjoying some champagne and the cake. The salmon season was slowing down but we did get her out in a boat to catch some nice fish. We ate a lot of salmon and trout while she was there for a month.

You can see she was there during the buggy season and you needed bee keeper’s nets while outdoors. You can see our shack on the King Salmon Creek and River was pretty desolate, no other homes in site. The cabin was about 2 to 3 miles from the site; most mornings I got a ride with a civilian that worked at the site but a few times I had to walk in. One pic Nancy is in front of the only store in town and one we are at a bar with my friend and wife in Nek Nek. Some great memories here!

Nancy's largest catch, a red salmon

Nancy with my friend and wife in Nek Nek

Two cabins here, we stayed in the back half on the left

Smokin Don

TentHunteR · « **on:** August 20, 2015, 11:29:52 AM »

Great photos and great memories. Thanks for sharing them with us!

Tammy spent a good part of her childhood in Juneau, Alaska.

akruckus · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2015, 12:54:14 PM »

Wow great flash back, one more year til the Big 5-0! Thank you for share and Happy Anniversary!

drholly · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2015, 01:10:25 PM »

Happy Anniversary. Great pictures and stories.

Smokerjunky · « **Reply #3 on:** August 20, 2015, 01:34:29 PM »

Happy Anniversary Don - great pics and memories!!!! (side note - thanks for your service to this great country!)

africanmeat · « **Reply #4 on:** August 20, 2015, 02:17:18 PM »

You guys are a great family .
Happy Anniversary .
Man Nancy is good with the fishing rod .

TMB · « **Reply #5 on:** August 20, 2015, 03:52:15 PM »

Looking at those reminds me of my parents pictures when they lived in Turkey and Italy. Y'all look great in the photos!

I was born that year, so you know it was a good year

sparky · « **Reply #6 on:** August 20, 2015, 04:44:56 PM »

Thank you for showing its some SD history. Happy anniversary my friend.

deestafford · « **Reply #7 on:** August 20, 2015, 04:48:11 PM »

Don, She sure looks like a keeper to put up with that environment. Happy Anniversary.

Your comment about the wedding cake reminds me of what happened to ours. Carole had kept the top in a freezer for years as we moved from one duty station to another. I'm not sure why she was doing it but she was. At one location we had a maid and I guess she got hungry and ate the top of the wedding cake while Carole was out. Oh, Well.

Dee

smokeasaurus · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2015, 05:07:12 PM »

Happy Anniversary and thank you for letting us share your memories with you

tlg4942 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:32:09 PM »

Happy Anniversry ! Great photos, thanks for sharing

Smokin Don · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:58:23 PM »

Quote from: deestafford on August 20, 2015, 04:48:11 PM

Don, She sure looks like a keeper to put up with that environment. Happy Anniversary.

Your comment about the wedding cake reminds me of what happened to ours. Carole had kept the top in a freezer for years as we moved from one duty station to another. I'm not sure why she was doing it but she was. At one location we had a maid and I guess she got hungry and ate the top of the wedding cake while Carole was out. Oh, Well.

Dee

That was funny Dee! We both could have stayed in King Salmon, my wife was a secretary at WPAFB, Dayton and the CO of Civil Engineering offered her a job at King Salmon, and said I could stay on as a civilian electrician since I was getting discharged. Only 16 miles of road there and no where else to go. I knew she would never last there. Don

TwoPockets · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2015, 10:38:20 PM »

what a great story, not many people have that great history together.

CDN Smoker · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2015, 08:37:09 AM »

Happy Anniversry, thanks for sharing

muebe · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:17:37 AM »

Great pictures Don!