The Outdoor Boys spent 5 weeks touring North America and Asia. This is Part 10 of our travel log. We go fishing in Alaska for trout and dollies and salmon. Then we hike to an alpine lake in Hatchet's Pass and explored the Independence Mine.
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00:00Hey guys, this is Tommy with the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel, and we're in Alaska
00:06Well, it's 6 30 in the morning and I just woke up my brother and we're going salmon
00:33fishing.
00:49Well if looks could catch us fish, this spot would do it.
00:52Looks good.
00:53Probably some right about here.
00:55See what happens.
00:57Oh, set that man, set that.
01:02There's something down there.
01:04I think a smaller hook is going to do you better.
01:06Yeah, I got a number 12 right there.
01:08I don't get much smaller than that.
01:11Oh, there you go.
01:13My trout rod hooked me a silver here.
01:19Holy mackerel.
01:20You get ready for him to come towards shore, I'll get behind him and, you got him?
01:36Got one.
01:37Little smaller.
01:38Yeah, beautiful though.
01:39There's a beautiful trout.
01:40Nice.
01:41Oh, no, no, no, we got a sucker.
01:56There we go.
01:57Long nose sucker.
01:58Man, that looks a lot like a nigoi in Japan.
02:02Oh, nice little rainbow, beautiful little rainbow.
02:18There you go.
02:19Ransom, congratulations.
02:20Pick him up, Tom.
02:21I have a job for you.
02:22No.
02:23Reel him in, Tom.
02:24Why don't you reel it in, see what happens.
02:25I'm just watching him.
02:37He got away.
02:38Sorry, buddy.
02:39Well, that's not bad.
02:40I think we've caught five or six rainbows, a Dolly Varden, a sucker, and a silver.
02:44I count that as catching it because I touched it.
02:48It was on the bank.
02:49It was on the bank and I touched it.
02:50So that's catch and release.
02:51Indeed.
02:52Pull it up, pull it up, his fish is on, little muddy dolly.
02:58Oh, are you stuck in the mud?
03:02Oh, he got out.
03:04Pull him up and reel it.
03:06He's already on there.
03:07He's fighting.
03:08Yes.
03:09It's a nice rainbow.
03:10Hey, man.
03:11Fish number two.
03:12Not a bad rainbow.
03:13Look at the colors on him.
03:19Gorgeous.
03:21There you go.
03:22There we go.
03:25Oh, I got another rainbow there.
03:36Another nice little rainbow.
03:45Boys what are you doing? Don't throw mud at me.
03:57There's that there's that sucker again. Long nose sucker right there.
04:09There you go.
04:15You're getting your Alaska grown shirt dirty. Uh-oh Nathan's got himself stuck.
04:20Nathan are you stuck? All right let me get you out.
04:32Nathan you're muddy but your skin looks so youthful. Is that better? I love you
04:45buddy. Well guys we caught about 15 to 20 rainbow trout two or three Dolly
04:58Varden we caught three whitefish and a silver so not bad for about two or three
05:04hours but Tommy here is very wet and are you cold bud? Yeah and Nathan too is a
05:12little bit cold and dirty so we're gonna call it a day get him back to the
05:17cabin warm him up.
05:37Here want me to wash your feet off? Tommy you feeling better? Nathan you
05:41feeling better buddy? Yeah we gotta clean your ear out. All right we're gonna go
05:50back to the river and see how my brother's doing.
05:54Oh it got off the hook and it's so dead I was like get it. Were you pinning that thing? Yeah he wants to keep it.
06:11All right man the good job you taking those home to eat? Yes. Awesome how many
06:17did you end up catching? I think like five or six but a lot of them we let go.
06:22Man just crushed it with the rainbows today. Yeah. Here you want a stringer? Sure I
06:28guess.
06:40All right well we're getting the cabin straightened up we're gonna get out of
06:45here gonna get some food you boys hungry? All right let's go get some serious
06:51breakfast. Come here and grab daddy. Here watch you don't get buckled up in your
06:56car seat. All right guys we're going to Talkeetna. You guys want breakfast or you want pizza? Pizza.
07:09We're here at Mountain High Pizza Pie in Talkeetna. We're gonna grab some food for
07:15the road here. All right we ordered two extra-large pizzas the carnivore and the
07:19five cheese. Let's see how that goes. All right you ready? Let's go. So my brother is
07:26carrying Tommy out to the restroom and Tommy yells hurry up I might pee on your
07:30back. Classy.
07:35Nathan you've been picking your face again. Oh we're taking family photos in
07:49an hour. Mom's gonna kill you and maybe me too. All right let's go home and we're
07:56gonna get washed and bathed and we're gonna get to hug and kiss mommy. So we've
08:04got all of our family here in Alaska so of course we're doing a big family
08:08picture. So we're getting all gussied up. Got the sand out of my boys ears and
08:14we're gonna do everything to make mommy happy. Family picture time. I'm gonna put
08:21away the camera so we can pull out another camera and do family pictures.
08:26Well good morning everybody. This is our last day in Alaska and I'm kind of sad
08:31because I thought we had pretty much a full day tomorrow and we're leaving
08:36tomorrow night. We're leaving tomorrow morning so yeah that's happening.
08:41Family wanted to do a big hike today and go hike up a gold mine up in Hatcher's
08:48Pass but in the meantime before we do that I need to fuel up. So we are gonna go get
08:55breakfast and I'm gonna go to the Southside Grill. There we go. Got food for
09:06everybody. Have a good time. Those waitresses are so nice to Nathan.
09:13Jacob it looks like you just ate. All right there we go.
09:17Reindeer, sausage, eggs, pancakes. Breakfast of Alaskan champions. All right
09:25guys you ready to go up hiking with the cousins?
09:55Okay we're here at Hatcher's Pass Alaska near the Independence gold mine. Now the
10:05Independence gold mine is a fascinating abandoned gold mine. When the price of
10:10gold dropped in like the 50s they thought it was going to open up anytime
10:15soon again. You know there's just a temporary shutdown so they left
10:17everything inside and walked away from it. But then a few days turned to a few
10:24months to a few years and it's an abandoned gold mine never opened back up.
10:28My dad's uncle was actually the caretaker of the gold mine when my dad
10:33was a little boy and he used to come up here and get to play and and go inside
10:38the gold mine and the old office houses and everything. But then it got sold to
10:43the State Park Service and now it's a park and anybody can go here. But we're
10:48here with almost the entire family and my mom and my wife are gonna paint and
10:55we're gonna go hike up to a little lake and who knows maybe I'll find some fish
11:00in it. I have no idea if there's any fish in here. We're we're pretty high up in
11:04the elevation there may not be anything in there but it's a beautiful area so
11:08it'll be fun. Hey Jacob you having fun? Yeah you're liking grandma. Come on
11:15Nathan you gotta walk. It's pretty cool. This is gorgeous.
11:25We used to come up here as Boy Scouts and we would camp and make snow caves in
11:31the wintertime and then the daytime we'd take our sled and climb up the side of the mountain and sled down.
11:45Do you think you can catch dad?
11:57Look at that. Look at that old cabin.
12:16That's looking good.
12:30Yeah look at that.
12:32Well guys I don't see any fish here. I see a few water bugs on top but that's
12:48it. I mean it is crystal crystal clear. It gets really deep right there but I
12:53don't see any fish.
13:00Oh no not the butt crack. Oh ice wedgie.
13:07Nathan. Nathan buddy that's really cold water.
13:15I don't have any snow.
13:18Yourself Tommy.
13:21Well the boys jumped in the water got themselves muddy and wet as they always
13:25do but man check out this view. That's pretty cool. Good view of the mine over
13:32there. Well I'm disappointed there was no fish in there. I was hoping that maybe
13:36there'd be some golden fin or something in there but hey it was still pretty and
13:40we had fun and gotta throw snowballs in July so that's cool.
13:48That can do that.
13:55Well there we go we did it. Hiked all the way up there and back. If you want to do this hike it's
14:00Gold Cord Lake Trail. It's about a mile each way I think. Nathan you look a
14:06little wet and dirty. You tired and cold? Let's go get you warmed up.
14:12Get out of the way.
14:16Legs crossed.
14:20How you doing? There's a smile for daddy. Hey Joe.
14:24Hi.
14:25Hello. I'm punching pants.
14:30Dad my window kids popped.
14:37When I was a little kid we used to camp up here and I remember we snuck into those buildings.
14:41They weren't collapsed back then. Stuck our heads in there was old crampons and
14:47mining equipment and stuff up in there.
15:01The old quarters for the miners back in the days.
15:03Yeah the old washroom.
15:11Check out these old slate top pool tables.
15:21That's a big old engine.
15:25Look at these old buildings.
15:31Come on we're going up there.
15:41That was fun. No joking.
15:57A lot of the metal had to be shipped up from the lower 48's. I mean this was not a little
16:02task getting all this stuff up here. It's just laying abandoned.
16:08Whoa it's freezing.
16:11Yeah it's cold in here isn't it?
16:14And there's the door to the mine. It's all gated up.
16:23Are you disappointed we couldn't go down to the mine?
16:27This is the drills they used to drill the rocks and break up the rocks.
16:33Grandma have you been babysitting Jacob?
16:36Yeah look at this play pit back here. This is perfect.
16:40You're a sports utility baby.
16:43Hey Nathan.
16:46Hey Jacob did you miss me?
16:49Alright boys come on let's go in the car.
16:51So many happy memories growing up here.
16:54But tomorrow morning we're getting on a plane heading to British Columbia.
16:59Alright guys did you have fun?
17:01Yeah.
17:05Well it's our last night here in Alaska and we're back in Anchorage.
17:09So I am taking my family, my mom and one of my younger sisters out to dinner.
17:15But we gotta get some clothes on Nathan. He's naked.
17:19Alright you ready to go have some dinner?
17:21Yeah.
17:23Go get it Melanie.
17:26Well guys we're leaving Alaska tomorrow morning.
17:29Our flight leaves at like 10.30 in the morning.
17:32So we're pretty much going to get up, eat breakfast, go to the airport.
17:36And this is our last opportunity to have access to a washer and dryer.
17:41So we're doing all of our laundry and taking care of all the boys stuff.
17:48We've got, look at all this packing we've got to do.
17:52So yeah I'm going to stay up late tonight.
17:55Packing everything, getting everything clean and ready to go.
17:58And tomorrow we're off to Washington State and then British Columbia.
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