could i get more alaskan?

we've been in bethel for about a week now-the traveling days were long- however, i can tell you about the beauty of the portland, seattle, and anchorage airports after spending quite a bit of time in all three. long layovers=living simply. after arriving to bethel on a delayed flight we arrived at our house to find out- surprise, we were hosting a potluck dinner in about an hour. we met many people from town including many former volunteers who just loved bethel so much they stayed to hang out- with or without jobs. we have been settling in- and we had a true alaskan day on tuesday. we cooked caribou for dinner and then set out for the kuskokwim river to "catch the silvers run" aka fish for salmon. by alaskan state law- residents can use nets to catch fish due to subsistance living- but you have to live in the state for over a year in order to work the boat and pull in the net- and the DA, Tom, was our captain- so that law was obeyed. we caught about 10 salmon- which was pretty good for an hour trip and our first time on the river. little did we know the fun was just beginning- ya gotta clean what you catch- so we all learned how to gut and filet the fish- each taking a turn with the ulu (special knife used to cut fish). and froze most of it for the winter- and after seeing the prices at the grocery store- free food= good food. ps- this picture was taken around 11:30 pm- the sun really does set at midnight.