Adventures with Chuck
Fishing on the Tsiu – third day
c. GCYI Photo taken by Victoria Yeager The next day, General Yeager and I headed down 7 miles to the mouth of the river. Each year it changes – a couple years ago, it was 4 miles to the mouth. We ran into the others from the lodge coming back – they had started at the ungodly hour of…
Fishing at the mouth of the Tsiu River
Today, we fished in the morning at the mouth of the Tsiu River. Everyone else would leave at 6am to get the fish. We’d arrive around 9 or 10, when everyone else was taking a rest and eating the breakfast we brought with us, wade in, and catch fish. Worked well. These fish were fresh!…
Chris Golden – Oak Ridge Boy
Photo by Patty Wagstaff. Fr left to rt: William Lee Golden, Donny Carr (lead guitar), Chuck Yeager, Chris Golden, Chris Nole (keyboard) Chris is the son of William Lee Goldin. He gave K and J a copy of one of his CDs in Oroville where General Yeager introduced the Oak Ridge Boys. When General Yeager got…
Fishing on the Tsiu, Beachcombing on the Pacific, Alaska
The next day, it threatened rain. Many had gone duck hunting. We ate breakfast, put on our gear, got into the cart, and, while I was thinking maybe I’ll stay back and read about Eddie Rickenbacker…it POURED rain. Sigh. We got to the Big Bend where we could see LOTS of fish that had gotten…
Fishing on the Tsiu – First 2 days
We arrived on the spit between the Pacific Ocean and the Tsiu River in the rain by Gooney Bird, the DC 3 -which is always a great ride rain or shine. That afternoon, many went out to fish, including Gen Yeager. I slept and read – really needed it.Gen Yeager came back quite happy – he had caught…
Scraping the Roads
garden, eggplant, scraping roads, tomato sandwiches
It Takes A Little Rain To Make Love Grow- Oak Ridge Boys
Duane sings It Take A little Rain, Jimmy Fulbright sings, Chuck Yeager talks at memorial
Jimmy Fulbright loans his long brown hair to General Chuck Yeager
Jimmy lends General Chuck Yeager hair
Don Bochkay, World War II Triple Fighter Ace, 357th FG
Don Bochkay, Triple Fighter Ace, Chuck Yeager,
Fishing in Alaska by Helicopter
Helicopter Fly fishing, Chuck Yeager, Victoria Yeager, bears, eagles,fishing