The overnight low was 41.
The sternwheeler, Riverboat Discovery III, left the dock at 8:45 a.m. to cruise down the Chena River. We stopped at the dog sled kennels of Susan Butcher to "talk" a while with the new owner, Jesse. Later we talked to Dixie, a native Indian, about curing salmon when at the summer fish camps. She filleted a large salmon and got it ready to smoke in about 30 seconds! Later she told us about the beading designs on native clothing and the significance. She has a chief's coat on display in the Native Arts museum of the Smithsonian. We also watched a bush pilot take off and land on a sand bar in the middle of the river, then he took off and landed on pontoons in the river.
