Alaska Teaching & Summer of 60

We fought desperately trying to free the 27 foot, heavily loaded fishing boat from the sandbar, and keep it from rolling over. Paul zachar, his wife, his youngest son, who was about five, and me were planning to take the boat up the Kvichak River into Lake Iliamna, Alaska. As we headed toward the mouth of the Kvichak from Bristol Bay, we spotted several sandbars. We were trying to locate the main channel and avoid the dangerous areas. About 300 yards ahead of us we spotted the strong tide p...