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Welcome to Alaska's Largest Raft Suppliers! Whether you're looking to buy a complete whitewater package or planning a fishing or hunting trip to the great Alaskan Bush, you've come to the right place. We carry all the gear you will ever need to have a successful experience. Most of our packages break down small enough to fit in a small airplane enabling you to get away from the crowds and into the REAL action. Into the Wild Alaskan river trip nets gourmet seafood
By BARB FORD
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Like many of you, my husband and I love to take river trips and enjoy spending time out on the water here in Tennessee. But Chris and I recently traveled more than a thousand miles to Alaska, where we met Mark LaPorte, a Tennessean who is a great river guide and quite possibly the best chef Tennessee has ever produced. As part of a trip purchased at last year's March of Dimes Celebrity Chef's Auction in Nashville, Mark and his wife, Jenna, volunteered to be hosts for a day trip down the Kenai and Russian rivers in Alaska last month. This dynamic duo share a passion for great food, a love for the great state of Tennessee, a true volunteer spirit and even a love for wild and scenic rivers - things we hold dear as well.  The LaPortes are originally from Tennessee but now live in Anchorage. In true Tennessee volunteer spirit, Mark and Jenna took a three-hour tour and turned it into a week of adventure, friendship and fine food. Their two young children joined in the fun as well.
Our first night included gathering by the campfire at Alaska's famous Russian River Campground for traditional Tennessee doughboys - known here in 'Boro camp cuisine as "biscuits on a stick." They have taken this to a new art, with three-quarter-inch dowels so everyone could roast biscuits perfectly. Once golden and crisp on the outside, the doughboy is removed and filled with homemade strawberry jam or honey. This may win out over s'mores as a new favorite fireside dessert. Continued... Mark's Riverside Crab Cakes 1/2 Tbsp. olive oil
1/4 cup minced jalapenos (seeds and stems removed)
1/4 cup each diced red, yellow, green and orange bell peppers (or one cup
mixed colors of bell peppers)
1 cup diced white onion
3/4 cup chopped green onions
1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbsp. lime juice
6 Tbsps. mayonnaise
1 egg
1/2 Tbsp. seafood spice (like Old Bay Seasoning)
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce
2 lbs. crab meat (shredded king crab works well)
2 to 3 cups panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs) In a large skillet, saute jalapenos, peppers, and onions until cooked but
firm. Remove from heat and stir in minced garlic. Place in a bowl and
refrigerate until the mixture is cool. Once the mixture is cool, add the
lime juice, mayonnaise, egg, seafood spice, mustard and hot pepper sauce.
Drain crab meat and gently fold into mixture, careful not to break up the
meat. Add about 2 cups of the panko. You want to squeeze a ball of the crab
cake mixture without seeing too much moisture or they will fall apart. At
this point, you can chill the mixture in a zip-top freezer bag for transport
to your picnic or grill site. At the site, butter and heat a griddle over a
medium flame. Form the crab mixture into 2- to 3-ounce balls and flatten
into discs. Crust the cakes with more panko. Cook the crab cakes on the
griddle until golden brown, flip them over and grill the other side until
they are cooked through. Serve hot with Raspberry Chipotle Sauce, which you
can make by adding chipotle hot sauce to raspberry preserves, or buy
ready-made at the grocery store. More recipes inside! Barb Ford of Murfreesboro is a food columnist and former chef. NEW! NRS GigBob, a frameless personal fishing cataraft which fits in it's own backpack! Click here to view product... 
The Upper Kenai is Open Again
The weekend before the Super Bowl eleven men, and one little guy, set out to remove the logjam in the back channel below Sportsman’s on the Kenai River. If you are not familiar with that logjam, thank your lucky stars! You can safely familiarize yourself with that well-known logjam on the Outdoors Directory Alaska Rafting Forum; see http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php?t=15154
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php?t=33625). READ ARTICLE...
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Alaska Raft and Kayak Joins Outdoor Life Grand Slam Adventure Alaska! This past summer Outdoor Life Magazine’s Contributing Editor  for Alaska, Chris Batin, and Mike Strahan, author of Float Hunting Alaska’s Wild Rivers, asked us, Alaska Raft and Kayak, to participate in the Outdoor Life Grand Slam Adventure Alaska by providing the rafts for a Brown Bear float hunt. Mark Cohen, owner of Alaska Raft and Kayak, not only agreed to provide the rafts, he also let me, Tracey Harmon, go along and row one of them! It doesn’t get any better than that! Chris and Mike told us that Brandon Steele of Blacksburg, Virginia was the lucky dude selected by Outdoor Life to receive the all expenses paid trip to Alaska to hunt Brown Bear. Chris would serve as his liaison for Outdoor Life. Mike would be the trip coordinator. Mike “Buck” Bowden of Hidden Alaska Guides and Outfitters was to be the Master Guide. Realtree Camo was sending videographer Josh Schull to video the ten-day hunt. And finally Sara Mayti, a staff photographer for Outdoor Life, would be along to photograph the trip. (click here to read more...) While browsing our site be sure to visit our Photo Gallery, find excellent products in our Online Store, leave a message for our experts, or brush up your technique with tips from our Floating Info section. We hope you enjoy our new site! Stop by, drop us an email, or give us a call. We can help you make your Alaskan experience everything you hoped it would be. Visit Our Online Store!
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