In this first episode of her Silver Salmon Lodge series, Angie Birmingham takes viewers on a first‑person adventure from Anchorage to Lake Clark National Park. She documents the hour‑long plane ride, the beach landing, and the transfer to the lodge via four‑wheelers. Once at the lodge, she tours the "Puffin Perch" accommodations, highlighting indoor plumbing, views of Cook Inlet, and the layout of the rooms. The core of the video is the bear segment: multiple brown bears are observed near the lodge, including a comical bear playing in water and bears returning nightly to a fish‑cleaning table, one of which wears a collar. Interspersed throughout are promotional breaks where Angie urges viewers to like, subscribe, ring the notification bell, and check out her merchandise (shirts, camera gear). Background chatter and lyrical snippets from other participants provide ambient atmosphere but do not advance the narrative. The vlog combines travel logistics, wildlife observation, personal commentary, and channel promotion.
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Hey there, Angie here. With me in my newest bear collection, Mr.
Go Away Bear. Got him in Alaska.
But if I'm feeling nice, I can also welcome people. But on the weekend, it says go away. Anyhow, So we are home and I am working on all the videos for Silver Salmon Lodge, and I have part 1 ready to go. And part 1 consists of our plane ride from Anchorage out to Silver Salmon and landing on the beach in a little plane. And from there they pick us up in four-wheelers and take us to the lodge where we get escorted to our rooms for the week. And then we go out and gonna see some bears, and there's some pretty good bear footage in there towards the end. There's one playing in the water. He's quite comical. So stay tuned and go get some popcorn, kick back on the couch, and—
Enjoy.
Watch my video.
All right, here we go. We are at the airport and we are getting ready to load up and head over to Lake Clark for our bear adventure. We all had to weigh in over on the scales and we got 3 planes going over with our group. They're loading us all up right now and we get to fly over It's about an hour flight.
Let's go dancing on the beach. Let's go dancing on the beach. Like nobody's gonna see. All our problems floating in the Gulf breeze.
Here we are.
We made it.
Lake Clark National Park.
There's our ride back to the cabins. Four-wheelers with trailers.
Oh, let's go dancing on the beach. Let's go dancing on the beach. Like when we were 17. Back when nothing's ever out of reach. Oh, let's go dancing on the beach.
Oh yeah, wow.
Can these guys go off? No, we got to go over and get everybody together.
My, our first bear.
We just got here.
We'll wait right here. Whoops, sorry.
Okay. Oh, there's 2.
They stay together though. They're kind of wandering around.
Okay.
It's not long.
No, it's not.
This one has a collar on it.
Hello, just a quick break to remind you to do a couple of things. Make sure you like, subscribe, and ring my bell so you'll get notified next time I post a video. And also wanted to remind you that there's a few items at the bottom that you can purchase. Cool F-Stop shirt, That sport your gear. Like I carry a Sony, and if you're a Nikon or a Canon shooter, those are available at the bottom of the page as well. And if you shoot a different system, let me know and I'll whip one up for you. And I still have a couple of these available, the nice cool nylon shirts with WTF Stop on the front and the back. And on the sleeve, available in hunter green and stone colored. All right, let's get back to that video, and I will talk to you later.
Here we are at our accommodations.
We are in the Puffin Perch.
Puffin.
Puffin perch, which is quite fitting since I'm obsessed with puffins. Here's our nice room. Oh look, we got a couch.
Upstairs bedroom.
We got a bedroom or a bathroom down here. More indoor plumbing. Gotta love that indoor plumbing.
Water.
Since it's rare in Alaska.
Oh, and we got 2 beds up here, and we got a view where the bear just was. No bear now.
And out this window, we got a view of the Cook Inlet and the kitchen. So now we're gonna get unpacked and we are going to go to the kitchen and go get something to eat.
Oh my God.
So here's the bears that were coming back pretty much every night to check the fish cleaning table to see what kind of scraps we happened to leave behind.
Kiss and bliss.
Good God, it feels like there's nothing missing. Filling my cup with some love in the kitchen, 'cause I'm so sweet, super sunny, over easy. Can't get enough of that good stuff. Got us, don't give up.
Good days, good days, good days.
Yeah.
Long week, had a long year too. Getting harder to stay brand new, so I keep on smiling like I do. One look in the mirror and I'm back in the mood.
