A Warning About a Guide Service in Fairbanks!!

Hi all,

Well, we are back from Alaska!!

First a word of warning.... If you ever hear the name "Wilderness Ent" or Joe Letarte, RUN AWAY!! Here is their website:

http://wildernessenterprises.com/

We arrived at their office/house to be greeted by a guide that was rigging up spinning rods for our trip. This was after we had talked THREE times about the fact that Jen and I only fly fish. The raft we used did not have any seats in it except for the guide. So, we are in a wilderness area in Alaska floating on a river with no seats in the boat. I had to sit on the rear of the raft with nothing to stop me from taking a swim.

We were told that we would have waders to use but that turned out not to be true. So we spent the day in very light clothes from the waist down and wading shoes with no socks. It was COLD!! I got hypothermia about an hour from the takeout and it was really uncomfortable for a while.

We had told Joe and Vickie THREE times that this was going to be a morning only float as we had to be back in Fairbanks by 2:00 pm so we HAD to be off the river no later than 1:00 pm. he never told the guide this and he was planing on having us back to our car around 3:00. He had to do a lot of rowing to get us back on time. He claimed that Joe and Vickie had not told him this little fact.

They also charged us $12.00 EACH for lunch!!! Lunch was a homemade sandwich and a bag of chips.

So, lets just say i was NOT a good day.