Your hosts at Marlows on the Kenai

Ken and Judy Marlow, your hosts at the lodge, are year around residents of Alaska since 1965. Ken is originally from Minnesota, Judy from Michigan. Both are now retired school teachers having taught many years in Alaska. Judy is our chief cook, bookkeeper, organizer, assistant guide, and CEO. Ken's Masters degree in environmental education is still put to good use as he enjoys showing people some of our special places, and especially birds and animals of our area.

Ken, a US Coast Guard licensed guide, has access to Neil's fleet of boats for occasional guided fishing trips, but mostly Ken concentrates his guiding on wildlife viewing trips and bird watching and photography. His favorite areas are on the more remote parts of the Kenai river. He is on the Board of Directors of the Kenai River Watershed Forum.

Our daughter Leanne has been teaching for the last 14 years, 3 of which were in remote bush villages above the Arctic Circle. She has had some wonderful and exciting experiences and adventures in the far North. She now teaches 3rd grade in Seward and operates the newly remodeled Seward House, a vacation rental with ocean view rooms. An avid naturalist, she does local guiding in the summers for birding, wildlife viewing and photography.

Our son, Neil, is our US Coast Guard licensed master guide. He loves fishing and started his guiding business when he was in college. Our Offshore-Saltwater boat is a 37 X 14 foot high speed Catamaran. The Shearwater is equipped with state of the art electronics, twin 250HP diesel engines, marine bathroom, a heated cabin with comfortable seating for 6 and a huge deck with 100 feet of railing for our 6 anglers from which to fish and sightsee. The 22' Willie Predator that he uses on the Kenai is powered by a 4 stroke Yamaha. A 20' Willie drift boat is what he uses for fishing the upper stretches of the Kenai River and the Kasilof river. After the summer of fishing, Neil keeps busy with house construction and remodeling jobs.

The Marlows have lived all over Alaska, from Sitka, to Fairbanks, to a tiny log cabin on the Yukon River, to a remote Aleut village on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, and for the last 20 years on the banks of the Kenai River. Let us use our experience and local knowledge to assist you with first-hand information on all of your Alaskan destinations.