Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 42: Anchor PointSunny and warm. We went to Homer today. Walked the historic building tour. Took a short nap and found a campsite up the hill in Homer, run by the city. This is our view of Homer from Arvi at our campsite. TimeThere was a 3-ft jigsaw puzzle on a table at the... Continue Reading →
Day 41: Ninilchik, AKSunny and warm. Going to Kodiak Island is as difficult as going to Sebuku Island, Indonesia. You can only get there by boat or plane. Considering our proximity to Kodiak, we thought we would try to arrange a trip, and save Sebuku for another time. ** Nine hours later ** Done. We... Continue Reading →
Day 40: Ninilchik, AKSunny and warm. We’ve decided to stay here another day. We went to the coffee shop and then did some catching up. I’ve been working on fixing my Journal on the website. We went for a long walk on the beach. The day was SO pleasant and the Cook Inlet was calm.... Continue Reading →
There are a lot of eagles in Alaska. I never get tired of seeing this magnificent birds. We had a juvenile sitting in a tree over our camp site. Here is a video of that bird. https://youtu.be/4OxBiitPi94
Day 39: Ninilchik, AK Sunny, pleasant and warm. The fireweed is much taller than me. A very busy day. We traveled 90 feet today, as we moved from a so-so campsite to a better one in the Ninilchik View Campground. We walked to the coffee shop, then the grocery market, then to the local pizza... Continue Reading →
These guys did an impressive job hauling this boat out of the water. There was a strong cross wind. The boat was coming in fast and a little sideways. The tractor pulling the trailer had to synchronize with the boat coming in. The video is short and doesn’t capture well the difficulty of the situation.... Continue Reading →
Day 38: Kasilof, AKSunny, warm and pleasant. I am not a geologist, but I found a soapstone! Looks just like a bar of soap, doesn't it? I am sitting here at the end of the day, after a couple glasses of 2011 Della Valpolicella wine, after enjoying a meal of chicken with Parmesan, tomato and... Continue Reading →
Day 37: Captain Cook State Recreation Area, AKSunny and warm. First thing in the morning (11:00) we went to Stormy Lake for Tom to do some fishing. I baked cookies and worked on a little house project while he was fishing. I am putting a fabric protector on the wall behind the stove to cover... Continue Reading →
Took some time to fish today on the Kenai River. The salmon are running. Had one nice fish on for about a minute before it broke my line. The big one got away. My guess it was a Coho since that is what everyone else was pulling in.
Day 36: Hope, AKSunny and warm. We haven’t seen rain in a week and hardly any mosquitoes. Hope We had to check out Hope because it was on the map but there was nothing about it in the 70-page Kenai Adventures booklet. Hope is bigger than Chicken. They have internet, four cafes, an RV Park... Continue Reading →
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