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Cooper Landing Slideshow
Cooper Landing
Travel Blogs from Cooper Landing, United States
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First Day of Mainland Alaska
... .) In the evening it was a pleasant drive South on to the Kenai Peninsula to check in at the Kenai Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing. This hotel was very comfortable; the bungalow style cabin had a terrific wood burning stove that soon had the room ...
We're going Camping - Day 1
... weather was bad. It was a beautiful setting for lunch as you will see from the photos. Back on the highway we headed to Coopers Landing where we stopped to look at the Kenai River close up and got told about Kamakazi Fishing, ... and what to do when you ...
Fishing on the Russian River
The weather finally got nice and sunny so time to go fishing! Drove to the Russian River Campground and had to wait in a car line for about half an hour. Parked in Pink Salmon lot and followed the trail leading to the river. Lots ...
the sign says, "Hard wall camping only"
Aside from getting hooked in the ear while combat fishing there a chance of getting bit in the ass in a tent. No need to carry a gun, the other guys have 'em, just yell BEAR! lol. I learned more about fishing here in ten minutes than in my whole life ...
Sun Glorious Sun - Day 2
... as I said lazy, shy bears for not being there fishing! No excuses. After a while we hiked back to the van and stopped off at Cooper Landing for ice creams, and for Heidi to stock up on supplies. The ice cream was great! Heidi took us on a slight detour on ...
Anchorage to Cooper Landing
The drive from Anchorage to the Kenai Peninsula along Turn Again Arm is absolutely stunning; the road is right next to the water where huge mountains come straight down. If you're in Anchorage, don’t miss this drive! Stopped at ...
Going to the Kenai
... was incredibly long...it took us almost 11 hours before we reached our final destination of the Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge in Cooper Landing. Along the way we took a lot of pictures in between the rain drops. The Lodge was beautiful and definitely ...
Ninilchik to Cooper Landing
... the picnic table by the bluff looking at the view and talking to Bob & Brenda. The Kenai Lake is in Cooper Landing and there are beautiful views of it every time you drive anywhere. Returned to Kenai Princess RV and glad to meet ...
Cooper Landing
Around 7 a.m. our friend saw a grizzly bear in the campground right by our jeep. What a surprise! The security car chased it into the woods. A lady in the campground does sled dog demonstrations at the Princess Lodge. The dogs and ...
Seward
After a good breakfast in a café in Cooper Landing the destination was Seward, where shopping at Safeway provided some fruit and biscuits for the coming days, and where the Sea Life Centre is located. The Sea Life Centre has wonderful displays of sea ...
Fishing & Bear Encounters on Russian River
... and said we could join them, but we liked being close to the campground trail. A group of five people that live in Cooper Landing came and fished near us so we decided to stay here. They fillet their salmon as soon as they catch them. One ...
Marty caught fish on the Kenai!!
First I want to talk about the wonderful hike we took to the Tolsona mud springs. It was through swamps and forest but when we arrived at the springs, it was worth it. After the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, which is one of the worst recorded ...
A day in Seward
We had decided last night that we would plan to get up about 7 am. Of course, with the time change Les & Joette were awake much earlier. They quietly organized their suitcases and took showers until I was "moving." Wayne was awake ...
Buchmann's are coming today
Wayne got up early, had breakfast and went fishing. I slept in and then cleaned the camper and got some food ready for our guests that are coming from ND. Les & Joette Buchmann from Beulah are coming tonight. We had ...
Checking out fishing spots once more
We decided to do a load of laundry just because we had the facility right there at the RV Park so did a few extra chores in the camper while we were waiting for clothes to dry. I cleaned out our travel brochures and took those that I no ...
This campground makes me happy
We were able to cancel our remaining reservation at the campground except for one night. We decided to chalk it up to experience and move one. I spent some more time on the phone with WRT trying to get our e-mail working more consistently. ...
This day must have been inspiring
When I talked to Porter the week before they came, he told me he was going to be inspired when he came to Alaska. I'm not sure where that came from, but I think today must have made that happen. I'll have to ask him tomorrow. ...
We've been here before on this trip
... was not far away at all. Anthony called and they were already outside waiting for us. Alaska Airlines must be more efficient than United or Delta which we usually fly! We were there to pick them up within minutes, a half sleepy Porter as he had fallen ...
The Kenai Peninsula is gorgeous
I used a new recipe to make banana muffins this morning and they were very good. The only thing that would have made them better would have been nuts which I didn't have. Mac & Carol came over, which means across the church parking lot, ...
Russian River Rainbows
We spent most of today fishing on the Russian River. This is one of my all-time favorite rivers, it is just beautiful. This year looks like it will be even better since I like to fish for rainbow trout while most everyone else is fishing for ...
the club race from hell
Oct 2006 club race So far I know 3 smokejumper wives. And so far, every one of them has heard from her husband, you're not pushing hard enough. This is because smokejumpers are freaks of nature that really can workout to failure every day and still ...
More of the Kenai Peninsula....
... & we were relying on a guy who stopped to notify a tow truck company for us. We’re now camped in Cooper Landing right on the Kenai River where the tow truck driver brought us. It’s beautiful! Just a little impediment ...
Hanging out on the Kenai Penninsula
We spent a couple of days hanging around the Kenai Penninsula. We rafted the Six-Mile River outside the town of Hope one day, which was a blast. The whitewater shot through some pretty narrow slots, and we bounced off the canyon walls a few ...
Hiking and fishing
Jon got up and out on time and I went back to sleep. I finally roused myself to get to breakfast on time. Buffet with breakfast burritos and fruit and plenty of coffee. My backpack is ready and ...
Final Days on the Kenai
... river from upstream of the campground all the way down to the confluence and then back. Tristan had another great afternoon landing several nice rainbows. I also had a good afternoon and then spent quite a bit of time just watching Janice and ...
Day 20 - Homer -> Cooper Landing
188 miles The day begins with a ride to a Russian village outside of Homer - we never find it but do get some gravel riding in the rain and incredible views of the local glaciers. Fish and chips for lunch then it's back into the rain gear for the ...
Russian River Campground
We got to the Russian River Campground last night and found our spot in the Steelhead Loop, site 23. We backed into the site which overlooks the Kenai River valley, and although we couldn't see the river from the site we could see the surrounding ...
Two Weeks Without a Truck
... broken once again. We ducked Ninja style, and with Allan’s expert driving, we made it home safe. Gheesh. Day 14 at Cooper Landing: Good news! The truck is ready. Luckily it is a sunny day as we drove into Soldotna on the KTM ...
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