Aspen Extended Stay Suites Kenai

Saturday, August 15 - Kenai, AK

We only had about 90 miles to drive today, so we had until 11:00 to leave Homer. We traveled the Sterling Highway, which is the same road we used to get to Homer; however, when we reached the Kenai Spur, we were on virgin soil.

Kenai is a larger burg than I anticipated. There is a Home Depot and a Lowe's here. Whoa!

Our campground in on the Cook Inlet and ...

I love the wild Alaskan Cotton. It reminds me of Whoville in the Dr. Suess book.













This young moose was feeding near the highway.

... great visit. Vicki had a dentist appt. so Richard took Fred and Evelyn to an area where they saw alot of bald eagle. Everyone met up with us at Wendy & Bill's cabin and we cooked chicken on the grill, had a bon fire and another great visit. Friday: What a day! Bill, Wendy, Bill & Wanda did a fly-in guided bear viewing and fishing trip. We had a 1/2 hr fly in to the west side of the Cook Inlet along the Alaska Mountain Range. where we got onto a 18ft boat. We all ...

... 8212;ever wary for bears. I ripped the butt on my pants when going over one of the trees—my favorite pants! Our first Alaska fishing experience was lots of fun even though we didn’t catch anything. People are so nice and very willing share their knowledge.

Spent time touring the area towns and saw the following:

Soldotna:
The Visitor Center had a mount of ...

... a circuit that was popped way inside the electrical compartment. The man that tried to help Randy last night was under there and must have pressed something to cause this.

All this time spent and the problem was with the campground. Finally, no problems, yea! We're on our way again.

Well, I'm home again. I finally am home. I nearly cried when I saw the mountains of Alaska again after seeing nothing but the flat terrain of the southwest of the US. My friends had a welcome back party for me and I was so very touched to see them gathered together last night. Thank you all! Especially thank you to Todd who picked me up from the ...

... June when I created this thing. I realize that very few people will actually read it (or be interested enough in it) to check it often, but I hope you'll do so regularly. My family is especially worried I think so yes, you guys can check it too! :)

It was a short distances to Kenai so we arrived early so I had a Chance to fish for salmon on the Kenai River. I caught 3 salmon in about 30 min and went back to camp.Right now the frig. is full of halibut and now salmon. Christa said no more fish it back to caught and release from now on in don't bring any fish home.It's off to Palmer tomorrow. Ray and Christa

... thanking God for cheap gas. We reached the city of Kenai which is on the coast also - at the Cook Inlet. The Inlet is about 30 miles across. Even though it was a sunny day, the other side was covered with clouds so you could not make out the mountains too well. We stayed at this place called Beluga Whale RV Park which sits on a 100 foot bluff overlooking the inlet. Just a few steps from our RV and you get the best views of the entire trip. It did help that it was a ...

... functioning appliances. I considered myself a sports guy before I left. Now I go to those stations, I log onto ESPN.com in my excess of time here in my old home... And it is just like, whatever. I can't make it sound more profound. It is all really whatever. I remember the sights of the bambu houses, houses of my friends; I remember the groups of ladies who meet to save, try to save, 50 cents weekly for their childs highschool education, they are my friends; I ...