We woke up to heavy smoke. We could not even see across the street. No sense going on a tour of Denali today. The T.V. news indicates that there are over 85 fires in Alaska, most of them started by lightning strikes. We also cannot get into the inner campground for 2 weeks. We decide to head on down the road to the Kenai Peninsula and take a look at Denali on our way back up if time permits.
We stopped at the Telkeetna Visitor’s Center and had a great chat with Sheila. Whatever you want to know, Sheila can provide the answers and more. We are a week too early for the Moose Dropping Festival (No, they don’t drop the moose, only the moose droppings, aka moose poop). There are lots of great helicopter and airplane excretions that leave from Telkeetna, so we picked up the information in preparation for when we return here after the peninsula. A note here about exertions and tours. If you come to Alaska, be sure to pick up a “Tour Saver” book. There are a couple of different ones. They are $100.00 to purchase, but have lots of activities, lodging, and tours such as fishing trips, jet boat rides, steamboat tours, glacier tours, train rides, museum tickets etc. Most are buy one, get one free. It doesn’t take long to get your money back. Nearly everything we wanted to do has been in that book. Do a Google search for Alaska Tour Saver and you will find it.
We stopped at Sheep Creek Lodge for the night. They have a campground on the river behind the lodge. It is dry camping and is in Passport America. We pulled right up to the river and sat watching the river go by as well as being entertained by a beaver gathering willow across from our camp.
However, out little piece of heaven was interrupted the next morning as we were planning glacier tours for the Kenai. Marv zapped a couple of mosquitoes with his handy-dandy electronic swatter, then a couple more, then a couple more….HEY! What’s going on here? Aren’t these pests supposed to be OUTSIDE the trailer? WE finally discovered that they had made their way into the belly of the RV through the space around the hydraulic arms for the slide-outs. From there they could come in through the holes drilled for the drain pipes under the kitchen sink. We opened the cabinet and they came swarming out. Once we zapped a few to many more we hit the road again for Anchorage where we stayed the night at a Fred Meyer on the edge of town. There is lots to do in Anchorage as well, but again, we’ll catch it on the way back through. At Fred Meyer we happened to park next to Robert and Diana, retirees from Edmonds Washington. Gee, what a small world. We had a great chat while watching the fiery sun in the evening.
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