Day 24

We left Anchorage via the Seward Highway at 9:51, our destination was about half way down the Kenai Peninsula. Since we plan to spend a few days, the central location will allow us to visit locations north & south without hauling the trailers everywhere.

A section of the road from Anchorage is called the National Forest Scenic Byway and scenic it was. We drove along Turnagain Arm, part of the Cook Inlet. The water is surrounded by forests and snow capped mountains, the view was spectacular. One point of interest on Turnagain Arm is Beluga Bay where whales are often spotted - we didn't spot any. We passed through a popular fishing area and it was packed with RVs, tents, & people. Fishing appears to be very big here. We noticed the Costco in Anchorage carried a lot of fishing equipment (and black out drapes).

Nancy & I had painstakingly gone through our lists of RV parks & campgrounds to find the perfect place for us on Kenai Peninsula and we found it - right on the Kenai River. Unfortunately, no one told them they were the perfect place for us because they didn't have anything available that we would fit in. Out came our RV books once again and, after a few phone calls, we found one that had room for us. We hadn't considered there is a holiday weekend coming up and the parks would be crowded. We ended up at the Kasilof RV Park and it is one of the best ones we've been in. It has lots of trees with wide, secluded trailer sites and it's across the street from a lake. We wish they were all like this one! On the down side, it's a mile off the highway and the road is dirt. The dirt road is no big deal when there's no trailer attached to the truck.

We didn't do any sightseeing other than the sights we saw while we were driving. In fact, Jan & I spent quite a bit of time downloading and organizing our pictures. There are so many, I sure hope we can remember where they were taken.