Day 25

This morning we drove in to Soldotna (the town closest to the RV park) and visited the Harley shop - Kenai Peninsula Harley Davidson. Jan bought a shirt. After that we stopped at a chainsaw sculpture store to see if there was anything we might NEED, there was also a gift shop - your basic tourist stores. The only thing we bought was a Christmas ornament.

The stores were right on the highway with a gravel parking lot. We drove out of the parking lot and were immediately pulled over by a State Trooper. He looked about 15 but I think that's because I'm old. Jan asked why we were stopped and Trooper Shelley said we pulled out of the parking lot on to the highway without using our turn signal. Jan was stunned to say the least and questioned the trooper about the law. He told Jan it is against the law in Alaska to pull out of any private property without using your turn signal. Jan thinks he was making it up and plans to check on it. He was kind enough not to cite us but we both had to provide identification and then he "ran" us - and we don't even look like illegals. I may have to sue. Haven't the protestors been telling us our civil rights are violated if we have to show identification? A successful civil rights suit and I may be able to pay for this vacation.

We drove to the town of Kenai and took pictures of an old Russian Orthodox church. There was also a whale watching viewpoint in Kenai but, once again, no whales. We journeyed on to Nikiski, a town with a few oil refineries. It was so weird to be driving through beautiful forests and all of a sudden there's an oil refinery. The end of the road was Captain Cook State Park - another beautiful viewpoint. We took a different scenic road to come back to the RV park. No viewpoints, just a really pretty drive.