But I did other cool stuff.
I have been to Alaska. Again — I was there two years ago at exactly the same time of year. That trip we stayed in the Kenai peninsula [posted here, here, here and sorta here]. This time we went to Denali and the Mat-Su valley. It was a ten-day odyssey that started on 12 June. Has it been a month already?
Day one was all travel. From central Florida to Anchorage is a looong hop.
Day two we got the RV, stocked up at the grocery store, and headed north. Although we had a basic framework for our time there, we left some flexibility. So we stopped at the Mat-Su Visitor Center. It often helps to chat up the locals. There is a war memorial and this sculpture next to the visitor center:
We had tentatively planned some canoing or kayaking for that afternoon so we continued on our way. We ended up renting a canoe from Tippecanoe in the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area. We chose a trek that required portaging between small lakes, and they had these nifty handles that make carrying the canoe pretty easy.
It was a windy afternoon — close to white caps on one of the lakes. I kept hearing this
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in my head. [I checked with my buddies, and it was just in my head....] But it was a good activity after spending a couple hours on the road and most of the previous day on airplanes.
That night we stayed at the Mat-Su RV Park. It’s clean and comfortable and had good showers — something we knew we would not have for the next couple nights.
Hitting the road the next morning we made a brief stop at a nearby fish camp. We had not made a reservation with a fishing guide — I’ll spare you the details why — and wanted to get some more information. Turns out, on the closest rivers where we could have fished without a guide were going to be closed for a few days for “escapement” — giving the salmon a chance to make to their spawning areas.
Oh well. We had other fun activities scheduled…
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The eagle pic is totally COOL. And Alaska looks absolutely beautiful. If I wasnt such a chickenshit with cold (65 degrees or less) temperatures, I’d love to head up that way.
Thanks for the vicarious trip!
Never been to Alaska and would love to. I wonder if they surf in Alaska (the only way to drag my beau anywhere). Your pics from the Kensai Peninsula is amazing. RVing looks to be the way to go. What a fun trip!!!!
Some people have surfed on the bore tide in Cook Inlet’s Turnagain Arm, but you have to hit it just right. ~Tim