What a great day! We are both finally felling better. Halelujah
We stopped by the North Pole this morning, but a bit of a bust. With such a great name, I guess I expected more than just a gigantic Christmas store.
We headed south out of Fairbanks on Richardson Hwy to Denali Hwy. when the Denali Highway opened in 1957, it was the only was to access Denali National Park until the Parks Highway completed in the early 1970’s. A true Alaskan experience. Being that we are visiting in the fall, the colors… reds, yellows! Breathtaking wilderness scenery. It is a mostly gravel road, so slow going (25 mph) road with incredible vistas. Pulled alongside the highway to boondock camp about 3/4 way thru the 134 mile journey. I have to say, staying in an Rv that is self sustaining….. ie, water, toilet, stove and heat!!….. is quite a remarkable experience. I will never forget this view. We watched a group of caribou and two Bald Eagles! We also seen numerous trumpeter swans. They are huge and always in pairs. I understand they mate for life. Life is good!!!
This is hunting season and there are numerous hunters camping in this road. Due to the large numbers of————-
We seen more caribou and another bald eagle on our way out.
Side note. When we were in Denali, we booked a bus trip to go into the park. Cars are not allowed after 15 miles. Unfortunately, we were both too sick to sit on a bus for 12 hours. We had even picked up masks for ourselves in anticipation. Since we will, unfortunately,probably never have this Alaska adventure again, we are thinking about a small plane ride to view the peak. 20,300 feet! Unfortunately, today is rainy and cloudy. Hmmmmm…… pocketed.
We have decided to head down to the Kenai Penisula. That means south thru Anchorage. We camped in a a small town, Houston. The campground is run by the city, established by and paided for by town. residences. Well, when we pulled in it was a bit creepy and almost completely deserted….. but we decided to stay and paid the $10’ish fee. (This is the Only thing that is cheap in Alaska😀). We had a nice, quiet and early night. The next morning we seen a sign that the campground closed after Labor Day weekend. Lol!!!
(I forgot to mention the forest fires when we first rented the RV out of Anchorage, and we are now driving back thru this area. This area that is actually considered a ‘rainforest ‘ due to the annual rainfall of —— is struggling to battle the wildfires.)
I mention this as this brings us to today. We pulled into this State park to stay for the night on Kenai Lake. Fyi… it is late in the season and there is only one other camper. Breathtaking beautiful….. anticipating chilled Chardonnay and a charcoal-grilled dinner. (My favorite!)….Unfortunately, no outdoor grilling or fires at all. There are wild fires just 10 miles from here. 😳😳😳
No worries, grilled cheese and tomatoes with the crisp, chilled Chardonnay. Ha ha. Life is Very Good.
Theresa
ALASKA! 