July 10

Today our destination is a campground in the Kenai on our way to Homer. The road south of Talkeetna had major construction so it took a while as we headed towards Anchorage. To get to the Kenai one must travel through the middle of Anchorage. Once south of Anchorage the road travels along the Cook Inlet with mountain on both sides. From my view the only thing that is good about the city of Anchorage is that it’s easy to get out into beauty once leaving the city. I’m not speaking from knowledge rather from impression but Anchorage could be an excellent city to study for urban planning, what not to do! My apologies to anybody from Anchorage.

While driving along the edge of Cook Inlet the cell phone rings and it’s Scott and Dawn who we had met while on the Lu Lu Belle cruise back in Valdez. We met along the highway not far from Cooper River and they followed up to our campsite where we enjoyed catching up. They are staying in Seward and knew we were headed to the Kenai and tracked us down. It was sweet. We enjoyed swapping Alaskan travel stories and catching up. Not sure if we will see them again on this trip based on our travel plans and theirs but we hope to see them again in the future!