Anchorage and back down to Anchor Point

July 20^th, Sunday

   Lin is unable to get the shocks finished, wrong size, so we have to wait til Monday am to get another set.  So we are walking gingerly in the RV as it is very unstable when the tires are off and we are up on just the stabilizers.  Feel like I’m on a boat!  Doing a few errands in town, looking for moose as we drive and some sight-seeing, but nothing too strenuous today.

Can't believe all the homeless that live on the streets in Anchorage!  They follow you when you come out of the grocery stores.  Had the manager tell this group to leave us alone when we were coming out of Fred Meyer Grocery.  They say they don't ask for money, but only for food.  But they are all sitting drinking beer and wine on the sidewalk.  Would have given them food from our groceries, but they didn't want what we had bought!   Wow.             

July 21^st Monday

   I’m excited today…it’s get my hair trimmed and highlighted day!!  I love it when someone else washes, highlights and does the fixings.  So spoiled.  Then off to get my nails done.  Beauty doesn’t rest because of vacations.  
 Here is the before and after!!

Lin is back at the RV finishing the shocks, so we can head out this week back to Homer. Got a little done on my quilt. 

July 22^nd, Tuesday

  Teaching classes for Maquet at Alaska Native Medical Center today.  What a beautiful hospital for the Natives here.  It is filled with their art on each floor.  There is a gift shop that you can buy some of the art.  Will try to take a few pics, but very busy doing the classes this week.

July 23^rd, Wednesday

   Early am class at Alaska Native Medical Center, back to the RV to pick it up and move on down the road closer to Anchor Point.  Yummy gluten free pizza for lunch, at the Moose’s Tooth.  What amazing pizza they make!! Love it!!

July 24th, Thursday

   Spent the night in the Soldotna area at the Wood Carvers parking lot.  He has wonderful work and we picked up a piece of this work.  It’s a burl knot that he made into a bowl.  I think that is how you pronounce and spell it.  It’s the burl knot off of a spruce tree.  We have several on the oak trees in our yard.  They take the knot off the tree, hollow it out, and make different types of bowls from it.  They are treated so you can use them for either decoration or putting food products in them.  Lin and I found one we really liked.  The owner had been out salmon fishing this past week and had extra and gave us a whole salmon!!  Wow!!  We cut it into 4 dinner sized pieces and are getting this chest freezer filled for the winter. 

    Drove up to Kenai to see some of the ocean, Cook Inlet area, hoping to spot a whale, beluga or just see the beauty.  Good thing we like the beauty as that is what I got pictures of.  A few sightseeing areas in Kenai, visitors center and then back to the RV to get on the road.

    

 On to Anchor Point this afternoon to meet up with friends there for a restful night and to bed early. Thank you Chevonne and Susan for having the best RV in Alaska!!                 Tomorrow is fishing for halibut.

July 25^th, Friday

   Lin heading out early, I would say, O-dark-early but that doesn’t happen here in summer Alaska.  Charter fishing for Halibut!  I want fish…I want fish…I want fish…maybe if I chant this today we will get enough to fill the chest freezer in here.  How many people do you know that go off in their RVs with a chest freezer in the LR?  The Barkleys!!

   Well they got at least 30 lbs of halibut today!! It is with the processor now.  It’s actually cheaper to let them gut, fillet and package than to try to do it ourselves.  Just hoping they don’t give me someone else’s fish.

  It's Paul Birdsong's Birthday, so we are toasting him in the RV shop this evening.  Meeting some wonderful people on this trip of a lifetime!! 

 Looking over our view tonight and hear a knock on the side of the RV.  The lady a few RVs over, saw the moose and I run outside with camera to get her pic.  She is running and didn’t bring her babies tonight, but I did get to watch her frolic around the marshy area for about ½ hour.  YEAH!!  She's frolicking in the fireweed flowers.  

  

July 26^th, Saturday

 A slight release on my headache that I have been struggling with the last 2 weeks.  Supposed to be sunny here today in Anchor Point, just a few miles north of Homer, AK.  Catching up on laundry and cleaning this am…whaaaa…at least I have time to get the blog caught up and post some pics on Facebook.