July 26th,
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…is that part of
vacation???
Did a long ride late this evening, after a light rain, back into
Homer to see the Spit again. The most
amazing double rainbow was complete, with one end actually dipping into the
Inlet.
The pictures don’t do it justice with the sky so dark, mountains behind, water shining and the rainbow with all the prisms intact, dipping itself right into the waters. 
July 27th,
Sunday
Getting our fish today,
all packed up and frozen for us. Loving
the full freezer. Don’t worry, there is
other food in here besides fish and we will finish off a few more meals to give
us a bit more room for Salmon. All of
this is Halibut and only a few Red Salmon that were given to us. The Alaskans here are so generous with their
fish. They want to share. I’ve heard a few people say that the Alaskans
make fun of Texans, but we have only met such generous, outgoing and pleasant
people here that love all others.
Making a roast, potatoes,
carrots, gravy, green beans and biscuits for dinner with our RV neighbors over
to help us clean out the freezer of the
“other” meat. Lol Lin is in heaven with the biscuits, gravy and
ice cream for later. Can’t let him get
too spoiled!! Had to drive back down to the Inlet to watch a few of the boats come in. They go out with a tractor to pull then ashore.
July 28th,
Monday
Leaving our favorite RV
park so far….everything is about the new friends you meet on the trip.
Heading back to
Anchorage, Ft Richardson for a few nights before heading down to Valdez.
Another RV couple is traveling with us, Paul and Cecelia. They also live near
San Antonio, what a very small world. So
many people from Texas come here for the summer!! It must be the over 100 degree summer vs
these days of 55-70 degrees. Wow.
Dinner at F-Street
Station…wow again the meal is suburb.
Lin is in heaven eating his Beer-Battered Halibut. Wonder if I can make this gluten-free? Not sure, but when we get home I will try to
do this.
Met another couple at the
restaurant that is from Oklahoma, on a cruise and heading back to airport for
the lower 48 at 3am. I am so glad we are
driving and can do the days as we wish; only schedule is what we make.
July 29th,
Tuesday
Good Morning!! Back in Anchorage for the 3rd time,
waking up to a cloudy day, but the weatherman assures us of sunshine in a few
hours. Course yesterday the weather app
said it was sunny while I had my umbrella up while walking downtown for
dinner???
More errands to do here
before heading to Valdez. WallyWorld
shopping, oil changed in the truck, water pump out in the RV, so repair that,
and of course, more white chocolate coffee beans at the Dark Horse Café. They are wonderful and now I am addicted to
them. That is all I need more coffee to
eat instead of just drinking. We saw this awesome plane at the airport here, Lin is sending this pic back to friends he has flown with over the years.
July 30th,
Wednesday
Not in a hurry to get on
the road today. Goal: Valdez by
Thursday, 300 miles, with another couple, Paul and Cecelia. Exploring the area around the RV park, Goal:
Moose sighting…NONE SEEN!! Whahhhhh….
On the road about 2pm, a
few stops on the Glenn Highway, up towards Palmer then east toward Glennallen.
While there, I noticed
this drone flying around the Glacier.
The owner was flying it over the Glacier and getting up close videos of
it. Pretty cool…
Decided to pull off after
passing Glennallen and getting on the south part of the Richardson Highway
heading toward Valdez. Found this awesome
pull off with views of Mount Drum 12.010 ft in the middle. Mt Blackburn
is to the right at 16,390 ft. Mt Sanford
is to the left at 16,237 ft. What a great view we have for the night and this
is at 11pm!
We did a side trip off
our rest stop to explore the area down by the river. Found these working fish wheels, but no
salmon in the wheels. A few lucky
catchers were cleaning their salmon upstream a bit. 
A working gold slushing
was also on the river. They must have taken off for the night.
July 31st,
Thursday
Cool 44 degrees when we
woke, but warmed up to 65 by the time we decide to get on the road. Enjoyed the morning since we have reservations
in Valdez, so no hurry to get in this afternoon and only 115 miles to drive
today.
The Worthington Glacier, we made a short rest stop to get a few pics and saw these people climbing the Glacier. Pretty cool…pun intended.
A few more stops closer to Valdez of the Mountains and glaciers. These didn’t have a name in the MilePost, so not sure of which mountains they are coming out of.
The Worthington Glacier, we made a short rest stop to get a few pics and saw these people climbing the Glacier. Pretty cool…pun intended.
Valdez entrance and Bridal
Veil Falls. A few more falls were on the
road, but no turnoffs to stop, so we will have to come back along this road
after unhooking the trailer.
Got into Valdez RV park,
pretty much a gravel parking lot with poles between the RVs for Electric
hookups. Our RVs are almost touching,
but it right by the harbor and the guys are thinking to go fishing while
here. I want to do a few sightseeing
drives to get more pics. Cecelia is not
feeling well, so made some chicken soup and getting her well enough to get out
and sightsee.
Not sure about the other
neighbors tonight, they are up at 11:30, still laughing, drinking and playing
music. This is the downside of a close
RV park. I turned the dryer on with a
load in it to muffle the sounds outside.
I know it’s still light out, but its MIDNIGHT!! GO TO BED.
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