Tuesday June 24th- Day #46 Kenai

Today we went to Captain Cook's Beach. The tide was out and everywhere you looked there were huge boulders left behind by a glacier. 

On our way to the beach we saw a mom moose and her calf. They were parked in the middle of the street but as we inched forward they disappeared into the brush.

In the distance you could see some oil rigs and mountains. In the sand there were some agates and people have found jade but not us!

                 Then we went to Centennial Park. No fishermen but there were statues and benches.

For dinner we went out to a local sports bar. Tomorrow the mobile tech will be here!

Sunday- Monday June 22- 23rd Day #44- #45 Kenai

 Got to Kenai and had a problem with our landing leg again! This time Ed had to hook and unhook numerous times. At one point Charlie and Ed had to jack up the truck to hook up. Another time they had to jack up the trailer! 

Time to call mobile RV tech tomorrow because now we need to keep hooked up to the truck for support. Guess we will be staying here at Walmart for awhile!

We went out to dinner at Louie's Seafood restaurant with friends who also have Alliance RVs. One couple, Kevin and his wife from Canada, stayed at the same RV park in  Ft. Nelson on May 25th. I met the other couple, Linda and her husband, at the Tampa RV show last January. 

On Monday, Ed made arrangements for a mobile tech to come look at the RV on Wednesday so we took a 5 mile hike up to the Russian Falls and back. 

                                                                

It was steep in places but it was a great workout! I burned some calories and no problems with Ed nor I climbing the hills. Linda had a headache but everyone else went.

                                                         Kevin's dog Scarlet went!

                                                  Seagulls waiting for some scraps of food.

Salmon having a hard time jumping upstream.

                                           You can see the salmon jumping in the middle of the video.

                           The flowers along the path were all blooming and it started sprinkling. 

 Good thing we brought our raincoats (except Kevin).

                                             Another great day!

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Day #43

We saw the most amazing animals today: grizzly and black bears, wolves, coyotes, a porcupine, muskox, elk, moose and caribou. Even though they were behind fences it was exciting to see them!

The difference between grizzly and black bears. A grizzly bear not only has a hump in its back, the feet, claws and feet are much larger.

Grizzly Bears

Black Bears

Wolves

Lazy moose laying down to eat willow.

Porcupines 

      They have about 30,000 quills 3- 12 inches long. They do not shoot the quills, but the quills become detached when it touches an object.

Elk

Reindeer- look at those antlers!

Muskoxen have big hooves and are very shaggy. They live in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and are thought to have been on earth for the last 12.000 years.

If you are ever in Alaska, this is someplace you really want to visit! The animals are allowed to roam freely in very large fenced in areas. The conservatory tries to keep the area close to the animals' natural habitat. I think they have done an amazing job.