Glacier View (Grand View Café & RV Campground) to Soldotna
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We departed Glacier View and the Grand View Café at 9:10 am after a nice breakfast they offer and it was 47⁰ with partly cloudy skies. By the time we reached Eagle River and Anchorage there were clear skies and near 70⁰. Nice! We stopped in Eagle River at a car wash to clean the mud from the Denali Highway off and there was plenty of it.
For lunch we stopped at a turnout along the Turnagain Arm and arrived in Soldotna around 4 pm after traveling 251 miles. There was lots of traffic as fishing for Sockeye Salmon (reds) is on and it seemed like half of Anchorage were on their way to fish in the Kenai or nearby.
Matanuska Glacier
From the RV Park there was a trail to a bluff with a view of the Matanuska Glacier and the river. But it didn’t seem this large until the next morning when we traveled down the Glenn Highway and got a better view of it.
Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage
Our Campsite in Soldotna
We were very lucky to know someone who has a brother and sister-in-law in Soldotna. They not only allowed us to put our trailer on their place, they loaded our freezer with Sockeye filets and smoked salmon. They were very, very gracious and generous hosts. Their place is beautiful and the vegetable gardens both in and out of hothouses are terrific. They grow corn and melons along with many other things when everyone around them says you can’t grow corn or melons in Alaska!
View from the trailer
Our host’s home
This is how fishing for Sockeye Salmon is done
People fishing are usually nearly shoulder to shoulder. We must have been there on a slow day.
Fish landed
Soldotna to Homer, AK
Saturday, July 28th
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We departed at 9:30 am with warm clear skies, probably in the high 60s. Homer is only about 75 miles from Soldotna so we took our time and arrived at around 11 am. Again, we had beautiful weather all the way. There weren’t many turnouts that provided views of the Cook Inlet and the volcanoes on the other side. We did our best to get pictures but much of the land is private property.
Mt. Redoubt Volcano across the Cook Inlet
This one erupted a few years ago.
Mt. Iliamna Volcano across the Cook Inlet
This one hasn’t erupted but releases steam from time to time.
Arriving in Homer
Our Bay Crest RV Park site
View behind the trailer of Kachemak Bay. Sadie was happy to find some grass to roll on.
View of Homer Spit from our site
Overlook view of Homer Spit
Bumper to bumper and people everywhere on the spit
Tomorrow we will visit the Norman Lowell Gallery then The Islands & Oceans Visitor Center as I think they offer some tours. The Chamber of Commerce visitor center directed us to a number of other venues we might check out. We may go back down to the spit check out some of the shops.
I am not sure when we will be doing another blog post, hopefully soon. Our daughter required emergency surgery and as a result of complications delivered a premature baby. Both are fighting to recover their health. Linda will fly back to help her when she is released from the hospital as right now there are several family and friends helping. We will continue our trip for the next few days until we know when Mom is needed. Then I’ll get Linda to the nearest airport and Sadie and I will head south with a minimum of stops. Wi-Fi and time to do the blog will be in short supply or nonexistent most of the remainder of the way.
Maybe this will be a good reason to return to Alaska again.
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