Palmer, Seward, Homer and Anchorage !!

The park in Palmer has the most amazing scenery. Pictures do not do it justice. Sure happy to be here since the bumpy heaves were about to get the best of us. Will be happy to get back to "normal" roads again.

We went looking for a grocery store and found the best Fred Meyer ever ! ! They have the largest fresh veggie and fruit department we have seen on this trip! Very nice and the prices were not all that bad either.

Now on to Seward, the best roads in quite some time.  Was a much better drive into Seward!!  LOL.  Tonight, Wednesday, July 19th, we participated in an optional Kenai Fjord Dinner Cruise to Fox Island. Back in the day when animal pelts were acceptable for lots of clothing, etc, they raised foxes on this island because they could not escape. Today, there is very little there except a restaurant that appears to be owned by the cruise company. Was an all you can eat buffet of salmon, prime rib, etc. Not the best and we didn't see any water animals. It has been raining here our whole three days so not real good visibility. Were able to see the glacier and the Forest Service Rep told us that it is melting pretty quickly, as a result of global warming, she said. 

On to Homer tomorrow... Hope we have sunshine. Several people say it is predicted to be much better weather then it has been lately.

Homer is my favorite Alaskan City. It has stunningly beautiful landscapes. Our campsite with Fantasy RV Tours is right on Katchamak Bay with mountains all the way around.  Did I say amazing??!! Homer area is where the Discovery Channel films the Deadliest Catch TV Show and Alaska: The Last Frontier. The Kilcher family owns the Salty Dawg and stars in the Alaska show. A visit to that bar is so very interesting.  Every possible surface is covered with dollar bills, mostly, some fives. They even added to the front door since we were last here.. We also learned that Jewel, the Country singer, is a Kilcher.  Interesting. Feels like a small world sometimes.

Ken went halibut fishing yesterday. The limit is still two fish and the area is very much over fished. It calls itself the Halibut Capitol of the World, but now is shuts fishing down two days a week as most people are catching smaller fish. One of our gals got a 40 pounder ! !  We got the same as last year, about 10 pounds, but was still cheaper than buying in the store here!  LOL

Took these two pictures about 11:30pm last night. First time I have seen the sunset so far.






These are just looking out our door today. Doesn't even count what is behind our rig.

This is the photo we are framing for our guests as everyone was able to be here in Homer

On to Anchorage tomorrow ! !  Busy days ahead ! !

We arrived in Anchorage on Sunday, July 23rd.  Was loving that their is a Costco just across the street ! ! Time to stock up as well as prepare for the BBQ we are having for the guests. They got their choice of tri tip steak, boneless pork chop or boneless chicken breast. We also announced that they would get to cook their own meat. That turned out to be a great decision as then no one has the responsibility of cooking everyone's meat perfectly. We also cooked baked potatoes and had a great green salad. Great dinner ! ! 

We had a fairly short city bus tour but it also included a great lunch at the 49th State Brewery downtown. We also had the opportunity to go to the Alaska Native Heritage Center. It is an open air museum that interprets five groups of Native people who live in Alaska. 

On to Denali ! !