19 Kenai Peninsula
After departing Seward (with a freezer full of fish) we headed North, West, and South to a beach park North of Homer.
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Harry’s brother has been concerned about bringing his camping trailer to Alaska. This rig from Pennsylvania shows that it can be done. No apparent bear scratches or damage.
A neat house on the hilltop overlooking the beach, the water, and the volcanoes.
The mountains across the water. Three of them are active volcanoes.
This is the Homer Spit. Full of RV parks, restaurants, and shops selling tours, fishing trips, T shirts, and normal tourist stuff.
Jack and Rita Stout with Carole.
The wolverine in the museum in Homer.
The next day is the day that Jack had his horrific accident with the ATV. While they were trying to stabilize him and determine the course of action at the hospital in Soldatna we took a trip to the city of Kenai.
This is a beautiful quilt that hangs in the visitor center.
Kenai was a Russian settlement and still has a significant Russian presence.
One of the original buildings.
An old, but not as old as the previous, house.
It was decided to evacuate Jack by helicopter to the hospital in Anchorage so we drove back to Anchorage the evening after he had spent 2 days at the Soldatna hospital. We saw this sunset over the Turnagain Arm on the way North.
We parked our rig on Jack and Rita’s front lawn while Jack continued to improve every day after his second day in the Anchorage hospital. The first day was a tough one with uncertainty about Jack’s chances of surviving the accident. Once he had stabilized and was out of danger, we took off for a couple of days. We went back on the Kenai Peninsula and visited the coastal city of Whittier. Until not too long ago one had to fly or boat in to that city or to take the train. The tunnel was improved and now vehicular traffic can transit the tunnel. There is a schedule for west bound and east bound traffic as well as for trains. It is definitely a one way tunnel.
The mountain through which the tunnel passes.
The halibut I wished I had caught. Wouldn’t have fit in the freezer though.
After Whittier we took a tour of Portage Glacier.
A graphic on how this, and typically other, glaciers has shrunk over recent years.
After visiting the glacier, we parked alongside a lake for the night. This was part of our view.
This completes our visit to the Kenai Peninsula.
Really nice glacier pictures. I am so glad that you were able to get on the water and see them.
Comment by Marilyn Tyson — August 26, 2007 @ 11:50 am