And The ADVENTURE Continues...: June 29, 2016 Visit to Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and RV washing and June 30, 2016 A trip to the City of Kenai

Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Visit to Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and RV washing

We headed out this morning to visit the Wildlife Refuge in Soldotna. We met a ranger there who was from the same town in New Hampshire as Jim and Terry so they visited awhile. We then headed out on some of the trails through the refuge. We first stopped at the lake viewing area and across the lake we watched 10+ eagles in their morning activities of perching, flying and fishing. What a wonderful sight. We then headed up the forest loop trail to see if we could see a moose. That didn’t work out too well because we got overwhelmed by mosquitoes. Everyone but Mike had sprayed themselves good with insect repellant but the mosquitoes were not bothered by it at all. So after ¼ mile into the 2.2 mile loop we gave up and headed out of the woods and back to the car. If we had continued we would probably need a blood transfusion that is how many mosquitoes there were flying around us.

We headed home for lunch and then Pat and Terry went to visit some quilt shops while Mike and Jim washed the RV’s. It isn’t often that campgrounds allow you to wash the rigs so we try and take advantage of it when we can.

Thursday, June 30, 2016 A trip to the City of Kenai

Since there was not much to do around here we decided to head down the road a few more miles and visit Kenai. This small town is at the mouth of the Kenai River and is pretty busy during the summer. Fishermen come from all over to try their luck with the salmon here. Mike and Jim are going to try their luck later this week in Homer for Halibut and Salmon so today is just to watch and visit.

Our first stop was to the Visitor and Cultural Center. This was a surprise upon walking in they have the largest display of eagles in The U.S. as well as the largest display of wild birds. Michael was a wealth of information and history. We walked through the Cultural part which had a lot of interesting displays.

After leaving the center we headed down the road to see the Old Russian Orthodox Churches. It was like walking back in time. As we were heading back to the car we started to walk by this small cafe called Veronica’s Coffee House. We were just going in to get a coffee but then hunger took over and we ended up getting lunch. Lunch was very good. Mike and I are coming back to Kenai for a few days so Mike can get some fishing in so we will stop at this cafe again.

We made our way to the beach below and Terry and I walked the sandy beach looking for our special rocks. We thoroughly enjoyed our leisurely day in Kenai.

WOOD CARVING AT THE VISITORS CENTER IN SOLDOTNA