Day 27 (6-27-12 - Houston to Soldotna)

Wait until you see our pictures from today.  Awesome!!!!!!  We left Houston and traveled to Soldotna and are staying at a city campground called Centennial Campground. It is on the Kenai River.

We traveled the Parks Highway and the Glenn Highway to Anchorage.  We then traveled on the Seward Highway and the Sterling Highway to Soldotna.  

The Kenai River is another big river in Alaska.  We opened the back door of the toy hauler and pulled down the screen, (to keep out them nasty, mean, obnoxious mosquitoes).  It is really nice doing my blog and seeing the river and hearing the river as I type.

At 9 a.m. this morning, we were at Miller’s Market.  Lauren bought a fishing license.  I will wait and see if the fish bite before I buy mine. 

It was all I could do not to get an ice cream cone for desert after breakfast.   I even justified eating ice cream at 9 a.m. by telling myself that it is 12 p.m. at home.  I kept reminding myself that I will weigh again in about a week at Weight Watchers.  I had to leave the campground at Houston before I ate more ice cream. 

Lauren was unsuccessful in his fishing expedition, (which lasted about 30 minutes).  If the fish catching doesn’t improve I will probably be investing my fish license money on more bear spray and bear bells.  It looks we will have a lot more time for hiking.

The ride here was amazing.  All the sudden, we left Anchorage and we saw Turnagain Arm, (a finger off the Cook Inlet), on one side of the road and snow topped mountains on the other side.  We also saw a lot of snow that melted into waterfalls coming off the mountain.  Breathtaking views!!

The song Free, by the Zac Brown Band is our retirement song.  This song played on the radio as we were traveling through Anchorage.  It was perfect timing.  And the part at the end where they sing “We don’t have a lot of money,” we can really relate to.  I love this song.

It was another day that is gorgeous one minute and light rain the next.  We actually made it from Houston to Soldotna without getting a lot of road grime on the vehicles.  This is the first time we washed the vehicles and rode this long without road grime.

The girl that checked us into the campground is from Tyler, Texas.  Her daddy got her a job here when she came to visit.  Very sweet girl.

We saw a couple of Dall sheep on the ride here.  We traveled 201 miles today.

It is cooling off really quick.  It is time to close the back door and light the campfire. 

Todays Pictures :  https://goo.gl/photos/tN6gQezgrWfHbCJp7