It was hard to leave Quartz Creek but it was time to move on. We relocated 55 miles to Williwaw Campground near Whittier. It has been another rainy day.
We are camped at the base of one of the glaciers, Middle Glacier. We have a good view from our campsite. It is another pretty campground in the Chugach National Forest.
We went to the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center. This center is named after Hale Boggs, U.S. House of Representatives majority leader, who disappeared in a plane when traveling to Juneau. There were gorgeous views of glaciers and glacier ice floating in the lake at the visitor center. It was an honor to know that this center was named after a representative from my birth place.
We went to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. We wanted to see musk ox and porcupines. The musk ox are really ugly and the porcupines need some good deodorant. We preferred to walk instead of drive but it was too rainy. It was okay, but too many people for us.
We took a ride to Girdwood on Seward Highway toward Anchorage. We were going to ride the tram in Girdwood. It was not running today. It probably has something to do with the 45 to 65 mile per hour winds that are forcasted for this area tonight. Turnagain Arm was not as pretty as a few weeks ago. Sunshine makes everything look a lot better.
We cooked our hand caught, (muscle tired), halibut tonight. We were going to grill it, but the weather was so bad we decided to cook it as fast as we could. We fried it. It is absolutely the best fried fish that I have ever ate. I know Otha and Audrey are in heaven thinking, no way.
Ferny Kat was adamant that she was going outside. We thought that she would go outside, feel the cold and the rain and come right back in. Wrong. We took turns as she led us around for a while in the cold wind and the rain. The locals have told us to layer up and continue with our plans. I guess Ferny Kat has adapted to the Alaskan way of life. If you want to do something, go ahead, regardless of the weather.
We are in for the night listening to the rain. We need to go to bed early and get up early to go to Whittier tomorrow. We have been sleeping until after 8:00 the last two mornings. Oh well, who cares, we are retired.
Oh yea rub it in. Lol
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