Up and a quick bit of breakfast, then we left in Grainger's car headed for Exit Glacier. It was really pretty.....a valley glacier. We walked about a half mile up to the toe of the glacier through the brush and woods on a very well maintained trail. There was a longer trail up to the ice fields above the glacier, but we said no to that one....It was interesting at the base of the glacier b/c you could really see all the ground up rocks and dirt that the glacier pushes up and then leaves behind.
On the way down the trail, Jerry and I walked out to the river side and he walked across one branch and got out on the gravel bars trying to get a good look at the glacier from the center of it, but all he could see was one little piece of it, so I decided not to wade across (my boots shorter than his and that water was cold!!) Back at the park headquarters we got a stamp for our National Parks Passport and had some fun with the moose horns on the bench...(see pix)!
Then we were back to campground, unhooked and headed for Homer - about 170 miles around the Kenai Peninsula.
On this side of the peninsula there is some serious fishing going on. We were following a river and at points there were fishermen lined up almost elbow to elbow fishing in the river. Jerry called it combat fishing! It did not look like fun to us!!! There were several towns along the way and LOTS of traffic, especially headed back. We think there were lots of Anchorage folks here for the weekend fishing. There are halibut derbys everywhere.
Stopped at the overlook and it was really pretty.....then got to our campground, Oceanview and got ourselves hooked up. It is on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Jerry took dogs for a walk and found the path down to the beach. Fixed some chicken soup for dinner w/ some salad & bread.
Have coupon for 1 hour of internet so I did some catching up on the blog and basically posted some pictures...it was pretty fast though...More tomorrow.
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