Blogs from Kenai, Alaska, United States, North America

Bonjour à tous, Je vais commencer par la mésaventure du jour. Ce matin nous n'étions pas pressés, je consulte ma banque sur le net, et je vois une transaction sur mon relevé Mastercard de 798 $ canadien au profit du Cirque du Soleil. J'appelle Mastercard, de la voiture, car l'attente est assez longue, je demande des explications, la personne me donne le n° de tel du bénéficiaire, le Cirque du Soleil, qui me confirme l'achat de 6 billets le 6/7 pour un spectacle à Montréal le 8. Pour faire court, ma carte est annulée, je vais obtenir le remboursement. Je vais obligé d'utiliser ma carte Française pendant quelques jours, ce qui n'est pas dans mes plans, et de calculer où je peux m'en faire envoyer une nouvelle. pour tout ça plus de 2heures de téléphone, et ... read more

Wednesday, we picked up our rental car in preparation for our drive around the Kenai Peninsula. The car rental place was a very tiny "off brand" outfit that was pretty difficult to find. After passing the address at least once, we texted him from the hotel courtesy van and finally located him standing by the curb at an unmarked commercial driveway. His office was around the back of the building, in a small camper/mobile home that he apparently lived in. The price was right and the vehicle turned out to be fine, though an older and very basic model. Before leaving Anchorage, we drove to the Alaska Native Medical Center, which has some incredible displays of Native American art. We spent quite a while there and were treated to a variety of art displays. Our first ... read more

Today was spent doing chores around the campsite and enjoying the great 74 degree weather. We also tried to figure out our fish storage plan. The guys are halibut fishing while we are in Homer, so it looks like we will be shipping fish home. Now we need to figure out who we can trust to ship it to. Not sure about our four kids, they all like both salmon and halibut....Dilemma..... read more

Words can not begin to describe the events of today. Pictures will tell the story much better. In a nutshell - Float plane trip to Big Lake, boat ride to inlet fishing site, mega fun salmon fishing, BEARS and more bears, boat ride around lake, float plane over Double Glacier. Day started at 6 am, but we all would do it all over again in a heartbeat... In total we caught 11 salmon which netted us 26 pounds of salmon filets... WOW. We had an absolutely wonderful dinner of FRESH salmon.... read more

It was a beautiful drive from Anchorage to Kenai. During the 158 mile trip we went from being at sea level to high in the mountains with glaciers. It's funny to see a mountain tree line at 2,300 feet. The views were simply spectacular all day. I was snapping pictures left and right. We were surprised we did not see any wildlife, but the scenery made up for it. To show Alaskans have good taste we traveled behind a Bronco fan driving an F150 Ford truck. After we got settled into camp we headed up to a small town called Nisiki to check on our fishing charter trip for tomorrow. On the way we spotted a moose, in of all places, beside the parking lot of the local hardware store. She just stood their as if ... read more