Blogs from Wasilla, Alaska, United States, North America - page 2

Hi Everyone, We've been having a great time and I have lots to tell you. We've been to Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula. Mostly dry camping and not spending much time on the computer (have to save coach batteries to start the furnace). Then Travel Blog had a big problem and crashed. They were offline for a few days and have been unable to get all entries back up. I'm restoring my blogs, as I have them backed up, but sometimes, you'll get notices for blogs from the past, as I restore. Fortunately the pictures are still in Travel Blog and that takes the longest to add to the blog. You can just ignore any blogs that have dates earlier than August. We're in a nice campground with water, electric and stores nearby. So we're busy ... read more

Tuesday July 31, 2007 The day was cloudy so we couldn’t see much of the mountains as we headed into Central Alaska. We arrived in Wasilla around noon. Wasilla and neighboring Palmer are part of the agricultural area of Alaska. During the depression Roosevelt sent about 200 families from dustbowl states to pioneer and farm this area as an experiment. The undertaking was semi- successful since many families didn’t stay, but the area did become an important farming region. I was looking for watermelon and tomatoes - - not here! They specialize in cool weather crops (what else?) like cabbage, broccoli, zucchini, cucumbers and rhubarb. And of course the flowers are beautiful. We found a campground and then did errands - - haircut for me, groceries and other supplies, oil change and even made an appointment ... read more

Myers Lake: The lake temperature was 62 degrees and the sun was shinning. When I pulled in at the lake a man in a pickup pulled in ahead of me. He walked down to the lake ahead of me. I was still getting my equipment together when he came back he said their is no sing of fish. So he left and I took my gear and went fishing. It took me about half an hour to find the fish. I was fishing a muddler minnow and I caught enough fish that the fly became a muddler. The minnow part was gone. These fish were from 10 inches up to about 14 inches.... read more

Junction Lake; The lake temperature was 36 degrees and the sun had come out. Still using the Hare's Ear Nymph I cough fish one right after the other. They were about 10 to 15 inches long. Float Experience... read more

All great things must come to an end, right? Well, I had to give myself a couple days at home, to pack for Switzerland.... read more