Mountain Meanderers

 I posted about Ron and Rhonda yesterday.  Today, I will get back to the trip. We are currently along side of the road in Valdez - by choice.  Good sky for Solar and StarLink.  So, let's dive in.  The last post was from Seward, where we picked up another pair of Montana owners - Terry and Diane Hansen.  They are fulltime RVers out of Rock Springs, Wyoming.  In fact, we are hanging out with them in Valdez right now. In Homer, we camped out on the spit, a piece of land that is 1/4 mile wide by 4.5 mile long piece of ground that sticks out into Kachemack Bay.  This is also where we knew something was amiss with Ron. I got to kayak fish while here and we had the ocean out our back window.  That is where the salmon taunted me from afar. Our view on the Spit Homer has a beautiful harbor. We could always count on Ron and Rhonda to go for ice cream - especially huckleberry. A volcano on the ride to Cooper Landing We did the Russian Falls Hike, no Bea...

  Well, this is certainly not the type of post I thought I would be writing on this trip. We were having a great time till we were leaving Seward for Homer. Ron Marlin wasn’t feeling well and went to a walk in clinic in Homer. They did tests and told him he needed to get home as soon as possible. His condition is very serious and we drove them to the airport last Monday. He is currently in the hospital in Arkansas. Rhonda is by his side.  After reviewing all of the options to get their truck and camper home, Ron and Mary Lichtenberg flew up from Omaha and spent some time with us orienting themselves to the truck and camper. They are taking the camper back to Arkansas. When you look up friend in the dictionary, you see Ron and Mary’s picture. Great friends and very giving people. New friends, Terry and Diane Hansen, helped find a camping spot to rest before getting Ron and Rhonda to Anchorage. The Harvest Host at Alaskan Race Way, Michelle, was also very gracious and let us sta...

We altered our trip plans once we left Denali.  We originally planned to spend time in Talkeetna but weather, lack of camping spots and too many people caused us to drive through and leave.  So, we took two days getting to Anchorage. Anchorage is Alaska’s largest town, yet even their visitor center doesn’t try to market it. We went to the Moose’s Tooth for pizza, resupplied with food, propane, prescriptions and diesel. Other than that, we struck out on doing anything exciting there. We camped south of town and headed to Seward first. We got seven nights on the beach in one of the city campgrounds. Seward got us back on track. Of course, the weather turned ugly with rain, clouds and fog. Our first day we spent wandering along the boat docks. We did get to the Sea Life Center, with interactive displays.  We ate at the Flamingo Lounge Capt Chris, a longtime MOC member, advised us to go to Thorne's Starlight Lounge, now the Flamingo Lounge.  Still great halibut. We had a...