Day 46 of Our RV Journey to Canada & Alaska 6/27/14 - Travel to Ninilchik, AK

This morning we left at 8:00 to travel to Ninilchik (which is southwest of Anchorage).  We will be staying in this area for several days because this is where we will be doing some halibut & salmon fishing.

On the way to Ninilichik we saw 2 black bears along the edge of a lake near the Russian River.  We also saw a cow moose and 2 calves.  After dinner tonight we went for a ride and saw another cow moose and 2 calves not too far from the campground that we are staying at.  A guy at the campground said he saw a moose and two young ones walk through the campground a day or two ago so it could very well be the ones we saw just down the road.  Bob was able to get a picture of the cow moose.

We saw the Spencer Glacier today on our trip.

I took several pictures of the beautiful mountains with clouds floating around them at Turnagain Arm & Cook Inlet.  It was cloudy & misting rain.

We noticed a bunch of fishermen in the Russian River with their waders on salmon fishing.  It looked like a busy place so hopefully they are catching some salmon.

There was a lot of boats on the Kenai River.

We located and arrived at the Country Boy Campground in Ninilchik early this afternoon.   We got set up and all met at Chuck & Kathy's camper for happy hour at 4:00.

Ginger & Jesse fixed dinner tonight; Jesse grilled brats & hot dogs and Ginger fixed potato salad, cucumber/tomato salad & baked beans.  After dinner, we took a ride to the Cook Inlet to watch the fishing boats return to shore.  On the way, we stopped to look at some halibut some people caught. We were too late for that, only seeing a couple of small boats come in.  The fisherman or charter companys evidently can throw the fish scraps at an area along the Cook Inlet.  There were lots of sea gulls and eagles at that area, which we could see from a distance.  There are a lot of eagles around here.

This is where the fish scraps were being dumped.

This is a young eagle. 

mature eagle

 

On the opposite side of Cook Inlet, even though it was quite cloudy we could see the Chigmit Mountains (part of the Aleutian Range) and could also see a volcano.  There are several volcanoes in that area. (I hope it doesn't erupt while we are here....yikes!!!)

That's about it for the day.  Hopefully we will have some luck fishing in this area.  There are numerous charter companies in the area, so we will be lining something up in the near future.

Total Miles Traveled Today : 227

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