Wednesday Wanderings

One of the best things about a motorhome; if you don’t like the weather (or anything else) where you are at – you can go someplace else.

For me, that meant departing the [usually] wonderful waterfront campground at Seward, Alaska a day early. Even my potted plants were drowning in the rain!

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After checking my weather apps first thing Wednesday morning, even though the morning weather was cooperatively windless, I could see the calm was destined to be temporary. It was also still uncomfortably damp and chilly. I’d had more than enough of that.

I chose a new destination, loaded everything up, unplugged and, after taking Rhonda for one last potty walk and taking a few final pictures of a remarkably calm Resurrection Bay, I sailed off – before the winds could pick up again.

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It was a dreary, rainy drive over Moose Pass, but by the time I made the turn from the Seward Highway onto the Sterling Highway, the clouds were beginning to lighten up. My windshield wipers were still in use, but only periodically. I could almost feel the barometer rising, and my mood with it.

The temperature was also already warmer by 5 degrees over the current temps in Seward – I checked. I was going the right direction. 👍🏼

I stopped for lunch along the Kenai River near Cooper’s Landing, under only partially cloudy skies. Another bonus to traveling in an RV – being able to enjoy a “homemade” soup & sandwich lunch with a 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 view like this one!

I dallied along the river bank for over an hour, watching the occasional bright-colored raft float by, but eventually made myself pull back out onto the road.

A bit more than an hour later, I pulled into my chosen destination. Centennial Park Campground, with over 200 roomy campsites – some of them situated right on the lovely walking path meandering along the Kenai river. This is one of my favorite stops in the Soldotna area.

I didn’t bother wandering through the sprawling campground, but headed instead straight to my go-to campsite near the boat launch.

I knew from experience that this particular site was just right; perfectly level, right on the walking path and with a lovely view of the river from my “bedroom window”. Being mid-week, I was confident there would be few fellow campers, and I was right.

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Ronni and I checked out the boat launch and day-use area, then took a long walk along the riverfront walking path. Note the gloriously blue sky. Definitely the right decision.

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There is an abundant moose population in the area, and it’s calving season, so Ronni was constrained to a 6’ leash and I kept a running conversation going so as not to surprise any 4-legged ruminants. Or bears, for that matter.

Fortunately, the only wildlife we scared up were a couple of chittering squirrels, much to Rhonda’s delight.

Later, after a light dinner, I relaxed with my knitting and my beautiful river view while Ronni kept a vigilant watch for more squirrels – they kept her happily entertained by using the wood-rail fence along the nearby walkway as a handy squirrel highway from tree to tree.

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Eventually, even squirrels couldn’t compete with a warm sunny spot on the bed. We girls had come to the end of a long, satisfying day. It was time for bed – sunshine or no sunshine.