You can thank me later for not inundating you with photos and chatter from three rainy days of Barn Hunt trialing. Thankfully, the trial itself was indoors. I’ll settle for one “working” photo [courtesy of Marcia Dietrich Kardatzke] and one ribbon photo, courtesy of Rhonda, who earned the ribbon.


By Sunday afternoon, it was about all I could do to stow my belongings enough that they wouldn’t rattle around while I made the ten minute drive into downtown Soldotna. I filled my propane, dumped my black and gray tanks and picked up a few groceries before heading to nearby Centennial Park Campground for a few days of much needed downtime.
While not right on the Kenai River, the site I chose has a view of the river through the trees. I had no nearby neighbors the first night unless you count the squirrels (which I’m pretty sure Rhonda did).

With a blissfully quiet, woodsy view on one side, and an open, grassy view towards the river on the door side (best for discouraging mosquitoes, which turned out to be a moot point – we didn’t see any at all), I don’t think I could have imagined a better spot to hunker down and rest.




Three relaxing days later; we’re off again for three more days of asphalt camping. We do have pretty woods behind our RV for potty walks, but yes, it’s basically a parking lot. Ronni and I are heading for an AKC Scent Work trial.