July 3-5
The sunrise is a little later here for us, because it has to come up from behind this mountain. By the way, the sun sets about 11:30 p.m. and rises about 4:15 a.m. And then it doesn't get very dark even when the sun goes down. It is still light outside, sort of like dawn at home. I have to wear a sleep mask in order to go to sleep, but it doesn't seem to bother Paul much.
In case you're wondering what we do when we "sit still" for a few days. We rest but we do other things we enjoy. Like a puzzle for Paul.
And, of course, knitting for me. I finished this sweater and cap for our newest grandson, Dallas Joel, who will be born around November first, which was Dallas' birthday, Paul's dad.
Still have to do buttons, of course. And I may make another hat. This one looks a little small to me. We also read and study and that sort of thing.
A look at our rig and camping site from a different angle. You can just see the mosquito tent on the other side of the RV. We didn't put it under the awning because the shade and the view of the river was on the other side. That's ok. It's working really well.
Watching the rafts go down the river gave us an idea of something to do. So Paul walked to the store to get some brochures and found out this adventure shop was just down the road within walking distance. Yay! We didn't have to unhook the RV. So we decided to do a "night" rafting trip down the Kenai River. Our raft left around 6:00 p.m. for a three hour trip down river.
The views from the river are amazing!
White water! Nice! (Not very rapid, just a little.)
An eagle's nest. This one isn't being used right now, but the eagles who built it will return to it one day, or so our guide said.
Wow! A nice patriotic view for our rafting trip on the Fourth of July! This is a nice way to spend the fourth, rolling down the river.
You'll see a lot of eagles in the next set of pictures because this particular area of the river is an eagle refuge. These are not of the same eagle but many eagles. I only got pictures of a few, though. They're hard to capture on film!
Our guide, Julia.
This is a young eagle, a juvenile.
It takes about two years for them to get their white heads and dark brown feathers.
Another juvenile.
Seagulls are very plentiful. They wait for the fishermen to catch salmon and throw the carcasses back into the water. Julia showed us some metal tables out in the water. She said that as soon as fishermen catch a salmon they have to take it to those tables and clean it right then and there and throw the carcass and such back into the water for the eagles and the seagulls.
So majestic looking! This one is sitting on the highest branch of the highest tree around.
We had such a good time! Nine-thirty at night! Still lots of sunshine to play in!
Today is another rest day before we move on to Homer Spit tomorrow morning. It is a beautiful day so far. We thought about going hiking this afternoon, but it's very warm here today, already 72 degrees at 12:00. We'll see how that goes. But I enjoy just sitting outside, reading and knitting and watching the boats and rafts going down the river.
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