June 21, Portage Glacier Valley to Wasilla

June 21  We did not set an alarm for the morning as were in no hurry to leave to get back to Wasilla.  As we ate breakfast the phone rang.  It was Grant saying that he and Debby were not going to their cabin this weekend and that we were welcome to not have to come back to Wasilla on their account.  It was nice of them to offer, but we had no other plans for other places to go directly to.  And with summer here and a large volume of tourists, you need reservations for many of the rides, charters, and even some campgrounds.

While we were preparing to go, I got out and scouted out where the "honey wagon" was located. (More on this later.) On my way back to our trailer, I walked along the edge of the creek along the campground.  I happened to look up in time to see a 4 legged dark thing moving on the snow field on the other side of the creek.  It was a black bear and about 100 yards away.  I grabbed my iPhone from my pocket and snapped a couple of pics just about the time Peggy came up.  She got to see the bear before it wondered off into the scrub growth.  Ah, bear spotting redemption in our campground!

After we we packed and had the trailer and pickup coupled we drove to the "honey wagon".  Since this campground does not have a buried tank to drain your wastes into, they provide a "honey wagon" which is a tank with a pump, which when hooked up to your trailer's waste disposal, pumps your waste contents into its tank.  (Hence, creating "honey".)  I've found that it really helps to be very openminded when dealing with RV waste.  Just remember the scene in "RV" with Robin Williams when he is attempting to empty his RV's waste tanks for the first time.  Fortunately, we've never had such an incident!

The drive back to Wasilla was uneventful and we enjoyed the sights of the Seward Highway along the Turnagain Arm, but there was much traffic going south out of Anchorage.  Maybe they will be celebrating the summer solstice somewhere in the Kenai Peninsula.

After lunch Peggy loaded up our laundry and headed to the laundromat.  She also picked up groceries afterwards.  I worked on updating the blog and uploading photos.

I was a 70º day in Wasilla with a cool wind blowing.  It would be nice if the rest of the summer the temp never got higher than today's.  After supper we walked the neighborhood and called it a day.