Where Have You Been?

It's been almost a week since I have posted on here, where does the time go?  Sorry, no pictures to post today, but thought I would give an update since the 4th.  We haven't really done anything special this past week, we did drive almost to the end of Oilwell Road (18 miles), east out of  Ninilchik to look at a house/cabin.  Eventually we did find it, it is a real nice newer place with a fantastic view.  It has a small wind turbine for power, no septic or well.   It takes 30 minutes to drive on a mostly gravel road to get from the Sterling Hwy. to the place.  There are other places in the area, but they are a ways a part. 

Since the 4th we have been having many evening potlucks and almost every night it rains at dinner time.  Last night we had prime rib, beef roast, green beans, mashed potatoes, cooked beans, salmon ( grilled 2 ways), Texas caviar, dark forest cake and rhubarb dessert.  All of this in celebration of my birthday (tomorrow), and Glens and Pams fairwell.  Glen is a friend of our hosts from New Hampshire who is flying back home today.  We also took a trip to Nikiski and visited a micro brewery and bought a few bottles of beer.  On the way home we stopped at JoAnn Fabrics, Fred Meyer and DQ.

Other that that it has been cloudy, cool and rainy for at least the last week.  Yesterday was he first day in a long time that we had any amount of sun and I took the opportunity to mow and trim, it takes about 3-4 hours to do the entire campground and it is looking nice again.

The fireweed is starting to bloom, so we are looking forward to that, I hope I am not allergic to it.  We are still seeing moose almost daily and no grizzlies yet.  The king salmon season was non-existent, which has hurt the tourism on the Kenai and talk is that the red (sockeye) season may not be any better.  In talking with the "set netters" they are thinking they may not be able to get back out netting this season.  Set netting is the major source of their income for the year, so this is a pretty serious for them.  We were hoping to be able to buy salmon from them, but that is looking bleak, at least for now.  I hope to still be able to fish for reds, if/when they start running, which should be in the next 7 days.

That's all for now