May 31 - Clam Gulch, Alaska!

35 miles from Morgan's Landing is my "home" at Clam Gulch! It's on a bluff over looking the ocean.

Picnic table, electricity, water, what else do you need?  A welcome flag between the camper and the picnic table.

 You need a spinning kayaker for the front of your trailer!

You need a shed to store your extra junk plus a weed whacker, weed whacker gas, and other odds and ends.

You need a pavilion overlooking the ocean many feet below.

You need a momma moose and her two calves.

Momma and calves

Momma and calves

Off they go down into the forest.

This photo was taken at the top of the bluff near the overlook by the pavilion.

The mountains you see in the background are on the other side of the bay

The mountains across the bay.

The mountains across the bay are every changing.

Now it's time to go down to the beach.

On the way down there is water from the drainage ditches running on both sides of the "road."

 

I'm on the beach now and I'm standing next to one of those huge rocks. 

The rocks have no names, so Barbara named the rock on the left Ophelia and the one on the right Hamlet.

The ocean at low tide.

During low tide, you can see many treasures on the beach.

My campsite and the campground at Clam Beach are on the top of that bluff.

The tide is coming in.  This place is called Clam Gulch because a long time ago it was a popular place for digging up razorback clams.  However 6 years ago there were two big storms that wiped the razorback clan population out. Since that time, clamming has been illegal on Clam Beach and one of my jobs is to go down to the beach looking for people illegally clamming. 

High Tide, Ophelia and Hamlet are almost covered with water.

May 30 - Morgan's Landing

It's 145 miles from Anchorage to Morgan's Landing where my friends Beccky and Linda work as campground hosts.

The railroad runs along the side of the road for a while.

Even though it was cloudy, I still thought it was beautiful!

There were many places to stop and take pictures.

Being from the midwest where the land is flat and covered in soybeans, or corn, the mountains and oceans were like a new world!

I kept stopping to take pictures!

I stopped at this amazing waterfall.

There were no other cars parked in this area, so I wondered about this tent.

Turns out it's a restroom!

Back on the road to Morgan's Landing.

Arrived!

All set for dinner, a rest and a visit with Becky and Linda. (I met Becky and Linda at Ash Meadows. They were volunteers there when I was there. They're full-time RVrs, but Alaska is where they've called home for the past 35 years! Last year they weren't able to come to Alaska because of COVID, but this year they returned to their familiar camping ground - Morgan's Landing.)

Dedication plaque to Lou and Cathy Morgan who homesteaded this land then sold it to the state of Alaska.

The view from the road at Morgan's landing.

The view of the Kenai River at Morgan's Landing.

That platform like thing is a staircase leading down to the river for fishermen and women!

You can see the water level is low, but running fast past the fishing ladder.

Another view of the river at Morgan's Landing.

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May 28 - 29 Anchorage

 

I stayed in this campground in Anchorage. It was the only campground open. It was like staying in a parking lot, but it had electricity and a shower! 

My front window was leaking, so I used this Flex Tape to tape around the outside of the window.

I also taped around the "belly band" because I wasn't exactly sure where the leak was. I only knew that when it rained, water leaked in and soaked the bottom of my bed, blankets, mattress and all!

I stopped at the Anchorage CVS because that is where my insurance allows me to get my medicine. I had asked the pharmacist at the Urbana CVS what I would need in order to get my prescriptions filled in Alaska. She said I needed to bring paper prescriptions. I'm glad I asked before I left because my doctor had said I wouldn't need anything since all of the CVS' in the United States were on the same system. The Anchorage pharmacist said that their store doesn't' always have wifi, so prescriptions are needed. I stayed overnight so I could get some prescriptions filled because it's a 5 hour drive from Clam Gulch to Anchorage!