Tuesday July 10 - Drove to Captain Cook State Park


Took our time getting going this morning, as we were planning to move on and knew that Anchorage rush hour was going to be a bear.  Our path has to go thru the heart of Anchorage.  Went for a run (past Momma Moose and young one), and then got going.    We did see a black bear leaving out the back of our campground in the morning.  Later seen it running up the road away from the campground. 



Drove alongside Turnagain Arm which is an inlet off of the ocean.  Tide was 1/2 out again.  Beautiful drive, with the mountains in the background.  Not quite as windy as a couple of days ago.  At Portage, we went right (west) to head across the Kenai Peninsula.  From Portage to the town of Kenai which was where we were headed, it was all about fishing.  Mostly sport fishing as we went along.  At Kenai, which is along the west coast of the Kenai Peninsula, there was a lot more commercial fishing. 



At the town of Kenai, we headed up the coast to our campground called Captain Cook Discovery State Park.  Not to be confused with Captain Hook and Peter Pan, even though the name sounds like an amusement park.  Kind of off the beaten path and this campground was almost empty, except the sites that had a small ocean view thru the trees.  The campground has that rainforest feel, with deep vegetation.

On the beach below our campsite at Captain Cook Campground
Beach Walk - It was a rainy evening

Beach Walk

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