Byers Lake Campground
We said goodbye this morning to Ron & Cindi. They are going down to Palmer and then on to Valdez before they head back home to Florida. We really enjoyed spending last evening with them and had a fun time.
We didn’t take any photos yesterday of the campground, so Mike took some this morning.
This afternoon we took Tinker and drove over to the Alaska Veterans Memorial which is next to the entrance to the campground. There are 5 20-foot tall concrete panels for each of the services and they give the history of each service in Alaska.
There are also displays honoring Congressional Medal of Honor recipients with connections to Alaska.
There was an information display showing the history of helicopter rescues on Mt. McKinley.
After returning to the campground, we took Tinker for a “hike” on part of the Byers Lake Loop Trail. There are a lot of mosquitoes here and we put on mosquito repellent before setting out on our walk.
We rounded a corner on the trail and came across this woman who had found a quite place to read a book by the lake.
Then we saw a woman in a kayak who had gotten caught on some rocks by the trail and Mike helped her get loose.
We continued on the trail around the lake until we came across this old homesteader’s cabin.
Then we decided to go back to the RV and followed a trail up the hill from the lake and then connected with a trail that took us back to the campground.
Because this is the 4th of July weekend the campground is starting to fill up and I’m sure there will be more arrivals tomorrow. We are leaving here in the morning and heading down to Anchorage. We are planning on staying at Elmendorf Air Force Base FamCamp. They don’t take reservations, so we will have to see what is available when we get there.
We haven’t had cell phone service since we left Cantwell yesterday and are looking forward to being in Anchorage. We don’t know how long we’ll stay in Anchorage – at least a week maybe two.
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