Also on Sunday, after leaving Maggie (see above) we had a scenic drive down through Anchorage, then back into Alaska again, and down into the Kenai (KEEN - eye) peninsula. That's mainly north to south, if you're keeping score.
The Kenai is something like 15,000 square miles, so it's a bit bigger than Maryland but not as big as West Virginia. It's about bout A quarter to a fifth the size of Illinois. And it's about five times bigger than Yellowstone N.P.
So why all this size info? It's because the Kenai Peninsula FEELS like it's one big wild park with just one or two paved roads going through it. Technically it's not all one park. But upwards of 90 per cent, maybe, is federal property pretty much left to its own devices. If you're interested, it consists mainly of one enormous national wildlife refuge, a large national forest, and a national park.
The Kenia also has two of the worlds very best pacific salmon rivers, and an elaborate hiking trails system. And there are plenty of the usual wildlife suspects: griz, wolves, moose, mountain Sheep, mountain goats, caribou, and others.
So if someone were going to Alaska, with limited time or budget, and mainly wanted to fish or backcountry hike, I would might recommend the Kenai even over some of the other spectacular regions.
We're holed up in a motel in a little town called Soldotna, on the Kenai River. Waiting to see if the rain will stop, though we'll eventually go outside even if it doesn't.
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