http://alaskarvcamping.net Camping adventures in Alaska Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:10:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We went to Hidden Lake on the Kenai, and had a pretty good time (more about that in another post). However, when we were getting packed up to go home, the bedroom slide was stuck in the "out" position. This means that the entire bedroom was sticking 18" out from ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=66 I heard the camper squealing "help me" this morning, and here it is.....sad in its rainy glory.....no trip this weekend.....its cold too...48 degrees F....kinda cool for "summer".   http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=64   I really wanted to go to Portage Valley, but it seemed (from the never-correct weather report) that the Willow area was going to have better weather. So, we packed up and visited South Rolly Lake once again. Actually the weather wasn't too bad, and we were lucky to get a ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=62 OK, we did have a few warm days last week...maybe 2 or 3 of them...and it was only warm if the sun was out.  (Warm = 70 degrees F. )   We are still waiting for the real summer to start, but it is looking a bit bleak. Anyway, we've actually ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=60 October 9, 2007 10 hours 40 minutes of daylight Low temps: 20s, high temps: 30s Eagle River Nature Center has miles of trails, nature programs for adults and kids, and public use cabins for camping. Since we live only about 10 miles away it is one of our favorite spots for hikes (short ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=59 Termination dust appeared Saturday night, signaling the end of summer and beginning of fall (ie: winter, part I). Termination dust refers to the initial dusting of snow in the mountains....in this case, the Chugach mountains. The weather is cold, wet, windy, and cold (oh, I already said cold....but it bears ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=54 September 16, 2007 12 hours 56 minutes of daylight Low temps--40s, high temps 50s Since the parks here generally close around Sept 15th, we decided to take one more trip to Eklutna Lake. Friday night the weather was pretty good and we got some nice pictures of the foliage color changes. ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=51 It seems that whenever we go camping, I always forget something..... Sometimes its certain foods, or contact lens stuff, or socks, or whatever..... While I keep some things stored in the RV, there are others that have to move back and forth to the house between trips. Since we ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=44 September 2nd 2007 14 hours 9 minutes of daylight After a hectic week with visitors from the lower 48, we decided to ease down by spending a couple of nights at the Eklutna lake campsite in the Chugach mountains. Since it is a holiday weekend and the campground would be busy, Michael ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=12 Well, the camper has been in the shop now for about a week....waiting for the elusive "part" to come in. That's ok I guess since it was back to work for me last week, and today the kids went back to school. I'm very lucky to have summers off each ... http://alaskarvcamping.net/?p=38