Alaska RV Camping

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 spot right on the lake. It was a nice relaxing long weekend–went out on the porta-bote a few times and did some bike riding. Looked high and low for interesting animals and did see some loons and Arctic terns out on the lake. No bears or moose, or not even a porcupine. However, the park ranger said that every evening there are porcupines running around, and every morning and evening you can see black bears along Long Lake Road.

One thing to add here…about the fishing. The BB at the campground says that the lake was stocked with trout in 2008. Come to find out (from the host) that this isn’t true at all. The lake hasn’t been stocked in a long time…..they are waiting for the pike to die out or something like that.  This explains why no one was catching any fish…..

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