Eeeek!!! It's a Bear

Swanson River at Captain Cook State Recreation Area

When going to Alaska the first thing you have to know is they have moose and brown/grizzly bears that roam free. The difference between Alaska and Louisiana is that if in Louisiana you see either a bear or a moose immediately (if not sooner) you would call the police and scream "there is a bear walking down the street."  In Alaska you only report a bear walking down the street, if it attacks someone.  Thankfully, although we saw a lot of moose, we did not see any bears.  We didn't see them, but they were there.  My friends, wanted to collect rocks off a beach at Captain Cook State Recreation Area.  When we got there several people were there on four wheelers.  We parked at the top of a bluff and my friends walked down to the beach.  I stayed in the pickup - there was no way I could do the walk.  While on the beach one of the guys on a four wheeler with a large gun tied to the front, came up to them and advised them that they were in brown bear country.  That ended the rock hunt.  And thankfully I did not have a visitor while sitting in the pickup.  That would not have been good. 

I am sure that all of you are dying to know the price of gas in Alaska.  It is high, very high. 

We visited a museum at Kenai.  It was very interesting.  This is a picture of a quilt made in 1991 for the Kenai Bicentennial. 

Quilt - at the museum Kenai, AK

Yarn, bought at the Kenai Fabric Shop in Kenai.  This is a large shop with many, many bolts of fabric.  Along with fabric they have a nice selection of yarn.  I dropped a few dollars there.  They had an unbelievable selection of batiks.  I think we made three trips to this store.  Each time I added to the batiks previously purchased and then we discovered yarn.  I could have bought more, but if I am in my right mind I will not have a stash of yarn.

For more on Alaska, see the previous postings.  To be continued......