19 July 2018. Talkeetna
We awoke this morning to that wonderful view of Rolly Lake. We were torn about whether we should delay our departure and spend the morning kayaking on the beautiful water. We decided to call ahead to our next destination to make a campground reservation so we’d feel comfortable with the late start. Much to our chagrin, our preferred campground only had a spot for one of the three nights we needed. So much for having a peaceful morning….
And to reinforce what a nice site we had on the water, we had people come by at around 10am asking when we’d be vacating the site, so they could have it…. 🙂
We ended up skipping the kayaking, took a walk around the campground to try and relax, and hit the road.
It was an easy drive to Talkeetna where we were planning on spending the next three nights. In addition to doing our restocking, we had booked a flightseeing trip over Mt. Denali. The RV park was the only one with “full service” in the area (meaning they had wifi, a laundry room, and showers). We got our one night in a normal RV site, and worked out a deal to “dry camp” in a corner of the RV park for another two nights. The people running the park we very nice and accommodating.
We had enough time to walk the half mile to the town of Talkeetna. It’s a small town with a “hippie” feel, but the nice warm and welcoming hippie, not the lazy and unwashed one. We did some shopping and enjoyed the town. Chuck got the bear shirt he was looking for, and every fourth store sold ice cream. We succumbed to the call of “caramel caribou in a waffle cone”, and had a leisurely walk back to the RV park.
