Wasilla and Kenai Peninsula

We are now in Wasilla for a few days, plan to go to the Reindeer Farm and the Musk Ox Farm.

We made it to the Reindeer Farm but then noticed that the one front tire on the MH was wearing funny. Called around looking to get an alignment, being a MH we needed bigger equipment. The one alignment shop couldn’t get us in for 2-3 weeks, not happy so I kept calling. Finally found an alignment shop that could get us in the next day. He also had time to do an oil change and look at a tire that has always leaked a bit, not much. 

A Friendly Moose

Reindeer Hoof

Reindeer are very friendly when you are feeding them

Friendly Bison

Beautiful location

Cute rabbit, had the softest fur

 

Musk Ox, so sad looking

On Wednesday we drove from Wasilla to Anchorage for our appointment. We spoke to him about what we wanted one and he told us to come back after lunch. I did remember to tell him that the cats were in the MH and might serenade the garage, he had a good laugh.

Came back after lunch and everything was finished. He added extra air to the front tires so that we road more on the middle of the tread(essentially over-inflated for the weight) so we could get back to the lower 48 with no problems. Also found that the tire that had been leaking a little had a bad valve stem so he replaced that. MH is good to go for the rest of the trip.

The place we went to is a chain we had never heard of. I looked them up and there are 3 in Phoenix. We will try them for service next time. Always looking for a good place.

Once done with the alignment we pulled into a campground for the night before we head for Homer. A bit ahead of schedule but Homer is a nice place to stop for a while and we were having mail and packages delivered there. 
 

This became an interesting trip. There is a forest fire on the peninsula where Homer is located. Homer is at the bottom of the peninsula and the fire was approaching the lone road on the peninsula. The road was open with a pilot car but warnings were out for 2-3 hour delays.

This didn’t phase us at all. Everything worked out fine, we pulled up to the line of cars behind the pilot and only had to wait about 10 minutes before we followed along. Actually, this was the easy part of the drive. The next cause of concern was about 10 miles of construction that had a drop of about 4 inches on the side of the road, no shoulder. That was a bit more challenging. With the fire, all construction has stopped so that helped a bit. 

The smoke made things very eerie

 

Finally made it to Homer and a bit disappointed, the wind had changed and smoke was around Homer. This is supposed to clear up by Sunday so we are hoping the weatherman is correct. We need to wait for the packages and mail. It is also 4^th of July weekend coming up. Getting things done around the MH, just like a house. 

Here are pictures from our previous trip to the Kenai Peninsula so you can see how beautiful it is.