From our site on the hill we do not hear a lot of the road traffic but several times a day we do hear and see the trains headed out of or into Anchorage. The Alaska Railroad runs from Seward to Fairbanks. One of the interesting things about the passenger trains is they drop off and pick up travelers along the route much like the old local Greyhound buses.
Our view is clear now but not sure when the leaves come out on the trees. About a week later (June 1) this is what the trees look like. As soon as the snow is gone (with 24 hrs of daylight) the growth is rapid.
On May 26 and 27 the tide in Turnagain arm was about –3 feet so a good bore tide (about 3 to 6 feet) is expected so people gathered at Beluga Point to watch.
However we were experiencing some high winds so the tide broke in several sections and was not very impressive.
Here you can see another section of the tide near land. Also note the traffic on Seward Highway on Sunday evening. The Seward is only 2 lanes and is the only route from Anchorage to Seward, Homer and the Kenai Peninsula .
With the warmer weather the flowers are also blooming everywhere.
The melting snow makes for beautiful creeks and waterfalls. Here is McHugh Creek (tried to post a video of it but could not get the MPEG_4 format to open)
While Francis was looking at a proposed trip down to Homer to do some halibut fishing he came up with this Google Earth picture of our day use area showing the 4 parking areas, the beginning of some trails and the location of our motorhome. Of course when this satellite picture was taken we were not here however the blue spot marks the host site.
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