Aug 1, 2012 - Hope

Hope is small gold mining town that is located on Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet. We panned for gold in the very cold waters of Resurrection Creek but we did not come away with any gold. We hiked and took a tour of the town with one of the locals who really likes to tell his stories to the tourist. It was interesting.

Jun 16, 2012 - Day 53, Hope, Alaska

Day 53, Saturday, June 16, 2012 Happy Birthday Jessica!! Cooper’s flight came in with no problems last night. We went straight to Walmart to buy him some sweatshirts and pants because he doesn’t own any warm stuff. The tide was full and starting to run out of Turnagain Arm and I’m pretty sure I saw the belugas over on the other side going out with the tide. We stopped for dinner at a restaurant that faces the water and had beautiful views of the water and the mountains. I finally had some salmon after all this time in Alaska. It was really...

Jul 29, 2011 - Hope, AK - Beautiful Drive

(Ron Writing) We were up late last night so slept late this morning and then after a great breakfast of buttermilk pancakes with fruit on top we left Kenai. Our first stop was the nearby town of Soldotna where we stopped at the seafood processing plant and purchased several items for the freezer. Near the store we suddenly had a wonderful view of Mt. Redoubt (10,197) straight west of Soldotna across Cook Inlet. We then headed east on the Sterling Highway to Skilak Lake Rd. This is a loop road, gravel, which runs for about 18 miles before...

Jul 18, 2011 - Hope, AK

Our decision was to leave Homer and find a camping spot between Hope and Whittier. We found a USFS campground past the Hope Highway toward Whittier. It had no hook-ups and was off the beaten path next to a creek. Campground is The Granite Creek Campground. It has 19 sites and probably only had 5 of them occupied. It's good to get away from the RV parks and feel the backwoods. We were concerned for bears and took precautions. We unhooked the car and drove 14 miles to check out the town of Hope. It's located at the end of Hope Highway on...

Jul 14, 2011 - Kenai Peninsula

7/13 Wednesday heading to the Kenai Pennisula We left McGrath at 9:30am and was back inAnchorage around 10:30 am. From the airport, we had to pick up a bag left at the Hampton and then went to a Walmart to pick up some supplies.  My favorite place to go and see walmartians.  I had Tim stop at this rock shop I had found online, Nature's Jewel, to information about rockhounding. I got drill bits for my dremmel to drill holes in rocks. Then we got on the Seward highway heading towards Copper Landing.  We stopped at a BBQ pit for a quick...

Aug 1, 2010 - More Fishing and Another Bear Situation!

Monday Aug 1 – More Fishing and another bear situation - We did not leave King Salmon Campground until nearly noon after Pat made one last run to the Moose is Loose Bakery for some apple fritters to put in the new freezer. Dick decided he would like to fish for Pink Salmon again at Hope so we planned to stop there and spend the night. Well we got there about 3 PM and Dick suggested that if he could catch some Pinks fairly quickly we could continue on our way toward Anchorage and stop at Williwaw National Forest Service Campground for the...

Jul 25, 2010 - To Hope, AK and fishing for Humpies

Sunday July 24 – To Hope and some more fishing - After spending Saturday as a down day in Fort Richardson on Monday we headed back south to the Kenai Peninsula and to the small and picturesque town of Hope, Alaska. A fellow camper at Fort Richardson had told us that the Pink Salmon (also called Humpies because the males develop a huge hump on their backs as they prepare to spawn) were running in Resurrection Creek in Hope and Dick wanted to try his luck fishing for them. It rained much of the way down to Hope. When we got set up in the tiny...

Jul 25, 2010 - Hope AK

Well we had rain all night, at least I think we did. The owner of the RV park was right, I slept all night! I think I got up once. We woke to rain and had breakfast and decided to drive into a town called Hope. It was a beautiful ride over to it. Even though it was still raining. It is about an hour away from camp. When we got there I took a few pictures of the town. I mean I don't even know if you call it a town or what! There is only about 5 stores on main street. There is an RV park on the one end of the buildings and the lake. We walked...

Jul 17, 2010 - Turnagain Pass to Sterling

Total Miles: 6,070 It's a sunny morning. Lots of travelers (fishermen) on the road. Took a walk w/Oscar and saw lots of wildflowers. Had a nice drive up to Tern Lake which is the intersection with the Sterling Hwy. which goes to Homer. For some unknown reason to me, the mile posts are counted from Seward to Homer not from Homer to the Seward Hwy. as is done on all the other roads in AK. Stopped at the Bearly Threaded Quilt Shop in Cooper Landing population 353. The lady had been in business there about a year. She moves around a lot as her...

Jul 16, 2010 - Anchorage to Turnagain Pass

Tim's made it to Seattle and Minneapolis okay. The plane schedule had changed from Minneapolis to Nashville so they had to hurry to catch that flight. Arrived in Nashville okay as did their luggage, but then they had a 20-30 minute delay getting out of the parking lot as Vice President Biden was there. Got home okay. Ken took Marge to three quilt shops- The Quilted Raven, Seams Like Home and The Quilt Tree. Also stopped at the Alaska Bead Co. Returned to the MH at Fred Meyers and left. Stopped at the Holiday Gas on Debarr and dumped the...

Jul 14, 2010 - July 13th Upper Summitt Lake, Hope Alaska

We left the Homer campground this morning and made it as far as Tenderfoot Campground 0n Upper Summit lake near Hope, a total of 268 miles. We diverted our route a little and went to the town of Kenai via Kalifornsky Beech road. We watched the people dip net for salmon. They have a 3 foot diameter net on the end of an 8 foot pole. They try to catch salmon this way. We left Homer under foggy, rainy, and windy conditions. They stayed that way most of the day. Later in the day it warmed a little and the fog lifted leaving it cloudy and very...

Jul 10, 2010 - Hope, Alaska

Saturday 7/10 Blanche and Gary headed toward Anchorage to pick up their grandson. Dan and I headed toward Hope. We planned on staying at the State Park but the sites were too small. We went to the campground in Old Hope. The sites were really tight but the sights were awesome. We were right on the inlet and also right on Resurrection Creek. Resurrection creek has great pink salmon fishing. There were lots of fisherman trying to catch the big one but...... again it seems like the fish are a little late returning to their spawning grounds....