Williwaw Campground

Williwaw Campground,

We drove from Talkeetna through Wasilla, where we stopped to shop. No we did not see the soccer mom. Then we went on to Williwaw CG passing Turnigan Bay. There is beautiful scenery even with the rain. I couldn’t take my eyes of the majestic snow capped mountains. Yes it is 50 degrees and raining but it is easier for us to take than the heat all you people are suffering through. Putting on our rain gear and boots we walk around and sing like Gene Kelly did in the movie “Singing in the Rain”. What fun! We can go for hikes or walks at any time of day and the days are getting shorter. Only 16 hours of daylight.
The park manager told us about the bears in the park and about one in particular that had to be killed because someone left a plastic bag on the ground that the bear ate. He could not defecate and became sick and acted unusual. A family was finishing dinner and they where cleaning up when the bear came and jumped onto the table and finished the leftover piece of apple pie. He did not leave until it was all gone. Unfortunately because of the plastic bag he kept throwing up his food and had to be put down. As we walked through the campground we found a site where someone had left a plastic bag on the ground.
Jim and Dixie left this morning to go to Soldotna where we will meet them on Saturday. We love this park even with the rain. We hiked a total of 6 miles in 2 ½ days and it felt sooo good.
By the way… I am now reading Cokie Roberts’s book “Founding Mothers”. I recommend the book to all but women especially. You won’t believe what women accomplished in hard times, even when they had no rights at all. The woman themselves where thought of as just property. The revolution would not have succeeded without them running the farms, raising families and keeping the businesses while the men where gone.