Woke in the City Campground in Anchorage to the park attendant knocking on our door at 7am to ask if we had put the wrong campsite # on our registration - it was clear that we had, our license # confirmed who we were, but it gave us an early wake up call. Linda was planning church anyway, so it got us going. We had dry camped for the $25 fee, so nothing to unhook - but realized after Linda washed up with cool water that we could have had hot water by changing the water heater over to LP gas instead of electric, which went off when the generator was turned off - sorry for the cold water, Linda! Dropped Linda at St Anthony, and drove back to Costco to get some more essentials for our stock; unfortunately, liquor not sold til noon, so had to shop twice! Had made the trip back to RV in the parking lot, waiting for Linda to get back from church - divided up my rotisserie chicken into frozen bags, surprised Linda with some ribs for dinner tonight, and more apples, veggies. Caught up with Mom at home, called Sharon's nephew Matt who lives in Anchorage for travel ideas, then back to Costco since it was after noon - more wine and a bottle of Alaska beer, more details later. Linda came back from church singing the praises of an Alaskan/Somoan/?Hawaiian mass. Matt gave us a good idea for the day - a short hike from Girdwood, which was one of the first towns on the Kenai Peninsula, so just an hour south of Anchorage. Entering the Kenai Peninsula via Seward Hwy was another stunning view - Cook's Inlet, the body of water, is famous for Beluga whales so we were scanning the water for them - saw none, but the water is gorgeous! Turns out Girdwood is the largest Alaska ski site during winter months, so we followed signs to Alyeska Ski Resort and Tram area. It was a beautiful ski lodge with the cable cars running to top for views and dining, but we opted for the Winner Creek hike (also dog friendly if on leash - turned out to be a parade of dogs on the trail), It was 2.5 miles to the river gorge and hand tram - a box/crate that holds 400 lbs or 2 people/1dog and you pull yourself across the gorge; luckily for me, the line on this holiday weekend was so long that Linda took pics and then we turned back without having to drag our bodies across the gorge! But the gorge where the river funneled in was a mass of powerful, raging, blue water which made the whole hike worthwhile. We hiked back out at 6:30 pm and really wanted to go straight to bed, but had no camp site. So took some time to find a campsite, driving 12 miles to Portage Valley - we've been given a dry campsite (no hookups for $25) next to the pond, and the promise of a visit from the Mama and baby moose living in the area - she apparently stomped through the tent campground last night, alarming the tenters! The campground host has given us info about following this road out via bike path (since he saw the bikes on the back of our RV) to Portage Lake and Portage/Burns Glacier. Sounds like a good plan, but we will have a lot of work to do to get our bikes cleaned up - they are caked in dust and mud collected from Georgia to Alaska. But that's tomorrow's work. Tonight we're concentrating on our Costco rib dinner and watching for the moose mama! And beginning my research on Alaskan beers: tonight's selection, Alaskan Pilot Series, Raspberry Wheat Ale from Juneau paired well with my ribs! Now let's finish this blog and take this aching body to bed!