July 25th, 2012: Friends, Volcanoes, and Truck Repairs

July 25^th, 2012: Friends, Volcanoes, and Truck Repairs

One of the nicest things, about our lifestyle is meeting friends along the way. Right now we are boon docking with Steve and Sandy and Mike and Sandy, all members of the Class of 2007. The Class of 2007  is an eclectic group of people who retired and went fulltime rving in 2007, are members of Escapees Rv Club, and who keep in contact with others via the internet and occasional reunions.

Steve and Sandy were the ones who told us that the reds were running and found the boon docking site and so we have to thank them for their efforts! All three of us blog of our travels and you may have noticed I added their blogs to out blog list of favorites.

Anyway as we took our truck in town to get checked out, low coolant warnings, Renita noticed a cloud rising from Mt Redoubt. Now it’s one of the three volcanoes visible from the Kenai Peninsula and this was the first time we have seen it send up a steam cloud, (You may recall it erupted in 1997 and forced air travel up north to become a hazard due to the dust clouds).

So we stopped for images and later Renita, Sandy, and Sandy all went out to take more pictures. It often sends up steam clouds and so it wasn’t even mentioned on the news, after all the sockeye are running. It really is a different frame of mind here.

As to the truck repairs, the water pump gave out and so we are having that replaced along with leaking transmission cooler lines, oh and thermostats. Luckily we noticed it and we are here instead of Chicken or somewhere in the Yukon.

We are also lucky that we have friends here who have so kindly offered the use of their vehicles whenever we need supplies. Friends are the nicest thing about our lifestyle and we have been truly blessed. Clear skies