I found a wonderful little campground in Chugach National Forest in Cooper Landing that I planned on us staying at. Unfortunately, they only take reservations 5 days out then it’s first come, first serve. I missed the window! Since we were arriving on Saturday night, I knew we did not have a chance to get a spot, so we stayed at a regular RV campground(which is RVs right next to each other, but you have water, electric and sewer usually). On Sunday, Kat and I headed to Quartz Creek Campground at 10:30am to try to snatch a spot(since check-out is 11am). It was our lucky day! Campsite #18 was open, a pull through(Scott can pull right in and not have to back up), and had woods with the slight sound of Quartz Creek through the trees. The campground had Quartz Creek on one side of it and the Kenai Lake on the other. We stayed 3 nights and after the first night, it was just us and a couple other campers, we had the place to ourselves. It was so wonderful!
Our first night, Scott took Kane fishing down at the creek. Kat and I had just walked up, when Kane said he might have a fish. He did! He caught a Dolly Varden char(his first fish in Alaska). He was ecstatic! We had Dolly Varden appetizer for dinner that night. 🙂
We fished, we did a couple hikes, I taught Kat how to latch hook(which she LOVES) while boys went salmon fishing, Kat and I made chocolate chip cookies for the first time in the RV, we had our first campfire in Alaska, and I felt so truly blessed for these times.
