Soldotna

The wind was pretty rowdy coming south out of Los-Anchorage along the Turnagain Arm, but it died off as we turned inland. We're in Soldotna under overcast skies for the day. Time for last minute shopping and topping the tanks before we roll the 40 miles down to Ninilchik tomorrow. Gasoline was $3.37 in Anchorage, and $3.71 here.

We've already made our pilgrimage to the Fred Meyer store and got our official Fred Meyer supersave card. It is the place for food shopping on the whole Kenai Peninsula. Prices seem to run about the same as back home in Bozeman, and the selection was great  - they even had Boar's Head sandwich meats and cheeses. Buy more then $100 worth of stuff and you get 10 cents a gallon off fuel. How they do that?

Fred will even let you boondock in his parking lot and throws in a dump station to boot.

We've had a special request from Dave Hall. He is starting to doubt that his parents are really on this trip with us because pictures of them have been so scarce. Here you go Dave, proof positive that mom and dad are spending the family fortune on coffee, pie, and diesel fuel.