Portage Valley RV Park to Hope Alaska

The Kenai Peninsula is 150 miles long and 70 miles wide, extending southwest from Turnagain Arm and Passage Canal.  It is bounded to the east by the Gulf of Alaska, and to the west by Cook Inlet.
It is hard to believe Anchorage is some 52 miles away.

Today we are on a road trip to the community of Hope via the Hope Highway.  There are no fuel stops in the area so you needed to fill-up in Anchorage.

Snow depths here frequently exceed 12 feet

Turnagain Pass  1,015 feet a winter haven for cross country skiers

Hope Cutoff

Hope Highway leads to the community of historic Hope

Great views of the Turnagain Arm

Turnagain Arm is known for having one of the world's remarkably high tides with a diurnal range of more than 33 feet.  A bore tide is an abrupt rise of tidal water just after low tide, moving rapidly landward, formed by a flood tide surging into a constricted inlet such as Turnagain Arm.  This forming wall of water may reach a height of 6 feet and is very dangerous to small craft.  The mud-flats are dangerous when the tide is out....quick sand....you are stuck.... 

We are hoping to view the bore tide but not today

Porcupine Campgrounds which most sites already have "reserved" for July 4th

Few sites on the Turnagain Arm if you are 30 feet long

This picturesque community was a frenzy of gold rush activity in 1896.  Miners named their mining camp on Resurrection Creek Hope City.  But the gold rush here was short-lived.  Today population is 151.

Historic Downtown Hope today

1902 log Social Hall still hosts community events

1896 store now Seaview Cafe and Bar

Closed on Monday....no "Bud" today 

Interesting shop but closed

Hope has a Library and school

Many fly in from Anchorage for weekends

Looks like someone is opening a subdivision 

Returning back to our camp

Stop at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Caribou

Brown bear

Look at those nails

Reindeer

Bryon Glacier

But you have to walk uphill several miles to get close

MV Ptarmigan takes you to the Portage Glacier

Rain...wait for another day

Tuesday we head for Kenai for a month stay.  The month of July is busy on the Kenai Peninsula with many coming from Anchorage to catch Salmon and Halibut.......We hope to do the same thing and we have a reservation at the Diamond M Ranch.