Wednesday was hubbymoose’s first full day on the register by himself. Yay! He says it was busy, but okay. I received a couple of calls from him – one during a break and the last during his “lunch” time.

While he was busy working – and despite intermittent rain – I decided to take another trip up into Cooper Landing – ended up in Seward. Actually the main reason I went on into Seward was to fuel up before heading back home.

I’ve only downloaded a few of the pictures – so this entry will be photo-lite. I sent a couple of these to ktuu for their weathercast, too.

Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing is a favorite stop. Along one pullout there are several statements by Red Smith stating the area was availble due to his efforts/generosityand the efforts/generosity of other residents – with admonitions to please clean up after yourself and not to leave diapers, etc.

Not sure how long those signs have been there, but it is a favorite stop of mine to take pictures:

Low hanging clouds and rain drops – undeterred, I continued on.

Near Seward – past Moose Pass – is Snow River Hostelwhich is a great example of a cord wood house. Pretty cool, huh?

Usually when I go places with hubbymoose I don’t do a lot of stop and go – he likes to get where we’re going. (that’s why Saturday was so nice – he was very tolerant of my stops for pictures – thanks, hubbymoose!) When I am by myself I take my time and am usually only governed by basic needs (fuel, rest stops, food).

I’ve seen this one rest area near Seward each time I’ve driven over – but have never stopped. Yesterday was a perfect day to do so. Because of the rain, not many people were stopping or gawking so it was easy to do it myself.

There’s an overlook here – with a pretty lily pond. While taking pictures I heard a weird call – thought it might be some sort of duck, but couldn’t see any. On the way home I thought maybe a moose call. Check out this link and click on the calf calls. That’s pretty close to what I head.

It’s a really pretty place – comes up kind of quick when you’re heading out of Seward – and there’s not too much parking area. So, be watchful and ready to pull in.

As I turned back toward home – I pulled over just past the turn because hubbymoose called – don’t drive and talk, friends 🙂

It was a great thing, though . . . a look over my right shoulder showed a lone tern sitting amid rain drops in a pool by the side of the road. Told hubby good-bye (better than just hanging up on him, huh?) and got out to take a few shots. Patient birdy:

Okay – that’s it for today’s daytrip – I will leave you with a picture of my daughter’s favorite sign: