Cooper Creek at the junction with the Kenai River
We drove north to the junction with Highway One after leaving Seward. There are supposed to be Trumpeter Swans at Tern Lake; however, we didn’t see any. We drove to the campsite at Cooper Creek. They have a big red warning sign posted about bears, but they also have a campground host. I asked him, and he said he hasn’t seen a bear in a long time.
“Take site 18, “ he said. “It’s the best site and is right back against the creek.”
Other than the host, we are the only others camped in this site. It must be busy sometimes, as many of the sites are reserved for the weekend.
We are upstream perhaps 100 metres from the junction of the creek and the Kenai River. Just a half a kilometre up the river we can see many rafts beached on the shore. We saw a group of rafters on the river when we walked down to view the river tonight. The Kenai River is not a spectacular white water river, as the rapids we’ve seen are just Class 1. However, it is supposed to be one of the prime salmon angling rivers in Alaska. There were guiding camps and guest cabins all along the highway this afternoon as we drove in.