Eklutna Lake SP—June 22

So this morning I pondered what my options were.  The night before a group of people camped across from me it what was the most bazar composite of camping gear I had ever seen.  There was a van with an old pickup cover on top for sleeping.  It had a broken window in the back.  There was a blue van that was nearly rusted out along the bottom that was also used for sleeping.  In addition, there were tents.  It appeared that two or three families lived in this group.  There were children from babies to teenagers in the group.  It was quite a site.  They were asked to leave this morning and moved on.  The campground manager said they had been kicked out of the Centennial City campground in Anchorage and they were in violation of several items in their rules.  But back to my dilemma.  I didn’t want to move to Centennial for that very reason.  I had heard there were some pretty rough people living there.  The other alternative seemed to be back to Fred Meyer’s or maybe on to Cabelas’.  Cabelas’ has a new location in Anchorage and they have a parking lot for campers that will accommodate 25 free of charge.  Of course it is just a parking lot like Fred Meyer’s.  So I thought about heading out to Eklutna Lake which I have only visited once.  When I arrived shortly after lunch I found several open spots and decided on one.  Here I have put down for the next week.  The only thing I don’t like about this location is there is no cell coverage and it is about 5 miles back to get any.  However, the campground is very nice, near the lake (water source for Anchorage) and heavily wooded.  So I took my time and set up camp with all the extra—covered the picnic table with a table cloth, put down the mat to sit on, set up Dulce’s cage so I could keep here from wandering off when I’m busy doing something.  In all I just got situated.  Before I had left Eagle River I set up an appointment to have the Ford brake controller fixed on Thursday, tomorrow.  I need to be there by 7 and it was a 45-minute drive at least so I prepared to leave by 6 in the morning.  Tonight I cooked a filet, fresh green beans and an ear of corn.  All were extremely good and then I sat by the campfire until about 9 before heading to bed.