Eklutna Lake—June 23

Ok, so up at 5, coffee (most important), then at 6 headed to Worthington Ford.  I met with Margie (my contact) and she did the paper work.  Margie was extremely helpful and went out of her way to make sure I got the best treatment.  She told me that the technician would check it out and she would get back to me.   She then escorted me to a waiting room with a computer table, internet service and coffee to wait.  During this time, I took the opportunity to get my bill pay up to date, change my passwords on several accounts because I had been informed by Google that someone unauthorized had figured out my password, did some internet searching on some things I want to check out and ordered thickets for the Whale Fat Follies and White Keys funny spoof of Alaska.  I have attended this production overtime it has been available here in Anchorage.  As it turned out WhiteKeys is the president of the Anchorage Audubon and we have birded together several times in the last 10 years.  He is a hoot and his shows are fast and fun.  A couple I met along the way Terri and Mike I mentioned in an earlier post had contacted me about us going together.  They have been to Anchorage many times but never attended and so I got tickets for the three of us.  I’m looking forward to spending the evening with them.  I was pleasantly surprised when Margie walked in about noon and said they problem was fixed, they had installed the new (and I must say updated controller—the defective parts in the older one were fixed) and that all was taken care of under warranty.  So I stayed a little longer, then went back to REI to check on an order and did a little shopping before returning to camp.  In the evening I decided to do a little birding in the campground.  As I sat in my chair I could hear several Varied and Swainson’s Thrush calling.  As I was walking one of the campground host and her husband and two children were walking along.  She turned out to be someone newly into birding and asked if she could join me.  Of course, I was happy to have her along.  As we birded we decided to go birding together in the morning.  Then at the campsite we continued to visit as her family made their rounds of the campground.   Dulce became a big hit with her and her two young children, twins with very interesting names—Asher the boy and Journey the girl.  They are full time RV’ers and decided to come to Alaska for the first time.