The first white settlers to the
Kenai Peninsula were Russian and it becomes very obvious as you look at the early churches in each community.
The Russian Orthodox Church were the early buildings as Russian trappers looked for places to settle down in communities such as Soldatna, Kachemak, and, Kasilof.
We spent the day touring the west coast of the Kenai from Kenai to Ninilchik. Driving down the east coast of the
Cook Inlet has demonstrated to us that that we are going into sensorary overload! We have seen so many beautiful mountains, inland waterways and seashores that it becomes almost everyday to make the drive we did today.
After exploring the Ninilchik area we headed for Soldatna and Kenai where we visited the Old Cannery where we had a delicious lunch at Sockeyes, crab bisque and grilled halibut!
The cannery is located on the tidewaters of the mouth of the
Kenai River as it enters the Cook Inet. Several canneries have been located in this area for over 100 years and the local fishing fleet still services two canneries at this location.
Returning down the coast we got views of another of the local volcanoes, LLiamna.
LLiamna is at the foot of the Aleutian chain that was formed by volcanic action millions of years ago. Like Mt Redoubt LLiamna is considered an active volcano. A bonus was our first view of Caribou and Sue's first Moose sighting.
Tomorrow Jeff is going on a halibut fishing charter with Lee and Jeane Faust, RVers we met in Seward.
The first white settlers to the 
We spent the day touring the west coast of the Kenai from Kenai to Ninilchik. Driving down the east coast of the 
The cannery is located on the tidewaters of the mouth of the 
Returning down the coast we got views of another of the local volcanoes, LLiamna. 
LLiamna is at the foot of the Aleutian chain that was formed by volcanic action millions of years ago. Like Mt Redoubt LLiamna is considered an active volcano. A bonus was our first view of Caribou and Sue's first Moose sighting.
