June 16

We had a comfortable night in the RV, and walked up to the rental office about 8:10.  We watched a video that explained the RV’s systems well enough so that anyone could do it!  Great Alaskan Holidays runs a clean, classy operation, all the RV’s are less than two years old, and they have over 100 units in the rental fleet!  We were on the road about 9:30.  First stop: Wal-Mart.  Then Sam’s Club, right across the street.  A few more miles into town for a shopping spree at REI.  Then, on the way out of town, we realized that we had forgotten mayo (who can live without mayo?), so we stopped at a convenience store.  Then a stop at the Safeway in Soldotna for booze and something else.  4 grocery stores in 4 hours! 

We had some sprinkles of rain on the way to Soldotna, and stopped at the Kenai River and a few other places for pictures.  This was Mom’s first time here, so we couldn’t miss the photo ops.  Arrived at Eric’s about 5 and went to dinner at Mykel's, where the fish and chips were excellent.  I made raspberry martinis when we got home, and we all turned in.

Our RV was a 29-foot Winnebago Class C, with no slide-outs.  It was the biggest thing that I had ever driven, and it took a little getting used to in city traffic.  I changed lanes very carefully until I got a good feel for where the rear end REALLY was.  It ran fine, but could have used stiffer springs…it wallowed all over the place.  Our 8-day rental cost about $1,800, which is probably less than we would have paid for two hotel rooms per night for the same period.  It got about 8 MPG.  We really enjoyed the RV, and would do it again.

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