Frequently Asked Questions About the Alaska Kenai Peninsula

If you have questions that need answered and cannot find them here, please contact us
and we will try to help. Our goal is to help our visitors find just what they are looking for
when they plan their Kenai Peninsula Alaskan vacation.
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Q. My husband and I are flying into Anchorage, renting a car and driving down to the Kenai Peninsula. Where is
the best place to be centrally located?

A. The Kenai Peninsula is quite large. If you were to locate in the Kenai/Soldotna area, you would be a couple of
hour drive to Homer or a couple of hour drive to Seward.

Q. When is the best time to fish the Kenai River?

A. It would help if I knew what species you were asking about. Salmon fishing starts in May however, the fishing is
usually pretty slow then. The weather is usually still a bit cool that time of year. The first to enter the river is Kings
or (Chinook) salmon. Followed in June are the Reds or (Sockeye) salmon. King salmon season ends July 31st
about the time Silver (Coho) salmon arrive. Do not forget about our trophy Rainbows and check the fishing
regulations before you fish.

Q. I would like to buy the tour guide book, but I do not like to use my credit card on line. Are they available in any
stores?

A. Sorry but our guide book is only available on-line at this time. We do use a very secure commerce web-site. If
you choose to purchase a subscription or guide book, you will go through pay-pal to complete the transaction. We
also use another secure gateway to get you there. When you decide to purchase a subscription, you will see a
page appear that says please wait while we complete your order. This is the gateway, you will then be sent to
pay-pal. We will only use your e-mail address and name so we can send updates to you. No information is shared
or sold to anyone. (Check our privacy policy) You can also order our tour guide book by mail. Send a check or
money order to P O Box 303 Kenai Alaska 99611. Allow three weeks for delivery.

Q. Why do you have just public campground information on your site? I did not find any RV parks listed.

A. And you will not! We have lived in Alaska for more than forty years and have spent a lot of money to have a self
contained RV. Most of the RV parks are in convenient locations near towns and close to shopping while most
public campgrounds are in areas where activities take place. I enjoy the mountain views or larger campsites
available and through the years we have met some of our best friends around a good campfire. I am not against RV
parks; we use them occasionally but to get a taste of the real Alaska, take in the beauty that our public
campgrounds have to offer. You will save money at the same time.

Q. We have noticed on every campground page you say to be bear aware. Are there many bears in the
campgrounds?

A. Great Question! We have lived and camped in Alaska for more than forty years. Although in that time I
personally have never seen a bear in a campground we know they are around and have seen the evidence of their
visits. You will hear of bear sightings and may see one, but I think that would be rare. Remember, they are around
and you need to keep a clean camp and do not leave your RV until you check to make sure one has not wandered
in. This is good practice anywhere there are bears, in Alaska or anywhere else and do not leave Fido chained up
alone outside the RV, it is illegal to feed the wildlife.

Q. As part of a group of friends, we are going to tour Alaska this summer. We are tent campers and would like to
know what kind of weather to expect?

A. I wish I had a good crystal ball. I can only answer from past summers. If you are touring the Kenai Peninsula,
you will see that the weather is influenced by Cook Inlet. We are coastal and can have wet summers with
temperatures ranging from 55 to 65 degrees. On the other hand, if we are having a dry summer, which often
happens, the temperatures can be as high 75 to 80 degrees. If you tour the central interior North of the Alaska
Range, you will have a much drier warmer summer with temperatures above 75 degrees. I tell friends to plan for
cool wet weather but to pray for dry warm weather.

Q. What do I do if we catch to many fish to transport back home because of limited freezer space in our RV?

A. This is a common question. A lot of our visitors bring canning equipment to can the Reds and Silvers they
catch. If you get lucky and catch a huge King salmon, pictures are not enough. You have earned bragging rights
and need to show your friends. There are packaging facilities located in Homer, Soldotna and Seward that will
prepare your catch and ship it to you when you are back home. If you have taken a fishing charter, your guide may
handle the arrangements for you.

Q. What is an electronic tour guide? How does it work?

A. An electronic tour guide book is a book on a CD that you put into the cd-rom of your computer. We decided to
check and see if tourists brought their laptop computers with them on their vacation, and was astonished to find
out how many do. You will probably bring yours. We had developed our tour guide book in print, but to keep the
cost of production down, we could not put photos into the book. We developed our e-book so that visitors could
look at our tours and the photographs on their computer. Our e-book is free when someone subscribes or buys our
travel guide book, subscribers just have to pay shipping and handling, if you buy our tour guide book it is included
at no charge. Also if you do not know how to make up fishing rigs for Alaskan fish, we added a section showing
you how to do it.