Yesterday, we departed late morning for another hour-long
drive west to Soldotna, AK parking our rigs at the Klondike RV Park. Overcast skies once again turned bright
blue as we arrived and planned our next four days here. Joy and Sharon wanted to see the
Soldotna Days annual celebration not far from here so Bob and I headed out for
the afternoon. There was the usual
county fair food and exhibits along with the Alaska State Dutch Oven contest
and what was billed as “SawFest 2013”.
Here we observed five wood carvers work their magic in a one-hour
bear-carving contest. Quite
unexpected entertainment we enjoyed immensely. Oh did I mention they were using chainsaws to carve about
six foot sections of raw logs?
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| An old car show entry 41 Ford Pickup |
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| Plenty of hotrods |
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| Foreground is a 71 Corvette Joy noticed had Historical license plates - We were married in 1971 Historical?????? |
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| Lady with a chainsaw makes an Alice in Wonderland Totem Pole |
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| Local wood carver works his magic |
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| Alice in Wonderland upright |
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| Amazing to see this bear emerge for a six foot raw log!! |
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| Another Bear entry |
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| Joy's lunch - she never met a food group she wouldn't try |
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| Dutch Oven Cookoff |
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| Reminded us of our friends Jennie and Fred McMachan and Jeannie's Dutch Oven Cobler |
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| another bear emerges from a log |
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| The finished product - elapsed time: 1 Hour from log to this angry bear By the way, the artist told us angry bears don't sell to well. People prefer happy, cuddly bears! |
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