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Update:  My foot is much better today, it is tender to the touch, but I can get back into my trek shoes and hiking boots!  So glad I packed the rice pack into the freezer before we left home! Tolsona Wilderness Campground is excellent - a true jewel!  Their laundry is the best pricing we have seen, their wifi is good and Ken was able to work remote today, it is quiet and we got side by side sites with my parents in the sun for their solar recharge and us in the shade for our expandable beds.  There are water and electric hookups and thanks for Mom and Dad's Passport America membership, it was $35 for two nights!  The kids have loved the creek and the wifi. It is buggy here, but we solved our mosquito problem in the camper.  There is a gap where the expandable bed folds down. The gap is the size of a golf ball on both sides on the expandable bed hinge.  So, I stuffed an extra pair of clean socks in the gap, then covered it with a single sock which I sme...

After a few blissful days at Resurrection Bay South RV park, it is time to start the long trek east.  First, we had to flag down my parents because our battery needed a jump, then came around and helped us out then headed to Costco in Anchorage.  Of course, I managed to injure the top of my foot while helping hitch up.  The friction sway control bar was resting up on the hitch and it fell squarely on top of my foot - ouch!  I had on hiking trek shoes which offered a little protection.  Thankfully, I don't think it is broken. Then we headed to Exit Glacier, which is part of Kenai Fjords NP.  The two youngest children earned an Exit Glacier patch by completing activities in the Discovery Art Backpack.  We hiked the 2mile Edge of Glacier Trail.  I got a few comments about hiking the rocky path in flip flops, but I was concerned about swelling and heavy boots.  Hiking seemed to help, actually.  The hike was very nice and the glacier view was...