My friend Kaarin called us Friday morning and asked if we wanted to go to a flea market at a place called Kenai Landing. We were in need of an outing, so we joined her and her kids. It turned out that there was no flea market, but we made another cool discovery nonetheless!
This place is the site of the old Ward's Cove fish cannery and it's located right at the mouth of the Kenai River. Just two years ago, developers started to refurbish some of the old buildings and apparently, they are trying to convert the area into a waterfront resort type of thing. I guess it's still early in the summer season, so some of the shops aren't up and running yet (and the project is a new one, so it will be a while before everything really gets going there), but we browsed in one very cute little touristy shop and I found a bunch of "Alaska" stuff that I want to buy before we leave. Then we headed outside where the kids found some anchors and buoys to play on. I think we spent at least an hour there with the kids just climbing on the anchors and buoys and then running over to the dock to throw rocks down into the mud. I'm not sure if we'll be here long enough this summer, but I'd love to go back and see the place when it's booming. During the fishing season, I think you can actually go and watch boats bring fish in and then process them.
It was a bit windy, but the sun finally came out (we've had several cloudy rainy days) and the view was gorgeous. The docks overlook the Kenai waterfront, the Kenai river, the Cook Inlet, the Kenai Mountains and the Chigmit Mountains. We saw eagles and seagulls flying. It was a fun outing and we got to experience just a little bit of Kenai's history.
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