Generator In Public Campgrounds Seward Homer

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Roy Ken

Generators on the Kenai, st public campgrounds, have caused me to see more campground rage than anything else. Personal disclaimer, I really dislike the sounds made by generators. Even though I personally own 4 of them. In most parts of Alaska, where the tourists go, there usually a campground not too far away that has electric plug ins, if I need power. I was thinking that some of the beach sites in Seward have power and can be reserved. We most often stay out at Stoney Creek RV which has power.

Several of the Homer area CGs have power, Heritage, Sportsman's and some of the Homer Spit RV and a couple up on the hill or in town. The town run campground on the Spit are all dry and without power, so far as I remember but we enjoy the Heritage RV park, a bit pricy but less than several here in Florida where we stay at times. LOL

The beach campground in Seward is just to crowded for our taste, most are too close to each other to be able to put out their slides. This CG is better during the week but weekends can turn into a drubken brawl on the weekends when the Anchorage crowd shows up to party.

I am somewhat reticent about leaving my beagle in our RV when it is hot, especially if it is powered by a standby generator. Plugged into the grid, I feel more comfortable leaving him for a few hours. I have seen people, tired of listening to an unattended generator, turn them off, or give them a drink of bottled water. They get guiet, in a hurry when that happens. We had to generate our power for about 12 years while living in the Alaska bush. If and when those diesels would quit in the middle of the night, the quietness would have me instantly awake in my bed.

Add a battery and some fantastic fans, run off DC power. Dogs have survived a long time before air conditioning.

Most public campgrounds have generator hours. Some are generous (8am-10 pm) and some are limited (8-10 am and 4-8 pm). We ran into both at public campgrounds in AK. Lots of campgrounds with hook ups. They are generally just gravel parking lots but you will not have to worry about your pets.

City campground in Seward has elec hookups available 1 row back from the water. When we spent a week in Seward running the AC was never even a consideration!!! Heater, yes. ST

Recommend that you get a electric hookup although on the water it's usually a lot cooler. The sites on Homer Spit and Seward city campgrounds are very close together for running the generator all the time.

Thank you all for your input. We don't have one yet, but I know some of the nights coming through Yukon were pretty warm last year in the SUV I know most of the time we will never need it......unless we decide to put our fish in a cooler/freezer to bring home. Freezer would have to ride in bed of truck I suppose. Thanks everyone!

We've never needed AC on any of our trips here. If it is a bit warm, then the Fantastic Fans do the job.

If you do put your fish in a freezer for the drive home, and run a generator to keep the freezer cold while you're driving, then please shut the generator off when you pull into a rest area or day use area.
It's annoying to be lakeside enjoying a break from driving and have someone pull in with a noisy generator running, then they leave it running for the hour they are there. It certainly eliminates the peaceful enjoyment of the landscape.

You could use a separate battery and an inverter to run your freezer. That's is what we used to do. Would keep the freezer cold all day and then we hooked up to power or recharged the battery using the generator. We now have a Engel freezer that runs on both AC or DC power.

The past few summers have been warm in Alaska. But because of the temperature differences at different altitudes there is generally constant movement of the air. It's breezy anywhere near the mountains, or the water, most of the time. Our dogs have done fine with just the windows open, and parked in the shade if possible.