We went to the Raven Bakery this morning and had coffee. I had a slice of fresh cherry coffee cake and Jim had an apple cinnamon roll. It was so much better than the famous cinnamon rolls we had in Canada. We waited for the museum to open to get a key to the St. Peter's Episcopal Church. It was built in 1906 and had a beautiful mural behind the pulpit painted by Dutch artist Jan van Emple titled "Ascension of Our Lord". Instead of Apostles, he painted Alaskan natives, a prospector, a trapper and a homesteader. It showed Jesus' resurrection set at Resurrection Bay instead of the Holy Land. He used local people for the faces. The church also had three beautiful stained glass windows which were really pretty. We hitched up and drove to Soldotna. After unhooking the trailer at Fred Meyers we drove to Kenai and went to the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Russian Orthodox Church and St. Nicholas Chapel. It was built in 1894-1895. The inside was closed to visitors because they were doing some structural renovation. We went inside the last time we were here. We drove to North Kenai and visited Kassik's Brewery. The owners Frank and Debra were really nice and gave us a tour. The Anchorage paper today said on the front page that this has been the eighth rainiest July on record. We have had only one really clear day this month. It seems to sprinkle or mist every day.
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