We had a nice night with only one interruption. A black SUV with some loud people pulled up after midnight across the road from us. I was able to get back to sleep but when I got up in the morning to let the pups out, there was some campfire smoke in the air. They pulled out and left the thing burning. The worst part is they lit it in a grass area, on the grass, and just left. These kind of people are why we lose access to public places. Uggh. I pulled a bucket of water from the lake and put it out.
I managed to work on the electrical a bit on the truck. It turns out some of the repairs I did in Idaho and two days ago in Wasilla were the cause of the issue. I had connected the ground on the center reverse light pin on the 7-pin cable. This was blowing the trailer reverse fuse. And Ram keeps 12V on all of the time to sense a trailer, so I disconnected the 12V power lead from the 7-pin to remove that sensor. Finally, since the truck camper does not have trailer brakes, I clipped that connection as well (in the patch cable between the truck and camper). This fixed everything, at least for now. I am still seeing a loss of brake controller connection in the codes, but I’ll watch that for a bit. I hope the initial crossed wiring in Idaho that started all of this didn’t kill that truck component.
Now on to the travel. We headed over to the Portage Glacier visitors center and enjoyed the exhibits. We decided not to go to Whittier and headed towards Seward. This is a busy road, as it’s the only one to the lower peninsula. Along the way we were treated to a moose foraging in a pond. Very neat to watch
We continued on to the Exit Glacier and the Kenai National Park to have lunch, hike, and get some park stamps. We headed back toward the highway after several hours and found a great place to camp along the river. The pups and I took a nice long walk along the river and enjoyed the cool evening.
hurry are some additional photos for the day.
https://www.overlandadventureexcursions.com/photos-albums/nggallery/album/20250724-portage-valley-to-exit-glacier