Blogs from Anchorage, Alaska, United States, North America - page 33

Can't believe where the time has gone. Seems like only yesterday that we were excited about cruising the Inside Passage and now it's over. Mel and I spent the whole time eating, brinking and being merry. The staff were great and the scenery absolutely stunning. Words can't describe how beautiful it is....neither will the photos do it justice but they'll try. Can't seem to view phots to download any. New camera so perhaps I'm not doing something right. Will get back to this soon.... read more

The next couple of days in downtown Anchorage are pretty cruizie for me. Maree will write about school things later. I got the girls up on Wednesday morning after our late evening and we made the grade six breakfast. I made a date with Nurse Debbie who started to work pulling out the prickles/thornes I had colleted the previous day. I hadn't actually got stuck by the porcupine or by the quills in Kaiser but I had been in shorts and thongs when pushing bushes aside especially when coming back up the embankment. We had been going for a while when this lady/teacher came into talk to us both and suddenly she goes all woozy and collapses with our help into a chair. She is near to unconsciousness, can't feel her hands and has great ... read more

Thursday may 10 Some people have asked us why we landed in Fairbanks as our first Alaskan stop off. To Territorians it’s a bit like going first to Katherine before Darwin. Our answer is that we wanted to get over any jet lag especially before Maree worked at the school. Really the jet lag has not been any problem. And secondly we wanted to sample/experience “Real Alaska” and it’s people before coming to the big smoke. Today we broaden our horizons. After picking up a hire car our first adventure is the change in road rules. Then it’s off to Chena Hot Springs. With ice capped mountains all around we strip off to bathers and descend into steaming hot water. It is really uncomfortably hot at first and there is a strong sulphur aroma, very ... read more

Ok, let's start with saying that I made it to Alaska. In our last installment, I had to get off the plane in Seattle, grab my parka, go back through security and catch my flight. So this is how it went down: By the time I actually got off the airplane and into the terminal I had 16 minutes to my next flight. I was at Gate D16 and needed to be at C18. To make this more visual, think of a "U" Shape. I was at the top right of the U and had to get to the top left, which was probably pretty close to 1 mile. No moving walkways or anything to help me out. When I got off the plane I grabbed the first customer service agent and asked if I would ... read more

I discovered lake Lucille last summer. I have caught more fish over 20 inches long than you would believe. I found the fish in this lake because we were going to set of fireworks for the fourth. In Alaska it's not dark until about 2 am. I decided to fish while we wait. I caught a couple of fish about 18 inches long. Then I saw about ten inches of the side of a fish above the water as it rolled over my floating line. This fish has been my favorite lake ever since.... read more