Blogs from Anchorage, Alaska, United States, North America - page 4

The 2018 race will be the 46th running of the Iditarod, "The Last Great Race." There are currently 68 teams registered to race across Alaska from near Anchorage to Nome, a distance of about 1,000 miles. The winner in 2017 set a record of just over 8 days to complete the distance. The teams race around the clock, with 3 mandatory rest stops spaced along the course. The race commemorates the historical delivery of diptheria serum by heroic dog sled teams, back in January, 1925, when Nome was even more remote than it is today; even mail was delivered to Nome by dog sled. When the local doctor diagnosed a few cases of diptheria, he radioed to locate serum to halt the outbreak. In the days of open cockpit planes, in January it ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Encore une petite nuit......... Pas de projet particulier ce matin au réveil. Pier décide d'aller visiter le musée de la culture Innu d'Anchorage. Pour ma part, les musées en anglais, j'ai des difficultés. La voiture, depuis 2 jours réclame une vidange, les rôles sont vites repartis. Je le laisse au musée, on se donne rdv à point donné à midi, en sachant qu'il est 10h. Habituellement un changement d'huile prend environ une ½ heure. Dans ce grand garage Chrysler, il doit y avoir au moins 30 personnes. Tous ces gens courent dans tous les sens, et donnent l'impression de brasser de l'air, Il va me falloir plus de 2h pour récupérer ma voiture. Le problème est que Pier à laisser son téléphone dans ma voiture. Et là le sevrage à commencé. N'ayant pas ... read more

On a day when the sun peeps through the clouds in Anchorage you get out and walk the streets which are lined with beautiful flowering baskets , you potter about the town garden squares and admire the bursts of colour of the most massive flowers.... they are all 5 times bigger here than in U.K. Downtown Anchorage has the feel of a small town with very few high rise buildings - maybe that's something to do with earthquakes and I am praying that another one doesn't happen while I am here !!!! Once in a lifetime is enough for me. It is small enough to wander in the central area , and gaze with Captain Cook across the water of Cook Straight to the mountains beyond. However on the days when rain and dark clouds beckon ... read more

OUR ALASKAN ADVENTUREMAY 18-31, 2004Tuesday, May 18It didn’t seem possible that we were taking this trip! We’d planned it since booking an RV in December, and Bob had long ago made a car rental reservation plus a B&B booking. However, just 16 hours ago I was driving to Pt. Charlotte from our home in Englewood, FL; halfway there, my ’99 Cadillac was rear-ended not once, but twice, in North Port. The vehicle that caused my car to be totaled also hit six other cars and trucks before finally saving me for last. The poor lady who was hit just before me (she also hit me) had to be air-lifted to a Tampa ... read more

We got our bags out onto the outside second floor walkway for transport to Anchorage by HAL. We walked over to the Denali Square just across the street for breakfast, where I had a heated cinnamon roll and mocha Frappuccino and Sharon got a chocolate chip muffin. We sat on some benches outside the restaurant, and protected from the misty rain. Sharon had become concerned about our likelihood (or lack thereof) of reaching Seward in time to make it to the onboard Sunday mass tomorrow evening. I didn’t see what the problem of and asked, “Why don’t we just go Sunday morning in Anchorage?” noting that the train won’t be leaving Anchorage for Seward until noon. “Hmm,” Sharon thought, “Thanks! I Might have thought of that!” We waited in the Dinner Theatre from the other night, ... read more