Blogs from Anchorage, Alaska, United States, North America - page 7

Geo: 61.2176, -149.858We caught the fabulous Sky train back to the airport without a hitch and boarded our flight after passing through US immigration before we had even left Canada. It was a welcome relief to get this part over and done with when we had time to spare at the airport rather than when we landed - I know from experience how long it can take to clear immigration once in the states and so this was brilliantly efficient and something I wish we could always do! The landing was a little bumpy but aside from that it was a good flight. However, we did get a glimpse into the future for the cruise we are taking next week - everyone on the flight was over 60 aside from us - the majority of people ... read more

The last three days have been busy ones. We took the free shuttle into Anchorage and wandered around for a while. We have dinner reservations at the Bridge, a restaurant we discovered last time we were here and has the freshest King Crab ever. We ended up at Humpy's, a saloon/tavern/restaurant and ordered our favorite Alaskan beer, Kodiak Brown. Either the formula has changed or our tastes buds, but it was not nearly as good as we remembered. Nothing else attracted us so we made our way slowly to Ship's Creek and the restaurant. We were too early to be seated but we watched the fisher people for a while. We saw one man with two large salmon but never did see a salmon caught. When we were seated by the window and waiting for our ... read more

Susan encouraged me to continue my travel blog... so before we head out I had to make sure I could get in and post okay! Mark and I are headed to Portland, OR. We are going to visit his brother John's grave in Trinidad, CA and visit friends near there who were John's second wife's best girlfriend. First to Portland to pick up a 19' RV from Cruise America... we have found that this is quite a wonderful, independent way to travel, even if one has relatives and friends to stay with on the way. If you are getting this blog and would rather not, let me know and I can delete your email from the list!... read more

Last day to pack it up and hit the road... Breakfast at The Caribou Family Restaurant. They offered caribou and reindeer sausage. When asked the difference, our spunky waitress said that reindeer can fly! We heard on the local news that a pregnant moose delivered her calf in the Lowe's parking lot between cars. The drivers, not wanting to disturb the pair, said they would return later for their cars... Never saw anything like that at our Lowe's! We decided to golf 9 holes at the Birch Ridge Golf Course. Sally commented that the fairways were like pastures compared to our courses at home, but compared to the Fireweed Meadows GC in Anchor Point, it was like Augusta! Perspective is everything... The setting was beautiful, but we had several STEEP climbs. A car drove down the ... read more

We have some catching up to do here even though it’s only been 6 days. We had a great R&R at the Sourdough Campground in Tok. The pancakes and reindeer sausage were everything they advertised and we left with full bellies, a clean truck and clean cloths. The road from Tok to Anchorage is known as the Tok Bypass until it reaches the Glenn Highway. Michelle and I renamed this road the Ribbon Candy Slowpass. Do not get caught admiring the beautiful views as I did once, hitting a series of frost heaves way to fast and jarring the truck, the fifth wheel and the navigator. We made too many stops for pictures and finally just had to keep moving or risk turning a 6 hour drive into an all-day photo fest. It would have been ... read more