July 9-11, 2009 - Anchorage, AK
We headed out of Talkeetna towards Anchorage and again it was too smoky to see the Alaska Range, Mt. McKinley or any of the glaciers. We did not see any wildlife along the road even though we saw a lot of “moose crossing” signs. We passed through Wasilla but Rex wouldn’t stop so we could say “Hello” to Sara Palin and wish her well in her new endeavors now that she has resigned as Governor of Alaska. We are staying at the Golden Nugget RV Park in Anchorage. Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska with a population of around 290,000 and is the biggest city we have been in for a long time. We went to the visitors center which is a small sod roofed cabin in the middle of downtown and walked around for a while. Most of the street corners have beautiful flower beds and there are a lot of large hanging baskets of flowers. A young lady who is going to school in Anchorage helped us with finding a parking space and told us the “Moose’s Tooth” was a great place for pizza and microbrew beer – and ...