Day 38
Leisurely day in Anchorage. We drove to the Earthquake Park, it is a memorial site for the Friday March 27 1964 earthquake, the largest (9.2) to ever hit in North America. We drove through Lake Hope float plane airport (right next to Anchorage International) and actually drove across taxi strips. We visited the Ulu factory; they make the famous ulu knife. We went for lunch at the Snow Goose Pub and at the same time were treated to a practice session of the Blue Angels (the US Navy precision flying team). Apparently there is an air show for the next two days at the US Air Force base, just north of town; and as one local told us the Snow "Geese" from Canada were also performing - she really meant the Snowbirds; but who were we to argue with her... the attached picture is one of the fly bys.
We took a small hike on the coastal Trail, then headed back for an early happy hour....
Before that we called Jamie, Cassie and Hadley and talked to them via Skype (thanks to RC's stick, we had a good Internet connection) and we were treated to a second Blue Angel practice; this time six planes were used and we saw them from our campground.
Up to this point, it had been a sunny day; but then it started to drizzle and is still drizzling as I type this; so, Anchorage has now had 11 straight days with rain, with more in the forecast for the week-end.
That night the RV park put on a free soup & roll lunch, followed by a Rock & Roll concert - it was worth every penny we paid for it, and I mean that - it was good. We learned that as of this morning the Tok to Dawson highway is still closed - this is not sounding good.
Great pic of the jets! So what happens if the highway is closed? Do you have to back-track or is there another route that you can take??
ReplyDeleteWow those ulu knives look really neat....had to look it up to see what it was like!
ReplyDeleteIf the highway is closed we can't get to Dawson City, the long way around is a 700 mile detour, so we would not do that; the next problem is that the Cassiar highway in BC is closed for a forest fire - we plan to be there Aug 13 - sure hope that fire is out by then; because we don't want to miss Hyder and Jasper
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