Better weather today—some sun, some clouds and a few rain drops, but not enough to slow us down. We finished our laundry so we can head to Seward tomorrow with everything clean. Then we opened the back of the RV and dug out some stuff we’d stored under the sofa.
This evening we went into town to the Sourdough Mining Company and saw a free show put on by Dusty Sourdough. It was a great hour long show and Barbara even won a beautiful polar bear pocket knife. She likes the container it came in better in the knife so I guess I get the knife and she’ll keep the container!
After the show we went inside and had a great halibut nugget dinner along with their famous korn fritters. Wow, are they ever good.
From there it was back to camp to get a good night’s sleep. Tomorrow we are heading down to Seward for a couple of days.
The high temp today was 65 and the low was 54 degrees.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Day 49, Sun, Jul 22, 2007, Anchorage, AK
Today was a great day except that we woke up to rain, had rain all day, and went to bed with rain, but it was mostly a light rain all day, so not entirely bad.
The great part of the day was meeting up with our friend Rosemary at the Millennium Hotel (Iditarod’s race headquarters every March) and had a very nice lunch and catching up. Then Rosemary took us downtown and we went to a great place (only a couple years old) called Bear and Raven Adventure Theater. It started out with a very nice high definition movie about Alaska, complete with a snowstorm blown on the audience.
From there we were able to board a balloon with a screen in the bottom of it making it appear we were flying over different things, complete with the motion of the balloon. Then we went salmon fishing by sitting in the back of a boat with a fishing rod and line hooked to a TV screen showing the fish we were catching. The line reacted with the fish, making it seem so real. Then we were able to stand on a sled runner with a dog team projected on a big screen making it seem we were being pulled by the sled dog team, again complete with sled motion to feel so real. It was all really neat. We’ll have pictures of all this up soon.
Then Rosemary took us to Cold Stone Creamery for some really great ice cream, then a nice tour of Anchorage. A great afternoon we had.
Also today we finally saw moose in person. As we were leaving the base, we saw a moose really close to the road, and again when we came back onto the base, we saw another moose quite close to the road about a quarter mile from where we saw the other one earlier.
The high temp today was 64 and the low was 54 degrees.
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The great part of the day was meeting up with our friend Rosemary at the Millennium Hotel (Iditarod’s race headquarters every March) and had a very nice lunch and catching up. Then Rosemary took us downtown and we went to a great place (only a couple years old) called Bear and Raven Adventure Theater. It started out with a very nice high definition movie about Alaska, complete with a snowstorm blown on the audience.
From there we were able to board a balloon with a screen in the bottom of it making it appear we were flying over different things, complete with the motion of the balloon. Then we went salmon fishing by sitting in the back of a boat with a fishing rod and line hooked to a TV screen showing the fish we were catching. The line reacted with the fish, making it seem so real. Then we were able to stand on a sled runner with a dog team projected on a big screen making it seem we were being pulled by the sled dog team, again complete with sled motion to feel so real. It was all really neat. We’ll have pictures of all this up soon.
Then Rosemary took us to Cold Stone Creamery for some really great ice cream, then a nice tour of Anchorage. A great afternoon we had.
Also today we finally saw moose in person. As we were leaving the base, we saw a moose really close to the road, and again when we came back onto the base, we saw another moose quite close to the road about a quarter mile from where we saw the other one earlier.
The high temp today was 64 and the low was 54 degrees.
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Day 48, Sat, Jul 21, 2007, Anchorage, AK
Today our mushing friend, G.B. Jones, had a “show and tell” at Cottonwood Park here at Fort Richardson. Families of spouses deployed to Iraq and injured soldiers recuperating from injuries were having a picnic and had invited G.B. to come and bring his dogs and equipment. G.B. invited us to join him, and the families having the picnic invited us to help ourselves to the food. It was delicious, the people very nice and we had a great time.
Also, our third seat had broken and the manager of the woodworking shop on base offered to cut a board to our specifications. He told us to come back in 2 hours, charged us $3.00 and our seat is better than new.
We woke up to blue skies but by 8:00 p.m. had a brief shower. High was 71, low was 48. Great sleeping weather!
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Also, our third seat had broken and the manager of the woodworking shop on base offered to cut a board to our specifications. He told us to come back in 2 hours, charged us $3.00 and our seat is better than new.
We woke up to blue skies but by 8:00 p.m. had a brief shower. High was 71, low was 48. Great sleeping weather!
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Day 47, Fri, Jul 20, 2007, Anchorage, AK
A relaxing day visiting with other campers. We got a latch fixed at A&M RV in town and a couple that are staying here were there also. Nice folks and we enjoyed our short visit. And Jerry, the service manager at A&M said he didn’t have a category for bending latches so that was free. We spent the rest of the day at the campground doing some laundry and visiting with people here—just generally enjoying ourselves. Still haven’t seen that moose or bear, but we’re looking!
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Day 46, Thu, Jul 19, 2007, Anchorage, AK
Today we went into town to an RV place and checked out whether we could get the awning replaced. Since there are no Roadtrek dealers around here that we can find, we didn’t hold out much hope. Plus we are having a problem with one of the latches. The place we stopped said to come back Monday and they would look at the latch and see if they could do anything about the awning, but they didn’t sound too promising. We’ll see, I guess.
We then went to the Ulu factory and bought another ulu bowl. We love that ulu knife and bowl. Barbara wanted a second bowl to use strictly for veggies.
The highlight of the afternoon was a stop at the Wildride Sled Dog Show next to the Ulu factory that was hosted by young Iditarod finisher Dallas Seavey. The Seavey’s (long time Iditarod mushing family) put on an hour long fun show that was well worth the $14.00 admission fee. They also have Flapjack in the show who was a star in the movie “8 below”. At the end of the show they let you roam around and pet the puppies and by luck, Dan Seavey, the grandfather who ran the very first Iditarod in 1973 was there and we got to chat with him for a good while. What a treat!
Today it was cloudy. The high was 72 degrees, the low 55 degrees.
Sunrise is 4:59 AM, sunset is 11:10 PM.
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We then went to the Ulu factory and bought another ulu bowl. We love that ulu knife and bowl. Barbara wanted a second bowl to use strictly for veggies.
The highlight of the afternoon was a stop at the Wildride Sled Dog Show next to the Ulu factory that was hosted by young Iditarod finisher Dallas Seavey. The Seavey’s (long time Iditarod mushing family) put on an hour long fun show that was well worth the $14.00 admission fee. They also have Flapjack in the show who was a star in the movie “8 below”. At the end of the show they let you roam around and pet the puppies and by luck, Dan Seavey, the grandfather who ran the very first Iditarod in 1973 was there and we got to chat with him for a good while. What a treat!
Today it was cloudy. The high was 72 degrees, the low 55 degrees.
Sunrise is 4:59 AM, sunset is 11:10 PM.
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Day 45, Wed, Jul 18, 2007, Anchorage, AK
Today I finally got through to Verizon and asked about the horrendous roaming fees. Turns out we were charged roaming fees for our usage in Canada. So now we at least know when we go back through Canada on our way home to limit our usage and try to find WIFI hotspots. Fortunately we don’t get charged roaming fees in Alaska, even though we are actually roaming and the throughput is not good, but at least here in the Anchorage area we do have a connection.
From there we went to Eagle River and went to Eric and Marti Rogers’ house and visited them and their kennel. Then Barbara found out Marti quilts and everything turned to quilting. So much so, Marti and Barbara went to town and did some quilt fabric shopping. Then we went to Johanns Restaurant in Eagle River and had a great dinner. From there it was back to the campground to call it a day.
It was great to get to know Eric and Marti a little and to visit with them. Of course visiting their kennel was a highlight as we got to meet each and every one of his great dogs.
It was quite cloudy all day today.
The high temp today was 68 degrees, the low was 58 degrees.
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From there we went to Eagle River and went to Eric and Marti Rogers’ house and visited them and their kennel. Then Barbara found out Marti quilts and everything turned to quilting. So much so, Marti and Barbara went to town and did some quilt fabric shopping. Then we went to Johanns Restaurant in Eagle River and had a great dinner. From there it was back to the campground to call it a day.
It was great to get to know Eric and Marti a little and to visit with them. Of course visiting their kennel was a highlight as we got to meet each and every one of his great dogs.
It was quite cloudy all day today.
The high temp today was 68 degrees, the low was 58 degrees.
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Day 44, Tue, Jul 17, 2007, Anchorage, AK
The campground host stopped by first thing this morning and said they had a full hookup site for us, so we had breakfast and then moved to the new site. After checking it out, we went to the Commissary and Exchange and Barbara bought a couple of souvenirs.
The motorhome is so very filthy that we hated to get near it, so we found a car wash just off base and stopped by. We didn’t have enough quarters to give it a good bath, but we did get the heavy stuff off so we won’t get dirt all over us if we get near the vehicle.
The high today was 74 degrees, the low was 53 degrees.
The motorhome is so very filthy that we hated to get near it, so we found a car wash just off base and stopped by. We didn’t have enough quarters to give it a good bath, but we did get the heavy stuff off so we won’t get dirt all over us if we get near the vehicle.
The high today was 74 degrees, the low was 53 degrees.
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