Saturday, June 19, 2021

Alaska Day 6: Denali to Anchorage

Alaska Day 6: Denali to Anchorage

Weather: Overcast and chilly in the morning, ideal in the afternoon

Quote of the Day: Are you positive?

It's a Covid World: The pics are still in reverse order. We visit a native Alaskan heritage center and everybody that works there is practicing their spiels. Yet they are open. Pretty typical to meet people working the tourist trade where it is their first or second day. Very common.


It's a travel day. We leave the Denali Bluffs Hotel around 7:30. This was a typical NP type hotel: dark, dingy, rooms for two are barely sufficient for one person. We're glad to be moving on and our room at the Hilton had been recently renovated. It almost sparkled!


And, we get our Covid PCR tests: as you'll see below, the testers came out to the bus. Results will be sent via e-mail tomorrow. Are you positive, huh punk...well are you?


 




Best tee of the trip

Fishing on the stream leading to the hatchery. It's a contest to see who can pull out the largest salmon


Our going away dinner spot; THB has chicken. Dessert is rhubarb topped with vanilla ice cream: delisious

Are they playing tennis on the bus?









Native Alaskan dancers and band





View from Palmer 





Take THB to lunch and a bakery and what does he leave with? A loaf of local sourdough


How did we know this water tower was a local landmark? Our guide pointed it out...hmmmm....


Covid testing site




Pre-testng huddle (or was it a mound visit?)





A picture taken from the deck at Mary Carey's cafe
The view of Denali today
The Igloo hotel is now a state highway storage site


Breakfast at the Denali Bluffs




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4 comments:

  1. PicosecJune 20, 2021 at 9:24 PM

    Palmer has a fascinating, depression-era history.

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    1. thbJune 26, 2021 at 9:05 PM

      J: do you have a book to recommend? thx, THB

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  2. PicosecJune 28, 2021 at 11:01 PM

    See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matanuska_Valley_Colony for starters. There are relatively few descendants of the 1935 colonists still around, but Sarah Palin's husband (ex?) was one of them.

    Doug worked just outside of Palmer three summers for the National Outdoor Leadership School and we spent several days there a few years ago.

    Not sure about this year, but in a "normal" year there is competitive minor-league baseball played by college players around that area. Players are hosted by families, and stay in a host's home even on road trips. Very folksy.

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