During our drive down to Anchorage, everyone must have left the city and come north for the holiday weekend. Every campground we passed was packed to capacity, and everyone in Alaska must own a quad, a boat and/or a motor home. There was stopped traffic heading north of Anchorage that would rival a San Ramon rush hour on Bollinger Canyon Road. We actually have campground reservations for the 5th and 6th in Homer, but none for the 4th (duh!). So we really had to rough it!
Phil's extensive work travels have finally paid off in Hilton points. We didn't just get a room, but we were upgraded to a suite, including breakfast buffet. I have truly appreciated my long, hot shower, and the kids have really enjoyed our 2 large flat screen TVs. After our clean-up, we went out a local favorite, Uncle Joe's Pizzeria. Everyone that worked there was from California.
Anchorage did have fireworks, but they were at midnight following a double header baseball game at the local park (I think there are a couple of minor league teams up here). It's not dark, but they have them anyway. The picture above was taken at 10:30 p.m. It's interesting to note that many of the tourist shops downtown are open until 11:30 every night.
2 comments:
It's fun to follow your trip and see the great pictures.
You have some terrific pictures of Denali! What was the fox doing? Running away? Or sniffing to see what threats were nearby? Polychrome looked just as I remembered it. I'm glad the mountain came out for your visit.
Kathy
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