1 Arrival in Anchorage for a two night stay at the Hotel Captain Cook π
2 Good morning Anchorage! Actually could be any time of day since the sun barely sets this time of year. Technically 11:30pm to 2am is "night time", but with the sun just below the horizon the sky still glows at 1am like it's dusk. Really disorienting, but the blackout shades in the room did their job. Official tour starts with a reception tonight and then on to Wasilla, Talkeetna, and Denali tomorrow.
3 Good morning Anchorage! Actually could be any time of day since the sun barely sets this time of year. Technically 11:30pm to 2am is "night time", but with the sun just below the horizon the sky still glows at 1am like it's dusk. Really disorienting, but the blackout shades in the room did their job. Official tour starts with a reception tonight and then on to Wasilla, Talkeetna, and Denali tomorrow.
4 Good morning Anchorage! Actually could be any time of day since the sun barely sets this time of year. Technically 11:30pm to 2am is "night time", but with the sun just below the horizon the sky still glows at 1am like it's dusk. Really disorienting, but the blackout shades in the room did their job. Official tour starts with a reception tonight and then on to Wasilla, Talkeetna, and Denali tomorrow.
5 Saturday was free for us to wander around downtown Anchorage and right across the street from the hotel was the intriguing Arctic Sushi π£ However, a quick yelp and google search revealed it to be pretty mediocre, backed up by the fact that we didn't see any one eating inside.
6 The Anchorage Veterans Memorial in Delaney Park
7 No yoga on Saturday in Delaney Park, but there is a canine obedience class and a farmer's market in progress
8 Star the Reindeer lives in a pen in the front yard of a residential home in downtown Anchorage
9 The summer season is so short in Alaska that the crabapple trees were just reaching peak bloom πΈ
10 We had bought Max a qiviut (musk ox) scarf during our Canadian Rockies trip the previous year and she loved it so much we stopped by the indigenous co-op in Anchorage to buy her a hat.
11 Best bet for a quick lunch in Anchorage is International House of Hotdogs- a food truck on blocks that serves up some amazing eats πππ
12 Best bet for a quick lunch in Anchorage is International House of Hotdogs- a food truck on blocks that serves up some amazing eats πππ
13 Max got the Alaskan Buffalo dog with grilled onions and chipotle sauce sans bun, and an order of the garlic cilantro fries that were to die for π
14 After talking with the owner at length, I got his variation on a Chicago Polish dog with jalapeΓ±o relish instead of sport peppers
15 Captain Cook statue overlooking Cook Inlet into Anchorage harbor
16 Captain Cook statue overlooking Cook Inlet into Anchorage harbor
17 Cook Inlet, but unfortunately most of the mountains in the signage were obscured by clouds
18 In 1915, Oscar Anderson was the 18th person to arrive in Anchorage which was then just a tent city.. He rose to prominence as a business leader in the town and his house is now a museum overlooking the bay.
19 In 1915, Oscar Anderson was the 18th person to arrive in Anchorage which was then just a tent city.. He rose to prominence as a business leader in the town and his house is now a museum overlooking the bay.
20 Barge pulling out of the Port of Anchorage and heading down the Cook Inlet