Alaskan Sampler - Anchorage

Day 14 We finish packing, turn in the RV, pick up a rental car, and ship a box of books home.

A stop at the zoo gives us a closer look at a brown bear; when he walks it sounds like the clomping of horses' hooves.  We really came to see the wolves, but they won't come out.  Guess we're just not supposed to see one. The Anchorage Museum of History and Art is displaying a collection of Michio Hiroshino's photographs. He got himself eaten by a bear on Kamkatchka - "gave himself to a bear" is how the museum put it.  Too bad.  It's nice work.   I especially like his shot of the Porcupine Caribou Herd.  Also some interesting Alaskan art. After a guided tour of the Alaska Gallery we had a late lunch at the Kodiak Café, I had a halibut sandwich and some great slaw. Back at the museum the Russian explorer's exhibit comes closer to making me seasick than our Kenai Fjords tour did.  We take time for a closer look at the Alaska Gallery and some native story telling.

This was actually our fourth time in Anchorage this trip.  First, we few into Anchorage, picked up and provisioned the RV, our home away from home.  Next, we came back to pick up a replacement camper key from Alutiiq.  We visited the Earthquake Park and Wolf Song the same day before returning to Eklutna.  The next day we stopped at the Alaskan Heritage Center before proceeding to the Kenai Penninsula.  Finally, we returned on the 14th day as chronicalled here. We have a final salmon dinner - still not as good as Kevin's, and fly home to hazy skies from Colrado forest fires.  Kevin drives most of the way from Salt Lake City.

© Regina M. McMullan, 2000