Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Anchorage area

We spent about 2 weeks in the Anchorage area.  This included time in Wasilla and Palmer.  Wasilla is home to Sarah Palin.  We had lunch with Sarah on her porch and waved over to Putin in Russia...maybe not.
We did have dinner one evening with Gil and Jeanine Lulay who live in Anchorage.  They winter in Mesa, AZ at the same place we do.  It was very nice to see them.  They gave us some insight as to things to do in Anchorage.  The weather was rainy a lot so we don't have many pics to share.  We did enjoy the farmers market and a walk thru Anchorage.

Love the grass and flower roof on the visitor center.


We did make it to the Iditarod headquarters.  This is not where the race starts, it is just the headquarters, museum and gift shop.  There were some great displays and information here.

Credited as Father of the Iditarod

We took several drives just to see the scenery.  On one of them we stopped at a musk ox farm.  These guys are really cute!




There are no native musk ox in Alaska.  They were hunted to extinction here.  Several herds were reintroduced into the state from Canada but they are very remote.


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