WiLDFILLY's ALASKA ! Sunday

Sunday

really began Saturday night, May 27.

After a 4 hour layover in Seattle, we were MORE than happy to

get back on a plane and continue NORTH TO ALASKA.

I will never forget how we got on that plane in Seattle at 9 PM

that night, and as we flew north, the sky kept getting

brighter, as if it was dawn already !

My friend and web partner met us at the airport, at 12:30 AM

.....as in Midnight-thirty. He brought for us a huge package

each of smoked salmon and caribou sausage.....for

snackers in the room ! Ahh, Alaskan hospitality !!

He (we later found out he was teasing), pointed out on the

horizon where they put the smokers in our hotel, GRRRRR...

After reading the video cam instructions, (borrowed from my

son), on how to charge the power pack, we tucked in for a

few hours sleep. You might imagine how hard this was, still

wired from the all-day plane ride, no darker than dusk

outside, and just itching to explore !

First, we had to get back out to the airport, to get our

wheels. Then, since downtown Anchorage is a maze of one-

way streets, we just drove up one & down the next, to get

ourselves oriented........and to figure out how to turn off the

darned windshield wipers on the rental car ! Chuckling.....

We played typical tourists, visiting gift shops, furriers,

landmarks and exhibits, including: The Earthquake Exhibit,

Sky Song, and David Green, Master Furrier.

We ate lunch at a place called Blondies', and liked it so well

that we went back for breakfast when next in Anchorage.

We bought most of our souvenirs for family and friends, while

we still had money, Sunday. And so, we got to haul them

around for the rest of the trip, sheesh.

While I did end up buying two ULU knives, I still regret not

buying that mosquito skinner - I think that would work great

here in Oklahoma !

We finally called it a day, and went back to our motel room to

rest up for Monday's activities. On a schedule already

packed to the brim, my friend from AK added one more item

to the list.....a visit to the Matanuska Glacier !

Anchorage

is the largest city in Alaska. With a 1998 population of

621,400 residents, nearly half of the state’s residents live in

Anchorage.

On Good Friday, March 27, 1964 the most powerful earthquake

in United States history struck Anchorage and the South

Central coast and measured 9.2 on the Richter Scale. I hope

to soon have a page devoted to the life-changing event.

The Chugach Range

extends along the Gulf of Alaska from Seward to Cape

Suckling, and frames Anchorage with its beauty and teeming

wildlife. Covering more than 5,400,000 acres, it contains over

3500 miles of coastline, with the ever present wildlife, glaciers

and inlets.

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By Day	By Location
	Anchorage
Sunday	Matanuska Glacier
Monday	Portage Glacier
Tuesday	Big Game Alaska
Wednesday	Whittier
Thursday	Prince William Sound
Friday	Kenai Peninsula
	Trapper Creek
Moose	Alaska Facts
Denali	Chugach Range
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