Day 7 in Alaska

This was our final day in Anchorage. Dan and I loved it here and wouldn't be to hard to convince us to live there!!! We stopped at the Wildlife Conservation Center and saw a lot of animals there. Then drove to Wittier and boarded a cruise boat to explore Prince Williams Sound. That was an awesome tour and I got on videotape glacier calving, which is where a part of it breaks off and hits the water with an amazing sound!! We had a nice onboard lunch of salmon and Prime rib. After that we headed up Mount Alyeska to ride the Aerial Tramway which was a bit frightening hanging there by a cable up the mountain but the scenery was incredible!!

Day 6 in Alaska

Today was a slower day than the rest of them. We headed to Anchorage and stopped at the Oomingmak Cooperative, trust me you don't NEED to stop there!! Then headed to the hotel for the rest of the day was ours to explore. Dan and I and 2 other couples rented a mini van and drove to Seward to see what was down there. It was a beautiful drive.


Here is a picture of salmon spawning. It was in a creek just off the highway. They are just huge salmon. There were red ones too.

Day 5 in Alaska

Today we went to Palmer to visit the Havermeister's Dairy Farm and the creamery where they ship their milk to.

Then we went to this restraunt, can't remember the name but it was "gourmet" food which really meant YOU GOT NOTHING TO EAT FOR LOTS OF MONEY!! It was good salad and turkey pot pie, just not enough to "fill" a lot of the people on the trip. lol Here is a picture of our salad. They focused on presentation mostly, as you weren't even allowed to sit down until THEY were ready for you to sit.

After that we headed to the Musk Ox farm which was very interesting. Their Qiviut (fine under-wool of the musk ox) is very soft and 8 times warmer than wool.

The final stop for the day was at Pyra's Pioneer Peak farm where they grow vegetables for people to pick and pay for. Their vegetables are very big in Alaska too!!

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Day 4 in Alaska

Here is how we took the dogs out. This was just a rush!! They then put on a nice dinner. We had pork tenderloin made on the grill and put in a sandwich, awesome coleslaw, pickles, and cheesecake with a strawberry in whipped cream for dessert... YUUUUUUUUUUMY

We had so much fun today. We did a lot of riding in the bus but was fun this afternoon especially. We "rode" behind some sled dogs in a Gator ATV. What a rush!!!

Here are 3 of the 5 new little 5 day old "sled dogs" They were super cute