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Flattop Mountain
... to the states etc etc. He got kicked out of school because told the teacher she was possessed by the devil. He was learning Chinese because they are taking over America. I'm sure you've all had one at home. Today, Nevis had this brilliant idea to take a leisurely stroll up Flattop Mountain. Well, that was the sales pitch. Upon return from the 3550 ft stroll ...
Back To The Starting Point
... ve had in all the previous weeks !
Now it's off to bed for some sleep as I'm up very early tomorrow, to be picked up at 7.00 a.m. and taken to the float-plane airport, where I will fly by float-plane about an hour away to Redoubt Bay (near an active volcano) to spend the day watching bears from a small boat cruising down the coast.
Should be fun if the bears come out to play.
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Impressions of Anchorage
... towards the facing mountains and the Aleutian Range (see picture) - which in the sun this morning looked deceptively close across the Cook Inlet but is actually between 50 and 70 miles away.
So I was wandering aorund looking for a reindeer-meat hot dog for lunch, when it started to rain and I dropped into "Darwin's Theory", apparently one of Anchorage's most "delapidated and atmospheric" bars - it calls itself ...
City of Flowers
... It seems that trading post-type souvenir shops are everywhere, but we also found some cute shops with artisan products and neat little coffee shops. Mart and Larry did some shopping while Rich and I found a coffee shop selling artisan chocolate truffles and HAD to have a couple! We met again for an early dinner at the Marx Brothers Cafe, a small gourmet place with a great wine list in a little house near downtown. It was a recommendation from Marcia's friend from the ...
The Circle Game
... wars. I'm beginning to appreciate the advantages of coming full circle.
I couldn't wait to see if my 86 year old World War II marine colonel friend, Hal was still working at the Home Depot. For those that do not remember Hal, I refer you to the North to Alaska blog entry from two years ago. I searched every department of the store and didn't see Hal. I spoke to a manager that has ...