Tuesday March 4, 2008

 

 

Alaska 2003 – Part 2 

Since I’m in Iditarod mode, I am entering pictures of our 2003 trip to Alaska.

 

As I post this entry, Lance Mackey is in the lead, and our guide, Jesse Royer, is in eleventh place (the ten people ahead of her are all male – go girl!)

 

 

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This was a scene somewhere before Anchorage – on our flight out of Chicago.

 

 

The first thing we did after landing in Anchorage was pick up the motorhome we had rented.  From there we stopped for a few groceries and found a place to park for the night.  We took advantage of free parking most nights.  Fred Meyer stores offer free parking, and because we had rented our 24′ Winnebago from an Alaskan company (Great Alaskan Holiday), State Parks provided free parking.

 

 

Talkeetna sounded interesting, so that was one of our first stops the next morning.

 

 

I love eating at unique places – and this roadhouse was unique.

 

 

I ordered an RLT (reindeer, lettuce, tomato).

 

 

This dog was hoping I would give him a bite.  Notice the grey car across the street.

 

 

Just before we finished eating, this young man sat on the car and serenaded us with fiddle music.

 

 

That evening, just as we entered Denali Park, we saw a mother moose and her two babies.

 

 

I don’t know what this weed or plant is, but it was so pretty.