Sharp's Travels

Today was our free day. Gay was up early but I slept in until 7:30pm. We relaxed, had coffee and breakfast and then got ready to do our errands.

First off, the quilt store. I wanted to check out the Alaskan fabric at the quilt store. They had some neat stuff but I didn’t buy any.

Next stop was to fill the LP tank, just over $30 to fill our tank, expensive. We brought that back to the 5rh wheel and had some lunch.

Gay wanted to check out the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum. It was a disappointment. They had a big display of old pictures and lots for a person to read but not many planes. That’s what we wanted to see was the planes.

We stopped at Fred Meyers for groceries and than over to their gas station to fuel up. We should be good on fuel now until we get to Kenai.

At 5pm we were all bussed over to the Alaska Wild Berry Park for a family style dinner and show. We had ribs, beef, chicken, halibut, coleslaw and corn fritters along with an ice cream bar.

The show started at 7am at the tent just outside the Sourdough restaurant. Dusty Sourdough told the legend of Alexander King, the guy that first found gold in Alaska. From there we went over to the Wild Berry Theater to see Hobo Jim perform. He sang a number of Alaskan songs he had written and played the guitar.

Our last stop of the evening was the Candy Kitchen and Gift Shop. They have the worlds largest chocolate falls—20 feet high. You could look into the kitchen and watch them make candy, jellies and jams.

Our bus was ready and waiting to take us back to the park at 9:30pm. On the way back we saw a moose and her 2 little ones grazing alone the interstate. Gay tried to get pictures but they didn’t come out.

For pictures of the day see album: Anchorage 7-22-08