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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Cheri Sept-5-12
1:34 PM | 
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Last night was quite a scary time. We had around 55mph winds that rocked the 5th wheel back and forth. Trees were blown down here in the park and the electricity went off. It didn’t quiet down until the early morning hours. No one got much sleep, but everyone came through ok, even the little t-pee camper.
Today was a cool rainy day. We left the park at 9:30 and Spike gave us the city tour and then we checked out the Ulu Factory. We were given a demonstration on how to correctly use this knife and could watch how they make the Ulus. A number of our group bought some for themselves or as gifts.
Our next stop was the Iditarod Race Headquarters at the Millennium Hotel. This is where they have the banquet for the Iditarod Mushers before the race starts. The lobby was filled with stuffed heads of all the Alaskan animals. It was quite a site. They gave us all a cup of coffee, and we browsed the lobby.
We then headed to the Fur Exchange. That was neat. All the skins were hung up for purchase. The gang tried on all the fur hats with the animal heads on them. No one bought a hat but we all had fun checking them out.
We headed down the Turnagain Arm, watched for the Beluga Whales but saw none. We stopped at the Indian Valley Meats processing plant. They had samples out of the Reindeer Sausage, Salami, sausage brats, etc. Our group bought a lot of items. As a treat, we also bought ice cream cones.
Spike stopped at a turn-off where we could catch a glimpse of the spawning salmon. It was raining and so his dog Skippy had his own little tour coat on. How cute!
We stopped at The Portage Glacier Center. We watched the movie on how glaciers are formed. The saw both the Portage Glacier and Byron Glacier and got lots of pictures. The blue in the glacier pops right in the pictures.
At the Wild Animal Park we caught a glimpse of a coyote roaming around. There were lots of bison and reindeer. The bears were huge and we even saw an eagle.
We didn’t get back to the park until 7pm. Everyone was tired, due to their sleepless night and we ready to call it a day.
Gay and I went out to eat with Spike and another tour couple. Spike took us to his favorite Chinese restaurant. It was excellent.
We had such a wonderful day.
To see pictures of the day click on this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Anchorage day one.
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