10AM-2:30PM
Thank you, Lord, list:
A day to relax and catch up with e-mail
that it is only misty and not hard rain
a chance to stretch my legs
bike paths
unseen views
It's raining. Given the fabulous weather we have had, we have no right to complain. Yesterday as we drove into Palmer we could see the shadows and lower slopes of mountains on all sides. We had intended this for a laundry and regroup day, but since the B&B had coin washing machines, we threw stuff in last night to have the day free. But this morning even the shadows of mountains are invisible. We slept in, and didn't get going until 10. We had considered driving up route 1 through the mountains that we will miss by taking the ferry tomorrow, but the clouds make that pointless. So we drove to Anchorage just so we could say we had seen it.
The kids could do worse than be stationed here. It's a nice city. Lots of bike paths. Mom suggested, given their love of outdoor sports, that they would probably take up cross country skiing if they did live here. It's totally surrounded by sea and mountains to climb. We drove through the downtown and explored a couple neighborhoods along the shore. Houses are probably expensive, but not ostentatious. At Earthquake Park there was a panorama picture to identify points on the horizon, including Mt. McKinley (Denali). Yeah right. Here is the view of Anchorage from there. I think if it weren't raining, you would see mountains in the background.
Mom and Steve dropped me at the Coastal Trail and continued their explorations with a plan to meet up at Kincaid Park. The rain was off and on so most of the trail was viewed from beneath an umbrella.
Knowing they were waiting for me, I didn't dawdle. Of course, the distance was much longer than it appeared on the map. In the end it turned out to be about 4.5 miles. I had to remind myself I was hiking in Alaska--on an asphalt path...within sound of the airport...but IN ALASKA! Then I came upon this.
Definitely not Wisconsin.
And after 4.5 miles... Is that frisbee golf?!
Cold pizza for lunch leftover from Steve's dinner last night, some of the best he has ever had. Too bad Alaska isn't a foreign country. Naps, popcorn and a relaxing evening on the schedule!
Afghan update: No driving means no knitting. I was going to photograph it on a set of antlers I found here at the B&B, but they are outside and it is raining, so forget it.
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