We arrived in Anchorage on Monday, and set up camp in a beautiful state park, Chugach Eagle River Campground. In Alaska, unlike California, the folks who run the parks understand that not all RV's are 26' long anymore. We have large level campsites, with room for our slide out rooms. We caravaned into Anchorage for a Costco stop. Anchorage is the only city in Alaska with a Costco, and they have two of them. By the way, gasoline at Costco was $4.169, probably cheaper than in California. Monday evening, Susan and Allen, who Diane and Bob met when they were here three years ago, joined us for "happy hour" in the campground, then for a mexican dinner (yes, it was as good as in California) in the town of Eagle River.
On Tuesday, we traveled into Anchorage itself and picked up enough brochures to start a dozen campfires from the Visitor Center.
We parked our cars in what seemed to be the only free parking spaces in all of Anchorage, assembled our fold-up bicycles and headed out on the Coastal Trail which runs along Cook Inlet which connects Anchorage with the ocean. After returning to camp, we barbequed some sockeye salmon purchased at Costco. Yum!!
Wednesday morning, the gals headed for a laundromat, while LaVan and Tom found a barbershop for much needed trims. More sightseeing is on the agenda for the next day or so, then we leave the Anchorage area to spend a couple of days at a camp-out with a local Holiday Rambler club.
Now for the questions. We were asked how our cats are fairing on this long journey. For those of you who may not know, our two cats travel with us whenever we're on a motorhome trip.
I don't think they "enjoy" traveling, but they seem pretty content with it. A couple of changes have occurred on this trip; Bella, who usually rides on the sofa, has decided that she'd rather be under the covers on the bed, where her brother, Cocoa, has always ridden. Also, Cocoa, our "night" cat who usually doesn't come out to socialize until evening, is spending a lot more time on the furniture or on a window sill during the day.
We've also heard questions about the weather. Actually, it's much better than we expected. We've had lots of cloudiness, but very little rain, since leaving Washington state. Temps have mostly been in the 50's, except for Barrow, which was around 40 degrees, Fairbanks, which was around 70, and now in Anchorage, where it's in the high 60's. Debbie and Diane were shopping in a bead store yesterday, and the clerk was complaining about the oppressive heat! It might have been 69 or so, but she wished it would rain to cool things down. It all depends on your perspective, I guess.
On Tuesday, we traveled into Anchorage itself and picked up enough brochures to start a dozen campfires from the Visitor Center.
We parked our cars in what seemed to be the only free parking spaces in all of Anchorage, assembled our fold-up bicycles and headed out on the Coastal Trail which runs along Cook Inlet which connects Anchorage with the ocean. After returning to camp, we barbequed some sockeye salmon purchased at Costco. Yum!!Wednesday morning, the gals headed for a laundromat, while LaVan and Tom found a barbershop for much needed trims. More sightseeing is on the agenda for the next day or so, then we leave the Anchorage area to spend a couple of days at a camp-out with a local Holiday Rambler club.
Now for the questions. We were asked how our cats are fairing on this long journey. For those of you who may not know, our two cats travel with us whenever we're on a motorhome trip.
I don't think they "enjoy" traveling, but they seem pretty content with it. A couple of changes have occurred on this trip; Bella, who usually rides on the sofa, has decided that she'd rather be under the covers on the bed, where her brother, Cocoa, has always ridden. Also, Cocoa, our "night" cat who usually doesn't come out to socialize until evening, is spending a lot more time on the furniture or on a window sill during the day.
We've also heard questions about the weather. Actually, it's much better than we expected. We've had lots of cloudiness, but very little rain, since leaving Washington state. Temps have mostly been in the 50's, except for Barrow, which was around 40 degrees, Fairbanks, which was around 70, and now in Anchorage, where it's in the high 60's. Debbie and Diane were shopping in a bead store yesterday, and the clerk was complaining about the oppressive heat! It might have been 69 or so, but she wished it would rain to cool things down. It all depends on your perspective, I guess.
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