The Iditarod Chronicles

After leaving Dinali and heading south, we stopped at the Roadhouse in Talkeetna and had the best blueberry pie ever. The berries were huge and so juicy, the juice ran down your chin. The crust was just like mother used to make. You can order the pie and have it shipped.



Stayed at the Sheeps Creek boat landing. We took a hike in the woods down by the river and saw a huge pile of bear scat on the trail.



No more hiking that evening.

The next day we visited the Iditarod headquarters. The mushers want to socialize their dogs so they encourage people to interact with them. We held a couple of them.





A side trip to the Alaska Veterans Memorial Park was quite touching.



We also noticed that Alaskans are trigger happy and love to shoot up their road signs.



We arrived in Anchorage and stayed for a week. Among other places, we visited the Lake Hood float plane base. The base is on a long lake with a dog-leg and is right next to Anchorage International Airport. The float planes compete with 747's for the airspace. I have never seen so many private aircraft in one place and the number of float planes is unbelievable. I was so awed, I forget to take pictures. We also visited the Alaska Law Enforcement Museum and I left a business card. While we were shopping, Jill got to hold a 2 lb gold nugget, worth about $30,000. The store clerks watched her pretty closely.