We were lucky we went to the Park yesterday. Today was overcast with showers off & on until Anchorage. Then it cleared up, so we decided to continue on to a small ski resort town, Girdwood. The road followed the Cook's Inlet with mountains on the opposite side. Absolutely stunning, but there wasn't anywhere you could stop to take a picture and weekend traffic was too heavy to even consider stopping.
Captain Cook had sailed up this inlet thinking it was the way to the North West passage. When he discovered his error he had to turn around & headed back out. The place where he turned around was called...Turn Around Again. Huh!
We stopped at the info centre to check on accommodates. The lady was quite helpful and called a B&B for us. The house was a nice change from the usual motels. We both felt more at home. There was a living room, kitchen, bedroom, laundry facilities and 1 a half bathrooms. A very comfortable place.
The town reminded me of Stowe Vermont. All the beautiful outdoorsy types were there. Yuppie heaven.
Peter & I walked to this highly recommended really nice restaurant. Reviewing the menu we decided to treat ourselves to a really good steak dinner with a bottle of red wine. The wine lead to a lot of car talk & reminiscing. As we enjoyed supper, I commented that there was a good chance that the other people in the room were going to get some sugar tonight. While Peter agreed, he emphatically stated that wasn't going to happen at this table. I said, "You got that right!" I slept well.
Way to go guys. Now you are on the way home. Safe trip
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