JULY 28TH, POTPOURI

The excitement of the last 2 days caught up with us and we had a really lazy morning. I started printing out copies of our Palin pictures from the internet and of course ran into all kind of problems with the printer. After changing the cartridges, realigning it and cleaning it, finally it would print correctly. It did this on the Maritime trip-I guess these terrible roads and not being used for a while got to it. Anyway, while doing that, I washed some clothes again. We both cleaned the inside of the unit and decided to go the University of Alaska museum. It has a great reputation and we had missed it the other day.

The museum was really nice. I particularly liked all the stuffed animals. You wouldn't believe how huge this grizzly was. He was on his hind legs and measured 8'9". They say the coastal grizzlies are much larger than the inland ones . While we were there, we took in 2 documentary films; one on Winter and the other on the Aurora. I liked the Winter one best as it had citizens describing the winters and how they cope. Not for me although I would like to experience it for maybe 1 week. The Aurora movie was too technical for me. I think it would be great in an Imax theatre. We ran into 2 other couples and made plans to eat at the Alaska Salmon Bake at Pioneer Park later.

After the museum, Denny and I went to Fred Meyer's. Wow! It is a super nice store with most of the brands we have at home and a HUGE deli. It is similar to Canadian Superstores in that it sells everything from food to furniture.

Back at the RV park, we had an impromptu social before heading out to the Salmon Bake. While it was pricey ($31 PP), it was DELICIOUS! We had about 12 of us and no one had any complaints. The salmon was out of this world and I don't usually like salmon. Before we left, Denny and I ran into Larry and Evelyn Stark (our tail gunners in the Maritime) and the Taylors who were also with us there. Small, small world.

Also, I should say that about 8 couples took the round-trip air flight to the Arctic Circle. They left at 6 and were due back around mid-night. We decided not to do that trip for several reasons; 1- we have already crossed the arctic circle, 2- it was $398 PP and 3- I didn't want to fly. Enough said.

Needless to say. no ice cream for this bunch tonight.