-Anchorage-
Anchorage is the largest city in the state of Alaska, with 275,043 residents,
comprising more than 50% of the state's total population. We had a small hiccup
upon our arrival. We pulled into our hotel slightly noticing that is probably
wasn't the best neighborhood. We start walking to the entrance and a guy
obviously mentally unstable and/or high on something drove by on his bicycle
screaming at us. We then rush to the lobby, trying to watch the car and wait for
someone to arrive at the front desk we start noticing signs posted all over the
lobby that give us the impression that some not so innocent things go down in
the rooms, the employees doing things they shouldn't, etc. We wait about 15
minutes at the front desk, no one around anywhere, we take that as our cue to
leave. We drove to the airport area and took the last room in a very nice normal
hotel and had a great night's sleep. :-)
We woke up and headed to a local Saturday market (very similar to Art in the
Park for the Boise readers), shopped a bit, people watched a bit and ate some
interesting cuisine. We then took a walk along the coast and through downtown.
After seeing most of what Anchorage has to offer we started our drive to
Whittier to get on the ship...
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This guy is 85% of the reason we decided on a new hotel...low and behold we saw him again the next day in downtown Anchorage...just had to grab a pic!
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Mmmmm...reindeer dog....
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Anchorage has a beautiful backdrop!
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View from coastal walking path...very pretty!
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Wheeeee.....
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Our replacement hotel was much better, no creepy guy and a full wall mirror....HAWT! ;-)
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Me and Teddy Roosevelt
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Vinny and Teddy
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"Big People" Courthouse...very large building..
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"Little" people Courthouse....it must have 5 ft ceilings...I'm not even kidding..
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