Chilly, dreary start to the day, but had a mission so we were up and going, checked out of the Alyeska Resort and headed back to Anchorage to...tah dah...... our 1st cinnamon roll this trip!
Our beautiful resort as seen from the tram with all the rain drops last night
View from dining at Seven Glaciers last night
Found this cute coffee shop yesterday and all their pastries are made on site. We so remember from our 2009 visit, the many, many cute, tiny coffee shops everywhere and mostly drive-up This one was larger and could sit and have most anything for breakfast/lunch. Big ole cinnamon roll (only $3) was excellent - everyone boasts that "their" cinnamon roll is thee best!! We shared.
Delish start to the day at "Coffee and Communitas"
We drove to the train station and got the info for tomorrow's trip from Anchorage to Fairbanks (12-hour scenic ride). Checked into the Hilton Anchorage and able to get into our room at 9:00 AM. Nice view of the water...
Returned our rental car to airport and took taxi back to Hilton. Walked around downtown and just once in a very short while, we would see a tiny bit of sunshine, but mostly cloudy and dreary all day.
The Ancorage Mall is in the heatr of downtown - 5 floors of the usual mall shops, but it was warmer inside, so just walked around browsing. And then....time for lunch, so we took Philip's advice and ate at "Humpy's Alehouse"- and it was soooo good. Mark had the halibut and chips and I had a crab salad roll (Anchorage version of lobster roll) on grilled egg bread. Both were delicious. Settled back in our room in the afternoon. Nice to have some downtime as we're still getting adjusted too this 4-hour time change!
Meant to mention that Sunday night when we arrived in Anchorage at 11:30 PM, the airport was absolutely packed.....lots of red eye flights leaving including flight to Chicago on our plane.
More beauty in Anchorage today...
and then this street vendor...
And sooo many RV's along the way - its a great way to see Alaska and glad we got to experience this beautiful state with Daisy 7 years ago
Miss these dudes.....enjoying Dippin' Dots at the Wisconsin Dells
We went out this evening and walked (got in my 10,000 steps today - yeah). Not hungry after our big lunch. We walked around downtown - love that it stays light so much later up here in north country. Stopped at Bruins here in hotel and had a drink AND they had chocolate lava cake on the menu, so....
here he is...digging in and lovin' every bite
Ryan and the Blues arrived in Anchorage last evening.....glad he and the team could get out and enjoy a bit of Alaska today! We met him and Matt (#2) and his parents (Jack and Regina) from Honolulu + Katie Higgins, one of the Fat Albert pilots for drinks at the Marriott Sooo fun to be together. 9 of the team including Becca (wife of #1 Boss Ryan) and Susan (wife of Doc, flight surgeon) enjoyed a fun day white water rafting outside Denali
Tomorrow we are taking a 12-hour scenic train trip from Anchorage to Fairbanks, spend the night and fly back on Thursday...
We are off to dreamland - it is 12:15 AM......
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