We woke up to a warm and sunny morning in Talkeetna. We
packed up the camper and headed back downtown to do some more sightseeing and
check out the local shops. The people were super friendly and were very excited
to hear we would be working in the area for the summer. After a couple shops we
discovered a small bakery and stopped in for some breakfast and boy was it
tasty! We got a chocolate coconut scone and a Rudy in a Parka to share. The
Rudy in a Parka was a reindeer sausage stuffed inside a potato pastry with
Colby-jack cheese. YUM!! It was so delicious that we got another one for the
road! We started heading out of town when we noticed the clear, mountain-filled
skies behind us. We quickly pulled over at a viewpoint and took some amazing
photos of the tallest mountain peak in all of North America; Mt. Denali. It was
gigantic but the magnitude of its size was hindered by the other peaks
surrounding it. It was still incredible but lacked the stand-alone power of a
mountain by itself such as Mt. Rainier; but what luck to have seen the top on
only our second day!
We continued down the highway towards Eagle River and
Anchorage but decided to stop for the night in Palmer, just outside of Wasilla.
We stayed at another cozy RV park before we made it our summer jobs. The next
day was a little rainy but we decided to head past Eagle River and down around
the Turnagain Arm. We did have a spare day before work so why not vacation? The
road followed the twists and turns of the bay, right on the edge of tall
mountains and small waterfalls. We found an affordable hotel in the town of
Girdwood, about 45 minutes south of Anchorage. Imagine the surprise on our
faces as we drove through a valley to the fanciest hotel/ski lodge we had ever
seen! There was a sky tram from the back of the hotel to the top of the
mountain behind us. The pool and hot tub were massive, and the pool was salt
water. This hotel room had robes and slippers, a remote with buttons on both
sides, and a heated towel rack! If that’s not fancy enough then ask yourself
the last time you had a hotel room with a doorbell! You’d think we grew up in
West Philadelphia, born and raised…We went out to a local restaurant for dinner
and had some delicious pizza and beer. Then Ashley insisted on ice cream and we
discovered a new favorite flavor of ours. It’s called Glacial Silt and it’s
ginger ice cream with cinnamon mixed in. Ashley loved it so much we had to stop
for more the next day before we headed off to Eagle River to finally see where
we will be working for the next 5 months!
-the A-Team
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