After our brief visit to Denali, we continued on to Anchorage, our next scheduled destination in Alaska. We arrived on June 27 for a one month stay, enough time to explore this part of the state. We both suffered minor culture shock at first after our bucolic stay at the Creamer’s Refuge. While at Creamer’s, we were parked in our own private RV space, with our windows looking out to a beautiful green field with a boreal forest beyond that. The evenings and nights were very quiet, good for sleeping! Welcome back to RV’ing in the summer along with all the other travelers! Our RV park in Anchorage is crowded (I don’t think they could get us any closer together); noisy (right next to the railroad – the trains going by literally rattle our 5th wheel); and the scenery is, well, other RV’s! But enough complaining, not every place we park is going to be the stuff of calendars and postcards. That’s one of the great advantages of this kind of living – if you don’t like where you’re parked, you probably won’t be there very long, and if it’s really bad, you can leave whenever you want. On the plus side, we are within walking distance to a great running/biking trail, downtown, the museum, and many other attractions. A big plus with the cost of fuel now-a-days!
Anchorage itself is much like any medium sized city, with all the expected amenities that come with a population base of around 300,000. It is the state’s largest city (about the size of Delaware), with 42% of the population residing here. Each summer, Anchorage comes alive with big, bright flowers that paint the landscape in bold hues. The city plants 461 flowerbeds and hanging baskets at 81 sights, and it is nothing short of spectacular to see! It is a very bicycle friendly town, with miles and miles of trails, both scenic and commuter. Anchorage is a good staging area for many nearby destinations and activities – outstanding hikes, visits to glaciers, wildlife viewing, kayaking, and camping, to name some. We have been doing our best to enjoy as much of the area as possible, which I will describe in the next couple of posts.
Here I have included pictures that capture some of the local flavor of Anchorage.
Anchorage itself is much like any medium sized city, with all the expected amenities that come with a population base of around 300,000. It is the state’s largest city (about the size of Delaware), with 42% of the population residing here. Each summer, Anchorage comes alive with big, bright flowers that paint the landscape in bold hues. The city plants 461 flowerbeds and hanging baskets at 81 sights, and it is nothing short of spectacular to see! It is a very bicycle friendly town, with miles and miles of trails, both scenic and commuter. Anchorage is a good staging area for many nearby destinations and activities – outstanding hikes, visits to glaciers, wildlife viewing, kayaking, and camping, to name some. We have been doing our best to enjoy as much of the area as possible, which I will describe in the next couple of posts.
Here I have included pictures that capture some of the local flavor of Anchorage.
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