Discovering Anchorage

Wondering what's out the hotel window.

The breakfast room downstairs. Nice.

"And this, my boy, is where we are at..."

A bracing game of chess to start the day

Sleeping in a slice of history.

Anchorage is a city of luscious flowers

and bears. Grrrrrr...

A little chat with the natives.

The log cabin visitor's center is very cool.

More flowers (I can't help myself)

and more...

more...

more...

and a nice fountain with a hill behind that can be climbed to play in the water.

Aidan said it was his favorite fountain ever, and he's a connoiseur.

Pausing for a picture...

Then on to better things.

Yet more flowers. Where's Waldo?

Reindeer hotdogs sold on a street stand.

The cook's car parked in front of an orca mural.



The immortal Captain Cook. He explored the Pacific from North to South and every point in between, during the same time period as the American Revolution.



He discovered this beautiful bay.

Polar bears safely locked in a glass cage.

Aidan's own polar bear holding a picture of his family.
G'night all. The sun is still out and it's 11pm, but we are going to pull the shades and go to sleep.