----------------------------------The flowers of Talkeetna, AK -----------------
----------------Talkeetna has many beautiful little gift shops ------
Leslie's LUV VAN!!
Larry's new snowmobile ------- ----- My snowmobile ----
--------------------------We'll be flying through the snow come winter!!!------
Our (PREVIOUSLY) Clean Car!
Wednesday July 28, 2010. YES it rains EVERY day in Alaska! When we got up this morning the sky had very heavy clouds and just felt cold outside even though it was probably around 57 when we first got up. I thought after yesterday we would luck out and get another day of sunshine but it was not meant to be. Last night Larry and I got a haircut in Wasilla and the girl that cut my hair said June and July have been horrible for rain and that May was just beautiful weather. She assured me that this is NOT normal weather for Alaska. Larry took the car through the 'quickie' car wash last night and it looked so nice but after today it is a muddy mess again as we drove through construction. By the way to get the cheapest quick wash here is $10.
Larry ventured another call to Freightliner on the chance that possibly they could get the motor home in for repairs yet this week. Even though they told us on Monday they were really booked this week they agreed to let us bring it in at 7:00am on Friday morning. We are still in Palmer so we plan to leave here tomorrow and drive back to Anchorage. Rather than pulling into a RV park tomorrow night we plan to 'dry camp' either at Walmart or Fred Meyer parking lot as they are both very close to Freightliner in Anchorage. We'll see what they actually fix this time!!
Today I spent some time making reservations for an RV site as well as the shuttle in Denali for Monday and Tuesday as Leslie and Pete will be here then. After I made the arrangements for Denali we decided to drive up the Parks Highway RT 3 to Talkeetna, which was 60 or 65 miles north of Wasilla. As soon as we arrived there and parked the car, it started raining--go figure! The town is so cute with such pretty buildings and flowers. Basically it is a tourist town with many gift shops and restaurants. The atmosphere is bustling with all the tourist in town and a very cheery type of place. Larry bought him a snowmobile and I have a picture of the one I'm considering. He spent quite awhile dealing with the guy. In the end he paid more than he wanted to pay, but I told him go ahead--you only live once!!! He insisted I take his picture on it so he could show everyone when he got home.
On the way from Wasilla to Talkeetna, I found a 'Luv Van' that I think Leslie would probably consider. She has always been a wanna be flower child. I had to take a picture of it for her as I know she will want it also.
The flowers in Talkeetna are just beautiful and very different from what I've seen in Alaska. Every little shop is just loaded with live plants all around. We had lunch at Neagly's West Rib Brew and Pub. Larry had a king crab sandwich and I, of course, had a salmon sandwich and we had a beer(or 2) as a 'chaser'. We sat at the bar to eat and one of the locals filled us in on his brown bear sighting. He said he had a brown bear and her two cubs(which were 5 foot tall) on his front porch a day ago. One of the waitress's who lives near him said she also saw them.
The drive up to Talkeetna was not very scenic as it was basically a pretty flat area with pretty dense forrest along the sides of the highway. Talkeetna is known as Mt McKinley's mountain town. They brag that the best professional climbers from every country in the world come to Talkeetna to use it as their base town when climbing Mt McKinley. All of the informational articles I read said on a CLEAR day(which is NEVER) you can see Mt McKinley from Talkeeta. If there were any mountains around the town, we sure couldn't see them today.
Larry ventured another call to Freightliner on the chance that possibly they could get the motor home in for repairs yet this week. Even though they told us on Monday they were really booked this week they agreed to let us bring it in at 7:00am on Friday morning. We are still in Palmer so we plan to leave here tomorrow and drive back to Anchorage. Rather than pulling into a RV park tomorrow night we plan to 'dry camp' either at Walmart or Fred Meyer parking lot as they are both very close to Freightliner in Anchorage. We'll see what they actually fix this time!!
Today I spent some time making reservations for an RV site as well as the shuttle in Denali for Monday and Tuesday as Leslie and Pete will be here then. After I made the arrangements for Denali we decided to drive up the Parks Highway RT 3 to Talkeetna, which was 60 or 65 miles north of Wasilla. As soon as we arrived there and parked the car, it started raining--go figure! The town is so cute with such pretty buildings and flowers. Basically it is a tourist town with many gift shops and restaurants. The atmosphere is bustling with all the tourist in town and a very cheery type of place. Larry bought him a snowmobile and I have a picture of the one I'm considering. He spent quite awhile dealing with the guy. In the end he paid more than he wanted to pay, but I told him go ahead--you only live once!!! He insisted I take his picture on it so he could show everyone when he got home.
On the way from Wasilla to Talkeetna, I found a 'Luv Van' that I think Leslie would probably consider. She has always been a wanna be flower child. I had to take a picture of it for her as I know she will want it also.
The flowers in Talkeetna are just beautiful and very different from what I've seen in Alaska. Every little shop is just loaded with live plants all around. We had lunch at Neagly's West Rib Brew and Pub. Larry had a king crab sandwich and I, of course, had a salmon sandwich and we had a beer(or 2) as a 'chaser'. We sat at the bar to eat and one of the locals filled us in on his brown bear sighting. He said he had a brown bear and her two cubs(which were 5 foot tall) on his front porch a day ago. One of the waitress's who lives near him said she also saw them.
The drive up to Talkeetna was not very scenic as it was basically a pretty flat area with pretty dense forrest along the sides of the highway. Talkeetna is known as Mt McKinley's mountain town. They brag that the best professional climbers from every country in the world come to Talkeetna to use it as their base town when climbing Mt McKinley. All of the informational articles I read said on a CLEAR day(which is NEVER) you can see Mt McKinley from Talkeeta. If there were any mountains around the town, we sure couldn't see them today.
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