Tuesday August 10,2010. I again slept until 8:00 this morning. I have decided that I am suffering from SAD. Isn't this caused by sun deprivation?? Again we woke to rain. It rained all night, which makes for good sleeping as well. The forecast here is calling for rain the rest of the week -- SURPRISE! We have decided to start home tomorrow and made a reservation at Tok RV Park, which is where we stayed coming up. When Larry called for the reservation, he asked if it was raining in Tok and the lady said no, we are sure it will be by the time we get there!! Tok is where we we washed the RV and Car on our trip up and they certainly need it now. We were planning to wash the RV here since it is allowed in the RV Park, but can't get a break in the rain. We may go ahead and wash it in the rain as it is soooo -- dirty.
I noticed that the people here do not own 4 wheelers. Everyone I have seen is a 6 wheeler. I'm sure this is because of the climate since they receive an average of 325 inches of snow per year. I read in a paper we picked up at the museum today that the heaviest snow fall in Alaska was recorded at Thompson Pass, which is just a short distance up the road from Valdez. The measured snowfall was 974.5 inches. Is that just unimaginable??? I cannot even believe these people live in the dark for 3 to 4 months and deal with that much snowfall. I'm not quite sure what keeps people here. It IS a beautiful place but you can never see the beauty for the rain and fog! Yesterday when we were at the museum down by the waterfront, Larry asked the lady working there if it always rains in Valdez. She gave us a look like we were stupid and said yes this is a rain forest area and always gets a lot of rain. The look was ----if you don't like go home, which is where we are headed next!!
We went back into Valdez to another museum and spent some time going through it. It had lots of artifacts from the earthquake and Old Valdez. It was really interesting to read some of the history and to see items that were found years after the quake. They also had an area about the pipeline which was also interesting.
When we left the museum, we stopped in at the visitors center as I wanted to find out where I could get wifi that I didn't have to set for 10 minutes in between responses. The wifi here at Eagles Rest is so slow I could walk an email home by the time I got a response. It is so irritating spending your time that way!!! The lady told us to go to the Magpies Bakery for wifi. We drove over to the bakery and it was like a little coffee house with tables, love seat and several comfy chairs. We ordered coffee and got a large peanut butter cookie to share. I was able to get on the internet and check out my email and also post my blog from yesterday. There was a 15 year old girl playing guitar and singing and she was really entertaining. Larry left the bakery and walked over to a store called the Prospector, which was an outdoors store. I had a 2nd cup of coffee and used the internet and just had a very relaxing afternoon. I bought myself a slice of tomato and basil quesch to bring home with me. I have not tried it yet but sure looks good.
I drove over to get Larry and we looked for awhile at a gift shop which was next door to the Prospector. We stopped at the grocery store and then we stopped at one more gift store to look before returning to the campground.
Came back to the RV and cooked dinner and washed dishes. We sat down for an hour or so and the next thing I hear is water spraying against the side of the motor home. Yep, Larry was outside washing the RV in the rain. The rain had let up a lot and was just a fine mist. I got my shoes on and went out to help. This is a huge monster to wash by hand. While we were washing the RV the guy next to us came out, basically I think, to tell us how crazy we were. He and his wife are from California and are traveling with another couple. He talked for awhile and went back in until we were done with the motor home and as we were washing my car, he came out again. This time he said they would close their windows so we could start on their motor home next. I told him to go in and hold his breath until I got there. Then a gal came by as I was washing the car and told me she had ordered a rinse job for us and held her hands up to the falling rain. I guess they all thought we were crazy but wow, everything was just coated with dirt and mud. I'm sure we will drive less than 5 miles tomorrow before it looks the same but it makes you feel good to start out in a clean rig.
We actually should have left this morning for Tok but thought we'd stay one more day to relax a little. That is about all we did was relax today but it gets pretty hectic traveling so much. We are off to Tok tomorrow and just saw on the weather that they are expecting rain there tomorrow. Go Figure!
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