Day 5 - History Lesson

Day 5
Friday – 4 September

Today was a quieter day as we needed to regroup and do mundane things such as THE LAUNDRY. This took a couple of hours in the hotel laundry, but at least there was a laundry in the hotel and we didn’t need to go and find a Laundromat somewhere in Anchorage.

Just 2 blocks from the hotel is a shopping mall. They do nice enough coffee so we like to go there for our daily caffeine fix. There is also a department store that Richard has fallen in love with. He found that the American stores are very much to his liking and he fairly salivates when the shoe section is found. (always for joggers) So needless to say we spent a bit of time shopping (imagine coming to Alaska to shop!) Eventually I removed him from the store so we could go and do Alaskan stuff. We went and booked a cruise to Prince William Sound for the tomorrow. We hoped the weather would hold.

We went to the Alaskan Museum for the afternoon. It was only a block from our hotel and only a short walk away. It is still in the building phase and some exhibits are not yet completed. However, the Alaskan Gallery was open and we luckily arrived just in time for a guided tour through the gallery. The exhibits followed the history of Alaska from the pre history, original inhabitants through to the invasion by the Japanese during WW2, the big earthquake of 1964, the building of the oil pipeline and to Statehood. Really interesting. Bec there was a large section on the Tlingit people and we have interesting photos to show you. All in all we spent a couple of hours there.

The weather is still spectacular. More Alaskan seafood for tea tonight.