Monday, May 17, 2010

Amy and Sherri's Alaskan Adventure







Hi Everyone,
Well, here we are in Anchorage! It is 10:30 at night for us and hopefully you are sleeping soundly as it is 2:30am for you! We got in yesterday and were amazed to see incredible, breathtaking mountain ranges right there at the airport! And we thought - and it is going to get better from here!!! We took a taxi to our Hostel and we found out quickly and sadly that Hosteling in the USA is not like Hosteling in Europe. Our room is sparse, which was true in Europe, but here in good ole Alaska our room was not so clean! Not so clean enough that we walked into town to a JCPenney's and bought a blanket and two pillow - tell you anything!!! The mattress is plastic covered with rips in it and it is much smaller than the so called box spring underneath it. But we were exhausted and we did manage to sleep and sleep in until 7:30 Alaska time, meaning 11:30 am your time! We really needed it. Thankful to say that the showers were clean and hot - ahhhhhh!!!!

Today we walked downtown, a couple of times! The first to go to a outdoor market selling art and food and Alaskan souveniers. I (Sherri) bought two amazing photos! Can't wait to hang them! We also bought sove very yummy over-priced fruit - strawberries the size of Alaska! Then we just roamed and shopped the tourist trap area! Cindy Helton, if you read this, the slogan around here is "Alaska, pissing off Texas since 1959". Hilarious!

It never rained even though it said everywhere that it was going to! We have thanked God for that over and over. It is chlly here, but really not bad. When the sun is out it is quite pleasant!

Tomorrow we are picking up our rental car and driving to Talkeetna and going for our Flightseeing Tour. Fun!

So, I dragged Amy down here and she is fading fast, so we are going to sign off for now! One final cool thing - it is nearly 11pm now and it is still light outside!

Love and miss you all!!!

Sherri and Amy, Alaskan Adventurers Extraordinaire! :-)

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm so glad you are having fun! It looks amazing :)
Hope your flight-seeing tour is clear and beautiful and inspiring. Look forward to hearing more soon.

All is well here. Dad is doing very very well with his recovery.

Miss you too. Love, Pam

Anonymous said...

Jennifer and Erika here, we are so excited for this next adventure and look forward to more pictures and posts. Love to you both!

(Knowing how willing you both are to rough it, as experienced world travelers, that hostel musta been gross!)

Anonymous said...

i am so excited for you both
sorry to hear about the hostel
picture of the snow covered mountain is awsome
favor no rain only blue skies
love you my friends
peggy