Anchorage Day 2

We got up and were untroubled by mosquitos today. Hallelujah! After lingering over our coffee and talking to a camping neighbor, we went and got haircuts. Great Clips is our salon of choice. Normally, they have our "profile" saved in the system, so any location knows how to cut our hair. Apparently, the Alaska franchises don't communicate with the lower 48, but our hairstyles are not complicated.

We drove downtown, parked, and walked to "Humpy's Ale House" for lunch. Humpies are one type of salmon here. I think they are the pink salmon. Phil had fish and chips, and I had the "health nut," which was salmon, salad, and some rice.

We visited the Anchorage Museum, which was really good, but a little more than we could do today. After seeing half of it, we walked to the Public Lands Exhibition, which represents all the National Parks and Public Lands in this state. Great exhibit, which is free. We are visiting several national parks on this trip, so it was really worth it.

We visited the Ulu Factory, which makes ulu knives that are used by native people to cut up meats and other foods. We bought some coasters that match the decor in the Gainesville house where we will be living soon.

The King Salmon are starting to run here, so we walked out over Ship Creek bridge, but didn't see any from where we were. Several people were fishing, though. Phil will fish for Sockeye Salmon in another week or so.

Everywhere there are beautiful flowers that my Mom saw when they were here years ago so I took lots of photos for her.

We'll do a load of laundry and eat here at the camper tonight. We fly to King Salmon, AK, tomorrow afternoon. Sunday, we take a water taxi to Brooks Falls to see the brown bears eating salmon in the waterfall.

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