Sunday in the Land of the 10PM sun

Prior to heading up here, a number of people said to me, "Alaska? Now? Won't the sun be up the whole time?" Well, no, that wouldn't be until the first day of summer, and it doesn't happen in Anchorage, anyway. Long days, yes, but not the whole day as Anchorage is too far south.

Our first full day here was a Sunday, and since mom is a minister, we were required by law to go to church. Mom attends Turnagain UMC, which is about 15 minutes from her condo. Once there, we met a number of people there who said, "Oh, Brenda's your mom? I'm so sorry."

After church, we had some lunch and headed home to continue recuperating from the previous day's flying. After a good rest, we headed to Earthquake park to look over Cook Inlet and see some sights. The picture of the boys looking to the northeast over Cook Inlet as a ship passed. The marker from the link above is roughly where they were standing.

To the left of where the boys are is Susitna, which means "Sleeping Lady." Even with my little digital camera, you can see the sleeping lady in the mountain. Her head is to the left, and you can almost see her hair flowing down the hill.

The airport is near there, as is Lake Hood which is a pretty big float plane base. While we were at Earthquake Park, at least 6 or 8 float planes flew over on their way to somewhere in the middle of Alaska. In contrast, we also watch three 747 cargo jets take off.

Mom then took us to her favorite tourist place - Fredy Meyer. It's owned by Kroger's so, fairly familiar. I picked up a six pack of Alaska Brewing Company's summer brew, which was quite tasty. We had a traditional Alaska meal of take-and-bake pizza, and then settled in for the evening.

I put a few photos up from yesterday on Picasa, and will add more as the trip progresses.

Alaska Trip