Greetings from Anchorage

The next couple of days I’ll post some photos from our trip to Anchorage. Steve had to take his NCLEX (licensing test) so we took a couple of extra days to explore the area.

We stayed in the Millennium Hotel on the shore of Lake Spenard and Lake Hood. The lakes boast the title of world’s largest and busiest float plane base. Lining the shores are hundreds of float planes and there are constant liftoffs and landings. According to hotel information there are more than 800 take-offs and landings on a busy day. Fortunately the small planes are not very loud so there isn’t a lot of noise associated with them.

The hotel was very nice and seemed very “Alaskan.” The walls and lobby were lined with animal heads, stuffed fish and furs. I wondered how well received PETA was in this state.

Dining out was a joy, we had so many choices and took advantage of every meal. Since we weren’t going to be traveling very far we just walked and/or rented cabs. At one point we hopped in a cab and headed the 5 miles downtown, we got up to about 55mph which was the fastest we had driven since moving to Sitka. The top (legal) speed limit in Sitka is 45. It was a great trip.