Yesterday we spent a butt numbing 12 hours on the Alaska Railroad. Today, we slept well into the morning, and then hopped onto the Ulu trolley into town. Ulu knives are a native Alaskan women’s knife (their term, not mine) that are used for scraping, chopping and other activities. The factory is next to our hotel, and they have a free trolley that runs round trips to the Visitor’s center on 4th Avenue. It is the cheapest, most convenient way to get up to town.
We ate breakfast (okay, really lunch) at Show City Café in downtown. It is a funky, popular little restaurant that serves breakfast and lunch. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal, and their coffee was delicious. Then we walked and eyed the kitsch in the tourist trap stores.
We went to the museum in the Federal Building and while there watched three videos, one about bears, one about National Parks in Alaska, and the last one about the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Then we moseyed over and caught the Ulu trolley back to the hotel.
After yesterday, we are both tired and ready to rest before we hop onto the train in the morning to go to the Kenai Peninsula for a boating trip into Kenai Fjords National Park. We anticipate seeing more wildlife, more glaciers and unexplored (by us) parts of Alaska. So, in the interest of going to bed early, I bid you adieu.
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