Alaska Day 13

Here we are, Day 13 of the trip. That is almost 2 weeks for those that are counting. We are in Glennallen, AK after just finishing the day trip to Valdez. The road to Valdez has to be one of the most scenic roads I have ever driven on. It should be a must for anyone that visits Alaska.

The first order of business today was laundry. There is a 24 hour laundry just down the street from the motel, so we packed up the dirty clothes and headed down there. We were the only ones there, so we finished in short order. Of course it was 5:30 in the morning, but who cares.

After finishing our laundry and packing up the bikes, we headed out for Anchorage. We have no real reason to go to Anchorage, its just none of us have been there so we wanted to check it out. We plan to spend the night in Talkeetna, AK, which is about 2 hours drive north of Anchorage.

The ride to Anchorage was scenic, but the haze was so bad we didn't even bother to take any pictures. We were on the Richardson Highway, which is only 1 of about 4 highways in Alaska. We stopped for breakfast in some roadhouse along the way, and it was pretty good. Of course it was expensive, but not as bad as some other places we have stopped. The gas was extremely high at $3.85 per gallon.

We arrived in Anchorage around lunch time. We really didn't know where to go, or what to do, so we did the next best thing, we went to Walmart. Their Walmart is located right in the middle of town, and is a pain to get to. We made is in and out without any problems though. We stopped for lunch right outside of Anchorage and ate at KFC. No big deal, just another KFC.

We headed for Anchorage and went through the town of Wasilla, the home of Sara Palin. The new portrays this as being a small one horse town. I will tell you that it is a lot bigger than and one horse town. It has a four lane highway running through the middle of it, and has numerous modern businesses. I remember one lady being interviewed on TV says that the town is so small everyone know everyone. I will tell you that is BullSh*&. There is no way everyone could know everyone in this town. We stopped at the Walgreen's for John, and no one knew us.

After our brief stop in Wasilla we headed to Talkeetna. It is located about 2 hours north of Anchorage. On the way we spotted a on the side road vender selling smoke salmon. We stopped and bought a little to try out later. I do not like fish, but I have always wanted to try Alaska Salmon.

We arrive in Talkeetna at around 4:30 pm. We had a little problem finding the motel, but that was quickly worked out. We decided to eat at the local pizza place and it turned out to be excellent pizza. Of course it was at a price. After dinner we headed back to the rooms and called it a night.

Tomorrow Fairbanks