TALKEETNA JUNE 24

Monday: Traveling to Talkeetna

                                                 Took the other road down from the mountain

                                                     Pass through a nice section of homes

                                                                       Bus driver

                                                      Wasilla--yes where Sarah Palin lives
                                   Stopped here to get the windshield repaired--nice, busy town

                                       Lake Lucille    think Sarah lives on this lake--didn't see her
                                  Driving on the Parks Highway to Talkeetna and further to Denali

                                                        You got it--road construction

                                                   Wet muddy gravel---slow as you go

                                                Wasilla is one of the prettiest towns in Alaska

                                        Talkeetna--a stop for Alaska Railroad, taking cruise ship
                                         passengers to Denali, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward

AND a stop for us!

                                          Nagley Store--built in 1917 in Anchorage.  Mr. Nagley took it
                                          apart, put it on a boat and reassembled it here--been going
                                           ever since

     Denali Fairview Inn  circa 1923  still renting rooms

                                          Pres. Warren G. Harding stopped here for lunch

                                                      Talkeetna Roadhouse built in 1917

Restaurant and bakery--serves huge sourdough pancakes, cinnamon buns 

Famous for their pancakes!!  Buzz is going

                                              Inside the Roadhouse where they serve family style

FUN

                                                                 Quaint downtown 

 Everyone has a moose in the yard

                         Tried to get a shot of the cottonwood seeds coming down like snow flakes              

 

                                                     
Tomorrow:  Get excited... we fly over Denali!