Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Report #8 Anchorage, Alaska July 10, 2017 Monday Partly cloudy & 64 degrees Part #2 Of 2 72 Pictures

More photos…..

 

Two anglers try their luck

 

A herring gull

 

Merganser

 

Only saw a few of these divers

 

 

Wildflowers

 

Grove of trees

 

Pintail duck

 

This has to get cold….the water is 37 degrees F

 

Mudflats

 

Deep-blue lobelia

 

The railroad

 

Petunias

 

The Hop On Hop Off Trolley - $20 tour

 

The only bear we saw outside

 

Kodiak bear inside the store

 

Reindeer hotdog stand

 

Something for everyone

 

The sausage griller

 

Well look at that…..a Hard Rock Cafe

 

Yes, this works for us

 

Light fixture resembled the aurora borealis lights

 

The bar area

 

HRC souvenirs

 

Flatbread pizza & Tupelo chicken tenders

 

Brownie sundae….good thing we ordered only one

 

Shops in downtown

 

Inuit woman carving with hanging petunias

 

Park grounds

 

Historic City Hall

 

Log Cabin Visitor Center with sod roof

 

Begonias do well in Alaska

 

Must be the long days of light

 

Even a cabbage grows larger

 

Log cabin replica

 

Operation schedule of the trolleys in town

 

Summer landscaping

 

City of flowers

 

Nice variety of begonias

 

Foxglove in the mix

 

Conoco-Phillips

 

Information center

 

There are 100,000 of these baskets in town

 

Reflection of the mostly blue skies in the building

 

Chugach Mountain Range

 

An old train

 

Delany Park Strip – former air landing strip

 

Ship docked in the container port

 

Low tide

 

Access to the ship was the lower promenade deck

 

Very odd to see this tidal change

 

Pillars of the pier

 

As seen from our window

 

Largest working port in Alaska

 

Many containers here

 

Nice setting for a busy port

 

We are the only cruise ship in port

 

Many clouds passed over today

 

Cook Inlet

 

Surrounded by mountains

 

End of the pier

 

Bet there are moose in these hills

 

Beautiful peaks covered with snow

 

Impressive clouds over the mountain range

 

Never did rain today

 

Mudflats off of the aft

 

Road to the forest

 

Chugach Mountains