Day 13 - Sep 12, 2000 Last updated: 9/12/00 7:00pm AKDT
Today was a driving day. We checked out of the Wild Rose Cottages, which has no phones (have I mentioned that yet). That really screwed up my plans to update the web pages daily. I had a dial-up phone number in Homer, just no phone. The fall foliage is following us. The drive away from Homer gave us better colors than on the way down.
We drove 190 miles today from Homer to Girdwood. Girdwood is about 40 miles southeast of Anchorage. It is a ski town. The Westin Alyeska Prince Hotel is extremely nice. (and they have a phone). The rooms are very nice, have high ceilings, heated towel rack, mini-fridge, we have a king bed and a great view of a mountain. This hotel is first class.
Dinner was at the Double Musky, a Cajun restaurant. I had jambalaya and Denise had the crawfish pie. Both were very good and very filling. The Musky Pie desert looked so good, and we were so full, we ordered a piece to go.
Uh-oh, I think I’ve acclimated. I was wide awake at 10:30 last night (1:30am central). When we went to dinner tonight, we were walking around without coats, the thermometer outside the restaurant said 40 F.
Not sure what we are doing the next few days. We are going to try and take it easy a bit, compared to the hectic pace we’ve been keeping the last week. We will check out the town of Girdwood, hike, maybe rent bikes, go to the top of Mount Alyeska (on their tram), maybe watch the bore tide (high waves, rushing water, very fast incoming tide), and if we’re lucky, we left instructions with the front desk to wake us in case the Northern Lights make an appearance.