We explored Anchorage on bikes today (thanks Jill and Mark!). We biked down the miles of bike paths that wind through greenways and parks from our hosts' house to downtown. From Hillside Park at 80th Street and Elmore Road, we headed north through U of A, past Goose Lake Park, and to the Chester Creek Greenbelt that extends west all the way to the water and downtown. We were hoping to see some of the promised moose (supposedly everywhere!) but no luck.
With the weather being so wonderful, we couldn't bring ourselves to go into the museum to see the new gold exhibit. We just walked the small area of downtown absorbing the atmosphere. Had a great crab lunch at a tourist trap called Phyllis' Cafe & Salmon Bake (http://www.phyllisscafe.com/). If that's a tourist trap, I'm fine with tourist traps...actually Alaska is pretty much a tourist trap. Strolling along the main streets of downtown, it's mostly souvenir shops (check out http://www.grizzlysgifts.com/ for a taste of the immense amounts of useless stuff you can buy).
Dinner at Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria with Jill and Mark was awesome. Lots of garlic, great pizza, great beer, friendly atmosphere, and packed. A great way to end our first day in Alaska, but we were anticipating the real start of our journey the following day when we set off in a rental car to the Kenai Peninsula.
With the weather being so wonderful, we couldn't bring ourselves to go into the museum to see the new gold exhibit. We just walked the small area of downtown absorbing the atmosphere. Had a great crab lunch at a tourist trap called Phyllis' Cafe & Salmon Bake (http://www.phyllisscafe.com/). If that's a tourist trap, I'm fine with tourist traps...actually Alaska is pretty much a tourist trap. Strolling along the main streets of downtown, it's mostly souvenir shops (check out http://www.grizzlysgifts.com/ for a taste of the immense amounts of useless stuff you can buy).
Dinner at Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria with Jill and Mark was awesome. Lots of garlic, great pizza, great beer, friendly atmosphere, and packed. A great way to end our first day in Alaska, but we were anticipating the real start of our journey the following day when we set off in a rental car to the Kenai Peninsula.
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