I flew into Anchorage yesterday on a plane that had mostly government employees heading into town for meetings and trainings. It was the roughest plane ride I have been on to date. The descent into town, rocked and rolled and bounced the little plane all over the place. The guy behind me said when we touched the ground said he needed a beer. I was just thankful to be on the ground.
I asked Craig what he wanted to do first after renting our car and checking into the hotel. He chose going to a bookstore. So off we went to the rental car service. We are driving a chevy malibou and it sucks. The roads are snow covered and mostly glare ice, so when I try to stop the car the anti lock brakes kick in and we slide all over the place. I hate anti lock brakes. We found our hotel. We are on the 12th floor with a few of the ocean. Not a pretty view, we get to see the freight docks, but the town is surrounded by beautiful snow covered mountains.
We were off to look for a bookstore. We knew Anchorage had a Barnes and Noble but it took us two hours to find it. While searching we stopped at a mall where we had salespeople try to stop us and show us their wares. Both of us looked at each other and said "Don't miss that." Next we stopped at a Walmart. We got to the dairy case and milk was a $1.99 a gallone. We just sat and stared as it is $11.00 in King Salmon. On through the grocery isles we went amazed at the low prices and then we saw the ice cream all. A whole isle with nothing but ice cream. WOW!
Finally we found the store we were looking for. It was as good as I remembered. But my first overall impression of Anchorage is "not impressed". May be today will be different but I have eight hours of meetings to attend before I can do any more exploring. But I do miss the quiet and peacefulness of my little bush village.
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