We awoke with some choices to make today. From Tok, we were a day drive away from the Anchorage area, even less travel time to Fairbanks. We need to be in Seward July 18th, but otherwise all we have to do is plan the wedding ceremony (it should just plan itself, right?) and enjoy Alaska. After a little thought, we decided to head to a promising place (at least in name): the town of Hope. According to the guidebook, Hope is a mostly abandoned old mining town of 150 residents. Quaint & quiet! It sounded fantastic!
On our way to Anchorage on the Glenn Hwy. we drove by Matanuska Glacier and admired its beauty.
On the way to Hope, we stopped in Girdwood at the Double Musky restaurant for a wonderful meal of creole cooking (picture Alaska meets New Orleans). Full & happy (we loved the Double Musky pie!) we took off towards Hope. The first place we stopped was right on the water & has camping for $6 so we figure it was worth a shot. Well…it turned out to be not so quiet and quaint. There was live music, it was pitch a tent anywhere you want, really loud, and all the campers/driving units/tenters had their own wet bars and were having a good old time. Sara and Mike looked at each other (we’re too old for this?!?) and decided to try again. We found the Alaska Dacha, a small RV mainly park that also has tent sites. With good fortune we got the last tent site, a very uneven piece of ground, but a tent space none the less. Good enough for now in Hope, AK.
On our way to Anchorage on the Glenn Hwy. we drove by Matanuska Glacier and admired its beauty.
On the way to Hope, we stopped in Girdwood at the Double Musky restaurant for a wonderful meal of creole cooking (picture Alaska meets New Orleans). Full & happy (we loved the Double Musky pie!) we took off towards Hope. The first place we stopped was right on the water & has camping for $6 so we figure it was worth a shot. Well…it turned out to be not so quiet and quaint. There was live music, it was pitch a tent anywhere you want, really loud, and all the campers/driving units/tenters had their own wet bars and were having a good old time. Sara and Mike looked at each other (we’re too old for this?!?) and decided to try again. We found the Alaska Dacha, a small RV mainly park that also has tent sites. With good fortune we got the last tent site, a very uneven piece of ground, but a tent space none the less. Good enough for now in Hope, AK.
Good times--reading your blog is on my list of how to procrastinate from doing school work--so keep blogging.
ReplyDeleteThe Matanuska Glacier was the very first glacier I experienced in Ak, it was in a glacier travel class where we did rappelling and ice-climbing...very cool much unlike Minnesota currently.
Yes, Vinney. We've heard the Midwest is scorching hot at the moment. We feel fortunate to be up North. Crank up the air conditioner & think cool thoughts! We appreciate your Alaska comments! Keep them coming!
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