Talkeetna

After we did the lake kayak trip, we drove into Talkeetna.  It is about a 45 minute drive from our hotel.  Talkeetna is a quirky little town with lots of artist type of people and tourists.  We had a fun looking around the town and looking at some local art.  We did walk down to where three rivers come together with a view of Mt. McKinnnley... We have been lucky with the weather for this part of the trip.  Sunny and warm.... in the upper 60's.  (when it gets 70 degrees, the Alaskin's call it HOT)  We bought a few things in the shops and then had dinner in a place called West end Grill... we sat out on the patio because the weather was so nice.  The food was pretty good there... let me say something about the food here, it is expensive..even for fairly normal food.. we have gotten creative with our dinning by eating off the appetizer menus a lot. Even though the food is pricy, we get good portions so that is a plus.  The pictures are of the "moose" that are around town and the resturant where we ate.

After we got back from Talkeetna, we walked around the grounds of the lodge and then sat down outside our room for "happy hour".  We visited with the people who walked by.  Most of the people here are on some kind of tour, bus, train, cruise or all of the above.   There are a lot of tour busses here picking up and letting off people.  Tomorrow we drive back down through Anchorage and on to Seward.