We are now into the second day of being in Alaska. I have issues with leaving out a picture or some event, as if everyone who reads this will be so impressed with our dinner at the Silver Gulch Brewery.
I need to speed this along a little bit, I think. We started the second day with a trip to the cultural museum. We had so much fun outside playing, they had an amazing garden and I'm just loving these antlers (which are found everywhere) I've just never seen them made into an awesome arch.
AK loving the bike rack
The garden that Lew was drooling over. If we could only get 22 hours of daylight here we may just be able to accomplish this...
Inside the museum was all the info about the Alaskan Pipeline (spoiler: we went to Valdez and saw it for about 10 hours as we drove, I have pictures), traditional art and early explorers to Alaska. It was...educational.
After we left the museum we made our way over to the Chena River in Fairbanks and took a paddle boat ride. We left from this super cute little place apparently the company has been in business for I think over a hundred years. They knew what they were doing and had it down to a science.
Grandma and Grandpa getting situated on the boat before we took off.
Along the way, we got to watch a bush pilot take off and land on the water right beside our boat and we also got to see a championship dog sled kennel. These dogs are nutty to be sure. As soon as they are harnessed up they are ready to run.
warning this is not a real moose, haha
Also, not a real moose riding Uncle Terry
We got off the boat and were able to walk around this island type place that let us get up and close with the things they just showed us. One of those things was the crazy dogs, one of the dogs jumped and I am pretty sure was ready to eat Anna Kate. If she could actually remember this moment I'm sure it would be a favorite.
There was traditional dog sleds and I think I have a couple of little mushers ready to go!
Along the way we saw peoples homes with their boats and planes parked side by side. About this time of our trip I started noticing how young all the locals are in Alaska. Lew says the average age in Alaska is around 26 or 27 years old, I totally believe it.
After the boat trip and ample shopping time we finally got our family photo in front of our little boat.
What a sweet little ride.
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