Tour of Anchorage

This morning we went on a city tour of Anchorage. We went to Old Towne, Black Elk Crafts, Alaska Fur Exchange, Ulu Factory, Float Plane Harbor, we got to see an urban moose up real close. Unfortunately we rode in one of the vans and I didn't have a window seat so no pictures.

In the afternoon we carpooled along Turnagain Arm. This is an area where beluga whales come in but we didn't see any.

We drove to the Indian Valley Meats store. They had some fowl running around and some caged. This appears to be some sort of a pheasant.

They also had some nice metal gates.

They also had these two totems and a wooden statue of a salmon fisherman.

This peacock was just wandering around the grounds with its friend the chicken.

This is what they call combat fishing on Ship Creek.

We went to the Portage Glacier National Park headquarters and saw a film on the glacier. At the end of the show they open the curtains and you are supposed to be able to see the glacier. Only problem was that is was too overcast to see it.

Our next stop was the Wild Animal Park that has animals that are being rehabilitated. Here we saw moose,

musk ox,

black bears,

buffalo,

and elk. We also saw a grizzly but no picture.

We went inside an ice cream/gift shop and they had this amazing horn chandelier.

When we came out I found this cage with a cute fox.

On the way back, Wayne and I and Ed and Linda stopped at the parking lot for Ship Creek so we could see the combat fishing better. It always intrigues me when you can see the lined where they drilled to put the dynamite to blast off part of a mountain.

There is a pedestrian bridge across ship creek where you can stand to watch the fishing.

If you look carefully you can see a fish jumping in the water.

All in all it was an interesting day.