June 23rd –
June 28th 2014
WRITTEN AND POSTED ON OUR LAST DAY IN ALASKA.
OUR LAST WEEK IN ALASKA.
SUNDAY (29th) WE START OUR TRIP HOME.
Monday: return from Homer, half of our visitors leaving
for Michigan (via Phoenix).
Tuesday: downtown, Ulu factory, Thunderbird Falls,
Moose's Tooth Pizza, the rest of our visitors leaving for Michigan
(via Seattle and Minneapolis).
Wednesday:
Rainy, cloudy, and gray. Some more sorting, packing, cleaning, and
planning. Well, we had to clean after our family left and the
landlord was showing the place to some other people as well. Few
phone calls about J.'s job options. Hospital, town, store, home.
Really not much – the rain was annoying. Relaxed afternoon. J. went
out to meet some friends from work – time to say good bye. Fare
well. Auf wiedersehen.
Thursday:
More rain. Pretty much nothing – some errands and getting ready for
our departure.
Friday:
Somewhat cloudy and gray but not really raining (great). Some phone
calls and other “monkey business” for J.'s Michigan job (she will
be driving to Ann Arbor). Breakfast. Final decision to spend some
more money on the train ride to the glacier (the train is called
Glacier explorer). Drive to Portage (an hour). Train tickets. Wait
some. 1.25 – 5.15: train trip. About 20 minutes ride through really
nice country, Whistle stop: walk towards the lake with the glacier.
Six more people and the ranger. Incredible view of the lake with huge
chunks of ice and the glacier in the back. Decent weather. Walk back.
Drive back. To pack between the seats in the car.
Saturday:
OUR LAST DAY IN ALASKA. Georges weather (sunny and warm). Breakfast
with J.'s friend K (really nice person). Native Heritage Center –
some presentation about lands and people. Presentation of native
sports (kicking ball, jumping, etc.). It was quite remarkable. Small
exhibit hall with few artifacts and bunch of information about people
and their history. The loop outside presenting six dwellings of
native people (some of them had guides in them – the same young
people who were showing different sports – very versatile people.
Really nice day. More cleaning and packing. We still have to cancel
and return internet (modem). Finish as much packing as possible and
leave at about 8:01 am. It is really happening. It was really nice
end of our adventure in Alaska.
