May 17 -18

WE ARE ALMOST THERE!

We stayed here at the
Red Eagle Lodge between

Tok and Glennallen.
Had a great breakfast here on
Tuesday morning before leaving.

The best part about Red Eagle was the people.  Here's Judy and her helper, Walker.  It is like her ad in the Milepost says, "What guests remember is the spirit of the Roadhouse - meals served by the fire, stories shared with fellow travelers, and a good night's sleep for tomorrow's adventure".
We felt that attitude!
Thank you,
Judy and Walker

Watched this snowshoe rabbit play around our trailer that night!

This is it for the wildlife today!

The view on the way to Anchorage!   OK, you may be tired 

of these pictures, but I simply couldn't choose one or two!

Do notice the clouds as well as the mountains!

These two pictures are trying to show the difference in how green everything has gotten as we near Anchorage.  We watched for 2-3 days everything become green!

While in Anchorage we visited the ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER.  It was fantastic and we learned so very much about the native Alaskans! Here are two of our guides.

This is where food was stored away from animals.

One of the Native Cultures had houses like this.  The large one in the back was for the men and boys older than five.  The smaller houses were the women and young children.

These whale bones were placed near the opening of the underground (or under ice) homes of one of the Alaskan cultures.  Since all was snow and white, it would show the hunters the location of the home.

The white outline on this native dress are buttons.

Alaska's Native people are divided into eleven distinct cultures, speaking 21
different languages.


The Heritage Center showed the diversity of five different cultures in the way they lived and in different areas of Alaska.

Above shows where we walked around this lake to visit an example of each different culture's home.

TOMORROW IS THE TRAIN RIDE!