Hi! We got up around 9 o’clock and checked out of the hotel. We are staying at. We went to Sammy‘s City diner in downtown Anchorage. It was a little overpriced, but it’s very good service very clean and the food was good. The coffee was not great but the pancakes and the sausage are very good. We hung out there for a while, then headed out to Wasilla Alaska. This is the home of Sarah Pain, who was the mayor here and then she became governor of Alaska for a stent. We drove through beautiful mountain peaks and got to Wasilla and it wasn’t what I expected. It was more spread out and sprawl like and there was no central core per se. We did see the City Hall area and we took a picture of that of course. We went to a huge ginormous comic book store it’s comic books and games primarily. And we saw another one of these espresso stores that are just like a tiny little building and people drive-through and pick up coffee. They seem to be a thing in Alaska. We went to a building that has moose subs and it’s a historic building and we took care of some business there and then we decided we’d leave towards Takena. We decided to go to the headquarters of the Iditarod race, which is in Wasilla. We have to see artifacts, sleds nice looking Cabins and they actually had the dogs riding people on wheels because obviously there’s no snow this slide them around, but this one guy revived, revive the race back in the first Iditarod race was in 1973 and fought to keep the event alive through its most difficult years now it’s a national historic landmark. It’s where they used to deliver mail in the lake. Very cool story! Well, after we took a hike through Wasilla, we figured it was time to get her butts moving and head out towards Talkeetna! Well, we Drew drove about 13 miles past it and thenthe instructions told that told us to turn up dusty Road and turn around. We’re like oh shit it’s a kind of road that Rental Car company wouldn’t want us to go go to so once we got here We went to the Latitude 62 and it was quite the place it was about what I expect. It was like a drinking bar really dark drinking bar. We paid our lodging at the bar with the bartender who had our names in it handwritten book of lodging. They did give us the last room furthest away from the bar, which was nice. The room is extremely basic. Everything works, but there’s no refrigerator. You know that kind of thing but you know the price was right it makes up for the fact we’re gonna be flying to a glacier in two days which was very expensive so there’s Talkeetna has a reallyquaint little downtown with one Main Street and it seems very chill and tourist deep and nice way. So we’re gonna be here for four days. Then while we were at Talkeetna, we decided to go to a pizza place called Mile High Pizza Pie. We got a margarita pizza with pepperoni put on top and it was really tasty. The dough was superb and it was a really delicious pizza. I’m so glad we re-ordered it and so was Mary.
Good day everybody!! Mary @ I woke up around 10:30 AM. We decided not to take a chance so we went to a local Starbucks about 5 miles away and got ourselves coffee and one of those delicious breakfast sandwiches they serve. We were worried that at the bakery that we were going to meet Hannah and Story wouldn’t have any food by the time we got there. We had no idea what this place was gonna be like so we got that which is a very good move considering we Met them at the place and they had a big long line. We discovered that they had a shorter line just to get coffee without the food. That was a pretty good arrangement they had so we got coffee actually Mary got a different kind of drink, but I forgot what it was. Anyway we hung out there and talked for quite a while and enjoy it then it was time to head out and we got a coffee to go, and Mary got another little snack and one behind the counter who was from Philadelphia and it was cool. She was very nice. After that, we said goodbye to them and made arrangements for them to stop by our hotel to drop off some things like bug spray, etc. We’re gonna do and take a walk first Mary wanted her nails done so we got we’re doing that now. It’s now 2:42 PM and then we’re gonna do errands pick up bottled water in the lake. and while she’s getting her nails done, there’s a bookstore right next-door. It’s an old-school bookstore. It’s like Barnes & Noble, but without all the commercial stuff pretty deep far back and I found some cool stuff to look at. I am. After we did that we decided we’d try to find a place to get some provisions. We ended up finding a place called Fred Mayer. Mary said she went to this place 50 years ago back when she was in Portland Oregon. So I went there in this place had a supermarket attached to other different kinds of stores. Anyhow, we went shopping there picked up provisions and they have more super coffee than any other store I’ve seen in recent memory. We picked up a banana, bananas and bug spray and then I picked up two super coffees. We then went hiking to Point Worozof Park. It was a cool looking place. We saw airplanes flying overhead. We met two really nice gentlemen who took pictures of us and we did a little bit of walking for a little bit of exercise. Then we headed back to the hotel and we found out our card key was not working so we got it replaced or no we got it re-magnetized. After that, Mary took a shower and I chilled out looking up what I did 234 years ago it was very interesting. Mimi had a graduation party three years ago and I also did a lot of traveling that June 2023. We went to the taste of India for Indian and then that was really good. We enjoyed very much then we headed to the Potter Marsh Wildlife Viewing Boardwalk, which was wonderful. It was breathtaking views and we got so many beautiful pictures and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. I couldn’t believe how nice it was. We did have to leave because it was really gusty and cold. But we enjoyed ourselves. It’s now 10:43 PM and still light outside. Tomorrow we’re checking out of Anchorage and heading towards Takena. We’re going to be staying four days at the Latitude 62. In the meantime we’re gonna try to see Wasilla tomorrow the home of Sarah Pain. That oughta be interesting. I also heard it was pretty also Hannah was very generous to lend us some winter gear for the expected cold temperatures. It’s now almost 11 PM.
Hi! We got up around 9 o’clock and checked out of the hotel. We are staying at. We went to Sammy‘s City diner in downtown Anchorage. It was a 
little overpriced, but it’s very good service very clean and the food was good. The coffee was not great but the pancakes and the sausage are very
good. We hung out there for a while, then headed out to Wasilla Alaska. This is the home of Sarah Pain, who was the mayor here and then she 
became governor of Alaska for a stent. We drove through beautiful mountain peaks and got to Wasilla and it wasn’t what I expected. It was more spread out 
and sprawl like and there was no central core per se. We did see the City Hall area and we took a picture of that of course. We went to a huge ginormous
comic book store it’s comic books and games primarily. And we saw another one of these espresso stores that are just like a tiny little building and people 
drive-through and pick up coffee. They seem to be a thing in Alaska. We went to a building that has moose subs and it’s a historic building and we 
took care of some business there and then we decided we’d leave towards Takena. We decided to go to the headquarters of the Iditarod race, which is in 
Wasilla. We have to see artifacts, sleds nice looking Cabins and they actually had the dogs riding people on wheels because obviously there’s no 
snow this slide them around, but this one guy revived, revive the race back in the first Iditarod race was in 1973 and fought to keep the event alive through 
its most difficult years now it’s a national historic landmark. It’s where they used to deliver mail in the lake. Very cool story! Well, after we took a hike through
Wasilla, we figured it was time to get her butts moving and head out towards Talkeetna! Well, we Drew drove about 13 miles past it and then
the instructions told that told us to turn up dusty Road and turn around. We’re like oh shit it’s a kind of road that Rental Car company wouldn’t want 
us to go go to so once we got here We went to the Latitude 62 and it was quite the place it was about what I expect. It was like a drinking bar really dark 
drinking bar. We paid our lodging at the bar with the bartender who had our names in it handwritten book of lodging. They did give us the last room furthest 
away from the bar, which was nice. The room is extremely basic. Everything works, but there’s no refrigerator. You know that kind of thing but you know 
the price was right it makes up for the fact we’re gonna be flying to a glacier in two days which was very expensive so there’s Talkeetna has a really
quaint little downtown with one Main Street and it seems very chill and tourist deep and nice way. So we’re gonna be here for four days. Then while we 
were at Talkeetna, we decided to go to a pizza place called Mile High Pizza Pie. We got a margarita pizza with pepperoni put on top and it was really tasty. The 
dough was superb and it was a really delicious pizza. I’m so glad we re-ordered it and so was Mary.
Good day everybody!! Mary @ I woke up around 10:30 AM. We decided not to take a chance so we went to a local 
