Day 32 - Denali Nat. Park to Anchorage, Alaska

- Bob & Peri Bobbitt Rig#14                                                                      Saturday, July 10, 2010

It appeared that everyone was up early today for one of our longer drives. We will be traveling 244 miles from Denali to Anchorage. There are several opportunities to see Mt. McKinley along the way but the clouds are low with intermittent rain. After our glorious views of the mountain on our bus trip, we can’t complain at all. We left Denali about 8:00 a.m. and traveled with Marlene & Nelson as we have done most travel days.

Midday we went into Talkeetna to take in the atmosphere and had lunch. We ate at West Rib Pub & Grill. On the menu they had a 4 lb bacon cheeseburger they called Seward’s Folly. A young man of maybe 11 ordered it and it did look like 4 lbs. At a cost of $25.95 it has:
     4 lbs of gooey meaty goodness
     3 layers of potato bread
     2- 1 lb Arctic Caribou patties
     ½ lb smoked ham 
     10 strips of bacon
     6 oz Swiss cheese
     6 oz American cheese
     grilled onion
     fresh tomatoes
     lettuce
     and Fat Ass Sauce
     with 1 lb of fries

Our only other stop was the Iditarod Race Headquarters. They had 2 pups and about 20 dogs you could pet. There were also many of the Iditarod trophies to see. The musher told us most Alaska Huskies are a mixed breed. It was a fun stop.

We are now the proud owners of a Fred Myers card so we can get a discount on our gas even though we have no Fred Myer in Flagstaff.

About 5:00 p.m. we finally pulled into our campground and just sat back and relaxed after a fun but busy day.

P.S.   Ira Miller was at it again, playing bass guitar with the local entertainers that were here at the campground.