Anchorage

We landed and caught a taxi to the RV rental outfit where our RV was parked outside waiting for us. I arranged to have it be our hotel room. The taxi driver laughed at everything we said. I don't even remember making any jokes.

We loaded our luggage into our RV. Wow, it looked nice. It didn't appear to be an older economy model. I wonder if we got upgraded or something? We tried to close all the curtains to keep the light out. No use. The light poured in all night and we eventually fell asleep.

We awoke the next morning and got the operator's tour of our vehicle. Everything seemed pretty straightforward. Got the keys and we were off to pay a visit to our friends at the Puffin Inn. 4 of our friends were in Alaska the week before we arrived, and we had a one day overlap in our vacations.

We woke them up and listened to their stories. They had a great time, but I was a little surprised that not all of their tales carried the enthusiasm I was expecting. They had some bad weather in Denali and didn't really see too many animals. Their K2 flightseeing expedition seemed to be the highlight. We were thinking about doing that anyway, and what with the spectacular clear day ahead of us -- let's do it.

We left our friends to finish up their Alaskan adventure shopping in Anchorage while we took off north in the RV to start ours. We stopped at the grocery store to compliment the food that we brought with us. That was a falacy -- we heard that everything in Alaska was expensive, so we brought our own food. In reality the only food items that were pricier than in the lower 48 were soda and fresh fruit/veggies. Guess we didn't have to pack that box of Macaroni and Cheese which ruptured in the suitcase. After the grocery store we were off to Denali, but before that, we'd stop in Talkeetna to see if we could get on a flightseeing tour.