Alaska is like you favorite bar in college: its quirky and run-down and held together with cracking linoleum. And by some miracle almost everywhere has LTE.
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Way back in the Tetons, Mom declared that she wanted to go zip lining. I laughed and said, "yeah, we'll do that" thinking she'd change her mind. Nope...
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Jinks at Snowgoose Pond B&B knows the way to my heart; she made homemade biscuits for me again. Leaving Palmer for Denali was bittersweet.
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On Sunday morning, I was eager to try Jinks' blueberry sourdough pancakes. Mom was eager to go to church and fellowship with kindred spirits.
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Surprisingly, Palmer has a lot to offer...especially when you have errands to run. And errands we ran in the little town nestled between mountains.
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The fog densely hung onto the fjord as we left Seward. Dense fog seems to be a trend in Alaska.
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We took a Kenai Fjords tour (by boat) to see the most beautiful places and I fed the jellyfish. Yes, from the back of the boat.
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Who knew so many RV's could fit on such a tiny piece of real estate????
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Today was the most beautiful drive filled with glaciers, mountains, rivers, streams, and estuaries. Did I mention glaciers and mountains?
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By 7:00, we'd seen dozens of oil riggers heading to work and hit the historic Milepost 0 of the Alaska Highway.
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We walked to the zoo which is only 1.3 miles (or 2.6 km), which meant we also walked 1.3 miles back to our hotel. And yes, we went to the zoo, so there was more walking there - at least 3 more miles.
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We headed out of Kalispell too quickly without getting to enjoy their quaint, yet modern, downtown.(Not quickly enough though, because I happened to eat a bad boiled egg at the Econo Lodge. I know you’re saying, “Why would you eat eggs at the Econo Lodge?” I’m still wondering that myself.)
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Well... this is the second time I've written this post due to the lovely internet here in Kalispell. I'm sure this one won't be as cleverly written as the previous....
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Turns out the historic district of Idaho Falls will charm your socks off with its beautiful walking park just on the other side of the river. After grabbing some pastries at La Vanilla Bean, we headed towards Salmon.
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Idaho Falls... the disappointment of disappointments. Their Target has no pharmacy which was the entire reason we drove south. The Hilton Garden Inn's guest laundry shrunk ALL (yes, ALL) of my clothes. I will take this point to remind you that I packed limited clothing to last me 4+ months... where do I begin?
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We drove 287 miles to end up in a beautiful hell of 113 degrees (that's Fahrenheit for my Canadian friends).
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