June 23 & 24 Days 32 & 33 Anchorage, AK
Dean spent half of Tuesday, all day Wednesday, and an hour this morning working with MotoStat trying to get the internet working. He was on the phone and busy continuously with it, with no breaks, about a 12-hour exercise. We have read with a great deal of interest the replies, and if misery loves company, we're happy. Unfortunately, everyone agreed today that it just doesn't work here. Dean's thinking is that the footprint should be largest in Anchorage. He'll try again in Homer, but I'm focusing on the things we can do and see.
We had heard from other tourists that the Anchorage Zoo was poor, so we decided to go check it out ourselves. It is small, but if your expectations aren't too high, you, too, could have a nice afternoon there. They had most of the Alaskan animals, and they were awake! We saw owls, bears, hawks, foxes, deer, eagles, lynx, wolverines, a river otter, a harbor seal, musk oxen, an amur tiger, Dall sheep, a snow leopard, caribou, freshly shorn alpacas, yaks, a porcupine, moose, and more. There were signs giving the facts about each, and I'm sure it's very expensive to keep it going. Each of the 6 wolves needs about 10 pounds of food per day. Admission was only $12 (I used a Toursaver coupon and got in free), and we had a good time.
I've been cold, and I found a wonderful "Alaska" coat today. It has lots of pockets, lots of layers, and is cuddly. I love it! Meanwhile, Dean wore shorts.
We got our mail yesterday, took care of business today, and will move to Homer tomorrow.
Wildlife: Wendy, I know stuffed animals don't count, but how about animals in zoos? If so, we had a great count today. We did see 2 uncaged squirrels.
Weather: We saw the sun a few times today! Cloudy, high of 57?F, a few minutes of rain a few times today, but mostly dry.