Breakfast at the “Bed & Breakfast” was good. Afterward we packed, grabbed a couple of bikes and headed down a trail for the coast. It sounds long, but it was probably only a few miles. The trail took us right through downtown where we walked for a bit and stopped for lunch.

Beth was pointing out how strange it must be to live in a place where all the big shops are souvenir shops of you. We continue to be amazed by how quiet it is here, even when it’s loud, it isn’t.

We rode back around 1pm and you know, for someone who rode a bike for two years, I am so out of shape, I couldn’t get up a small hill, seriously small!

Anyways, the highlight was actually our trip to the cabin. It was about a two hour drive, but along the way we stopped by a lake to watch beluga whales! We love it here!

I am posting from my iPhone so I can’t post any pix, but we will as soon as we are back in civilization.

We had a great breakfast this morning. Deer sausage, toast, cereal and O.J. The owners of the bed & breakfast we are staying at, make breakfast for everyone staying here. Up to then, I hadn’t seen very many latino faces, but turns out that the son of the owner is married to a Mexican woman, so I am not the only Mexican in Alaska.

We visited the Alaska Native Heritage Center where we saw a baby moose, I was hoping to see the mother or the father around, but we didn’t. The Heritage Center was fun, we sat through a group of native Alaskan dancers who taught us about their dances and songs.

The center is small, so we had a chance to walk through the entire center in just under an hour. I was fascinated by the way the natives lived. The homes looked like something right out of the Shire from the “Lord of the Rings.”

After a nap (for a lot longer than we expected), we took a bike ride over to the “Bear Tooth Grill”—Mexican food with an Alaskan twist. I had, probably the best burger ever—Rosemary grilled burger. Beth had a mushroom, spinich enchilada plate. We left the restaurant at almost 10pm and it was still light outside. It took us a bit to ride back to the bed & breakfast and by the time we got home it was already dark, but I am loving these long days.

Tomorrow, we leave for the lodge. We’re excited!

We left L.A. at about 9am and after a layover in Las Vegas—where I won $25 playing .05 slot machines— we were on our way to Anchorage.

We landed about 4:00pm in Anchorage and after a short cab ride we arrived at the little bed & breakfast that Beth found. It’s fabulous!

We really didn’t wait long to check out the town. We took a walk to downtown through the mall and ended up at Uncle Joes Pizzeria which was about a mile and a half away.

So far, we LOVE it! I am particularly fond of how green it is here and that there are NO palm trees—just like in Seattle. It doesn’t get dark until really late. 9:30 - 10:00 pm you can still be outside with enough light to think it’s 5 or 6pm. As someone who needs very little sleep, I LOVE IT

This has got to be a personal record for the least and fastest packed vacation Beth and I have been to together. We have one back to check in between the two of us and one carry on each. Not bad for two people who usually carry more than they should because we can’t make a desicion about what to take to save our lives. We’re excited! Never been to Alaska before, and we joke about deciding to move there. The flight leaves in 4 hours and we’re just getting up now. Yey!