Tok, AK to Anchorage, AK

We made it! Wow, this has been one of the most rewarding experiences of our lives, and it has only just begun!We allowed our selves to sleep in just a little bit this morning knowing we weren't going to have to spend any time finding a place to stay in Anchorage. After having a very good breakfast at Fast Eddy's (the restaurant at our motel) we headed out. It was a short 328 miles to Anchorage from Tok and it was absolutely gorgeous the whole way. We saw three different glaciers, multiple mountain ranges and awesome river valleys. Not too long after leaving Tok it happen, we saw moose!! Two of them! They were huge and just eating some branches or something, either way it was awesome!

It was very rewarding to see some moose after hundreds of signs warning us of their existence.

We stopped for a late lunch in Palmer, just about 40 miles north of Anchorage. We found ourselves a nice little deli to get some sandwiches. Palmer looked like a nice town and it was surrounded by mountains which made it beautiful.

We pulled into a pretty dirty Anchorage. It hasn't snowed in a while and all the dirt on the road collected on the sidewalks and cars. It didn't really matter to us though because we were so excited about finally being here! We got to our place and noticed that the key we found in the lock box was broken. This actually turned out to be a good thing because the owner showed us into our place and gave us the lay of the land. After telling about some great restaurants and a few bars and such he failed to mention anything about the place right next door, which was accompanied by a sign that reads "Bar/ booze, bras and business cards". So we asked, whats with the place next door? Turns out its part of Chilkoot Charlies the largest bar in all of Alaska! Needless to say we are going to be checking that out tonight!

We are very glad to be here now, and have a place to settle, at least for a while. We are going to allow ourselves the weekend to be tourists of our new city before we really get to the job search.

The adventure has just started for us, and ill keep posting our experiences for whoever is still here to read them. We really appreciate all of your support, and we still maintain that we would love to host who ever would like to make it up here to experience their own bit of northern exposure!