The drive to Anchorage was very beautiful! At first we drove through densely forested mountains hugged by fog. The bus driver was not a freak like the Juneau woman and told us interesting trivia along the way. ......... there was a plant called Fire Weed growing along the road; so called because it was the first thing to grow back after a fire. Also, when the Fire Weed started to die, you had about 6 weeks until winter arrived. Important to know when living in Alaska. And those markers attached to near the tops of the trees along the road? Snow gauge. That was scary!!!
G- They are such a beautiful color red.
Random man in crowd to bus driver - Can these be eaten?
Bus driver - No. Once they turn red they don't taste good. They are about to spawn and die.
P- Well that sucks! Spawn then die.
Random woman in the crowd to bus driver - Are those fish spawning?
Bus driver - No. Those are males fighting to spawn with the females.
Back on the bus we turned and drove along a lake and the sun came out. We saw several bald eagles and Beluga Whales!!!! Anchorage was bigger than we expected with a population of about 300K people.
We were dropped off at the airport at about 11:00 AM. Oh joy! Our flight was at 5:20 PM.
