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jason got pulled up to make sound effects for a skit with this guy
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local improv in Anchorage
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another Friday night - sitting in a biergarden with mountains all around
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cheers
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Prost!
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Willkommen
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Schwabenhof - german biergarden area in Palmer (45 min north of Anchorage)
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in the biergarden
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time for dinner
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happy brat
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pretzel and beer
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Bud Zdorovia
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We got a great view from the roof of Snow Goose Pub
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clear day (it was in the 70s and cloudless) and we could see Denali (for outsiders - that's Mt. McKinley) from downtown Anchorag
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Ryan was listening to the ranger - while I playe with my new camera (thanks Jason for the birthday/Christmas present!)
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Mount Susitna - locals call her "sleeping lady" - across Cook Inlet
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we took a walking tour about Captain Cook with a park ranger - here's is memorial on the coast
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totem pole and Ryan
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long wait
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the best vendor for reindeer sausage - MAs
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welcome to Alaska - have some "midnight" scotch
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downtown anchorage
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since it was only 2pm we decided to stop in Girdwood for their Forest Fair - it was a neat hippie fest - we looked at neat handm
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we had our fun - heading north to Anchorage
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2nd place approaching finish line - she was in front the whole time, but got passed in the final stretch - stlil they both made
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women's winner coming towards the finish line - she's from Seward and won 6 years in a row
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they really run up that mountain
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Jason advertised for the Dispatch while watching the race
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Mt. Marathon race - 3,022 ft up - they start downtown, head west to mtn, go UP, then down and back to town
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we were down the beach, but still got a good show of downtown
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yay- firecracker day!
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this is dark (pictures don't do it justice) - the fireworks display in downtown Seward was at midnight because that's about the
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catch of the day - we watched them haul their boat in, then they hung up their catch -we were lounging in rocking chairs on a de
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otters - great view from the shore driving down to our cabin
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Hobo Jim - if you watch Deadliest Catch, you might know who he is - we saw him perform in Seward
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the Iditarod trail actually started in Seward and went the Anchorage then Nome as a mail route, but now the dog sled race starts
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leisurely stroll along the sea in Seward (Resurrection Bay)
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Mt. Marathon (July 4th in Seward every year) - this is where they start up the mountain!
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pretty valley
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We wanted to see where the racers start their trek up the mountain
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bowl of butt
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Jason saw this sign and had to go in...(downtown Seward)
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we were there 7/3/10
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glacier ice, dead land, new growth = interesting cycle
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you know it's a glacier from the blue ice
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learning more from Ranger Stan
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Us at Exit Glacier - it was slightly rainy, but still a refreshing hike
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looking around at the dead land left when the glacier pulled back
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up close and personal - Exit Glacier
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We hiked up to the Glacier - about 1 mile there, but Stan stopped us a lot to tell us about the wildlife. plants, glacier, etc.
