Today brought us to the end of our journey. We drove from Glenallen, Alaska to Anchorage.
Highlights
Mountains, Glaciers and Braided Rivers
Today we traveled on the Glenn Highway ( AK1). This road gives views of the Talkeetna and Chugach mountain ranges and the Knik and Matanuska Glaciers.
While we have been seeing spectacular scenery every day, this section of highway seems to have more than its fair share.
The drive goes alongside several rivers. The glacier melt contains glacier flour (finely powdered rock) that makes the water look milky. Many of the rivers have braided channels. Rivers with many channels that continuously split and rejoin are called braided rivers.
And Some Business
We (the Royal we - it was really BB) spent several hours today doing last minute things related to moving into our apartment. There were phone calls to set up electric and internet service which resulted in applications to complete. There were also calls to the rental office to ask questions and verify information.
It was a short drive today on purpose, arriving in Anchorage early afternoon. We stopped at Costco and Walmart to check on the availability of things like mattresses and futon frames. Then headed to the apartment for our 4:00pm 'Welcome Meeting.' Had a tour and then got our keys. We have a new home!
We visited Fred Meyers to pick up groceries. Fred Meyers is related to Kroger. My Kroger customer card worked here.
Continued our search for mattresses and futon frames on the internet. Do you know there are businesses that refuse to ship to Alaska? Frustrating, but part of the adventure. BB persevered and we have mattresses and a futon frame scheduled to arrive next week.
Mile's traveled today:
Driven By Sal: 192.8
Driven By BB: 0.00
Total for day: 192.8
Total Trip: 4,669.7
Sal
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