Wasilla

Monday-Tuesday, July 5-6.  We left the Glenallen area and headed to Wasilla, approximately 150 miles.  We had never driven this direction on the Glenn Highway, and we were blessed with some very scenic views.  This first photo is Gunsight Mountain.  You can see the notch in the middle on top for which it is named.  You may need to click on it once, or even twice, to see it clearly.

The next few are just some beautiful views.

We made a pitstop and saw an eagle flying overhead here.


When we got to Wasilla, we discovered this is "Lucille" territory.  There is a Lake Lucille, and a street named Lucille.

We set up camp and then did a little shopping (prescriptions and groceries).  Wasilla has the largest Walmart store in Alaska, and in 2002, it sold more duct tape than any other Walmart in the world.  Now isn't that an interesting fact!

This is Sarah Palin country, and Tuesday we drove around the area where her house is supposed to be, but we didn't know what to look for.  We stopped at the Iditarod Trail Race Headquarters, which was very interesting.

They had 2 11-week old puppies that we got to pet, and we got to pet an entire dog team. 

Here I am making friends.

We decided to take a sled ride, and the dogs got very excited when we got into the sled.  They were ready to run!

There was a really nice statute in the headquarters building, with a full dog team and a plaque for each winner.  We also watched a film about last year's race.  Mazie got to see the winner of the last 4 races, Lance Mackey, while we were in Fairbanks.  He was making an appearance with one of his dogs.

We went back out to the dogs to match our new one with its look-alike and had to stop for the dog team to come through with another group.

Here is "Okie" and our new little "Okie."

Then we drove back to the Little Susitna River, where we had fished for silvers on our very first trip to Alaska.  We were not prepared to fish today, unfortunately, but we sure had the desire.

We stopped back in town and found a Mexican restaurant for lunch.  We are all missing our Mexican meals.  We got back to the RVs and washed them and the vehicles, which was a job.  About a half hour later, it started to sprinkle, so there went the wash job.