Alaska Anchorage 6/8/18

Arrived early at the shallow harbour of Anchorage.  With a population of 350,000 or over 40% of Alaska’s population, Anchorage is the main port of entry for cargo.  We discovered it has a tide of over 25 feet, necessitating the change of our disembarkation ramp from Deck 3 to Deck 2 as the tide rolled in.

We had a free morning so we caught a shuttle over the Ship Creek where hundreds of anglers fished for Silver Salmon, to the downtown Egan Center where free WiFI is available.  We caught up with our email and on-line banking then returned to the ship for lunch.  After lunch it was off on a city tour, followed by a visit to the Aviation Museum.  The museum was full of lovingly restored vintage aircraft from the Golden Age of aviation and tales of heroic derring-do.  Small planes are still a primary mode of transportation here and 25% of all small planes in the USA are based here.  Anchorage also boasts the largest floatplane airport in the country.

Fireweed, first to bloom after a forest fire, it opens from the bottom up.  When the top flower opens, Winter is coming.

Reggie checking WiFi at Visitor's Center

Downtown park in full bloom

Leaving Anchorage

Back to the ship for supper and to watch a dredge chug up and down the inlet beside the ship, to clear away any sand that may have been sucked into the channel by the tidal rip and ensure that the ship could make a clean getaway at this evening’s high tide.

Now off to the theatre for the evening’s entertainment.