Palmer, AK
We were road weary and a generally a little bummed out on the final stretch Monday from Tok to Palmer, AK
Having slept in the van, continual rain for the previous 18 hours, and a frost heaved road that pitched and rolled so that we could only go about 45 mph, we could only think of finding a room and crashing for a while.
That stretch of road has (again) spectacular views of mountains and a huge glacier,
but our heads were down pushing on to a room. Also the van had developed a noise which had me concerned. Every trip includes a mechanical problem of some sort, but I'd hoped I had everything covered for this trip. I imagined the worst, of course.
We found a room which was quite nice, but in an inauspicious building.
He checked it out and decided it was probably just the serpentine belt and pulleys that needed some attention and he could work on it the next day. Big relief. So there was no real problem, just a noisy belt which would have lasted a long time yet, but I'm getting it changed tomorrow anyway.
We then found a beautiful B & B in Wasilla with a suite of rooms across and on the same lake as Sister Sara's house.
Of course any visit to Wasilla necessitates a visit to check out her house so that was our next move.Our hostess told us how to get there. This is from her neighbor's driveway. Her property is beyond the board fence. The fence gets to the height of about 12 feet farther to the right.
Her house is not quite visible from our shore, but we can see Todd's float plane docked in front of the house. That's it in the middle of the pic.
On the way back to the b&b we experienced gelato (Italian ice cream) for the first time. Incredibly smooth and delicious.
It looked much better in the freezer when we were there.
Our Bed & Breakfast:
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