We are now in our final hotel after our trolly tour. Btw, I’ve gained a lot of respect for trolly tour guides, and tour guides in general. They store an enormous amount of information and history on the area, in their brain and Miss Donna not only has roots here through her native husband, but seeks out learning more and more to satisfy the endless amount of questions people ask. Hooked to a headset mic, she dropped us off, emptied her trolly and filled it up again with 30 more people then started her story all over again, and again, and again. So pleasant and so friendly. You can tell she loves what she does.
The Don, this is The Don a trolly which was built in Maine. She went there to pick it up and drove it all the way back to Alaska.
While going through Indianapolis she actually drove this trolly on the Indianapolis speedway with two police men in the seats. Can you picture that? A city trolly bus banking the turns on the speedway? Too funny.
The Iditarod race went through here in Anchorage. Balto is credited with bringing the serum that saved Nome, AK but one of the real hero dogs in an important mission of mercy was Togo. Togo and his musher tag teamed through blizzard conditions and ice breaks nearly loosing all. Togo instinctually knew what to do. It is said this musher, Leonhard Seppala – Born in Norway in 1877 could sleep for three hours increments and Togo knew the way and led his team safely to their destination. Here’s to Togo, Balto and all the people who gave so much to save the children and people of Nome, AK.
According to our tour guide Donna, this is an area where a whole neighborhood slid right into the water.
Earth scientists now recognize that the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake resulted from plate convergence: where the Pacific Plate is being overridden by the North American Plate, it descends, or subducts, into the Earth’s mantle along the Aleutian Trench. Unlike the San Andres fault where the plates rub each other. The wavy nature of the place we were standing basically turned the dirt in to liquid quicksand.
Dan and I are between the two plates here. Donna took pics of all of the riders doing this. I must say, I was a bit uneasy standing there. I have my hood on because Alaska’s state bird is mosquitoes. Donna actually sprayed the air with OFF before we got off the bus. Didn’t help.
Perfect crunch on the bread loaded with crab meat. It was amazing. dmc