Today, Stanley visited the Anchorage station for the Alaska Railroad. Here's a brief history: http://www.alaskatrain.com/information/history.html
He also got a look at an Athabascan cache. A cache is a building on stilts used to store food out of the reach of bears. Athabascans are a Native Alaskan tribe. Here's some info on them: http://www.alaskanative.net/en/main-nav/education-and-programs/cultures-of-alaska/athabascan/
Sorry to be keeping him so long. The weather has been very weird, awfully warm and overcast and rainy, so going out to take pictures has not been that easy. Hopefully things will be better over the weekend, so we can get him out to visit a glacier:)
We thought we had a chance to take Stanley to a National Forest that isn't too far from Anchorage, but we got surprised by the weather taking a rough turn after we got down the road. The wind was blowing around 25mhp and we were afraid he would blow out into the water.
The weather finally cooperated enough to get out on Saturday! We took Stanley over to Point Woronzof, a headland around the west side of Anchorage overlooking Cook Inlet, named for Captain Cook. From there you have a great view, on a good day, of stretches of three mountain ranges: the Chugach, the Alaska and the Talkeetnas. If the visibility is really good, you can see Mt McKinley, and we could!
Stanley is by the overlook sign, showing McKinley's height.
Here is Stanley by the other end of the same sign, showing Anchorage and the Chugach behind.
Stanley and the nice view of downtown Anchorage that day.
Stanley and a famous mountain in the area. Mt Susitna, which is also known as the Sleeping Lady, because she looks like a lady asleep on her side. Here is some info about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Susitna
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