where we got to see several different animals that aren't usually in our zoos at home.
Among others, we saw polar bears...
a musk ox...
a tibetan yak...
a moose, kind of...
but, I'm still patiently waiting on my grand moose moment...
We saw black bears...
a bald eagle...
and a coyote...
We saw trumpeter swans...
a snow leopard...
and brown bears...
before stopping by the petting zoo...
{M, the goat whisperer}
After a delicious lunch of yummy pizza at The Moose's Tooth...
we headed out to Palmer to visit the Reindeer Farm...
where we got to feed the reindeer!
who were super friendly...
a little too friendly for L's taste...
{not a fan}
who much preferred visiting with Rocky, a rescued baby moose calf (that was behind a fence)...
Before we left, we got to feed a few members of the elk herd, too...
including the bull, Apollo...
What a majestic animal!
From there we continued on to Wasilla to make a Target run, and you know, take a peek at Russia...ha!
We continued on along the Parks Highway toward Fairbanks, and made a stop in the sweet little town of Talkeetna... It's rumored that the town of Cicely from the television show, Northern Exposure, was patterned after Talkeetna... After spending this week in Alaska, I'm going to want to go back and watch some of that show!
In Talkeetna, we stopped by the Fairview Inn, where President Warren G. Harding, the first president to visit Alaska, is said to have visited to both have his hair cut and grab a meal before continuing on to the lower 48, where he died in San Francisco just 5 days later...
Headed to Denali National Park and a few stops around Fairbanks tomorrow!
a snow leopard...
and brown bears...
before stopping by the petting zoo...
After a delicious lunch of yummy pizza at The Moose's Tooth...
we headed out to Palmer to visit the Reindeer Farm...
where we got to feed the reindeer!
{M, the reindeer whisperer}
who were super friendly...
a little too friendly for L's taste...
who much preferred visiting with Rocky, a rescued baby moose calf (that was behind a fence)...
Before we left, we got to feed a few members of the elk herd, too...
including the bull, Apollo...
What a majestic animal!
From there we continued on to Wasilla to make a Target run, and you know, take a peek at Russia...ha!
We continued on along the Parks Highway toward Fairbanks, and made a stop in the sweet little town of Talkeetna... It's rumored that the town of Cicely from the television show, Northern Exposure, was patterned after Talkeetna... After spending this week in Alaska, I'm going to want to go back and watch some of that show!
In Talkeetna, we stopped by the Fairview Inn, where President Warren G. Harding, the first president to visit Alaska, is said to have visited to both have his hair cut and grab a meal before continuing on to the lower 48, where he died in San Francisco just 5 days later...
Headed to Denali National Park and a few stops around Fairbanks tomorrow!
More {Road Trip} 2017 Fun
Day Ten - Into the Arctic
Day Eleven - JUNEAU
Days Twelve & Thirteen - Driving for Days
Day Fourteen - Hello, Seattle!
Day Fifteen - A Couple of Capital Cities with Capitol Steps to Climb
Day Sixteen - Out and About in the Portland Area
Day Seventeen - Idaho
Day Eighteen - Utah, and a Goodbye
Day Nineteen - From the Mountains to the Plains
Day Twenty - Canvasing Kansas
Day Twenty-One - Good Bye, Kansas + Hello, Missouri!
Day Twenty-Two - Finishing Up Truman's Missouri
Day Twenty-Three - Kicking It Through Kentucky and HOME!
Day Eleven - JUNEAU
Days Twelve & Thirteen - Driving for Days
Day Fourteen - Hello, Seattle!
Day Fifteen - A Couple of Capital Cities with Capitol Steps to Climb
Day Sixteen - Out and About in the Portland Area
Day Seventeen - Idaho
Day Eighteen - Utah, and a Goodbye
Day Nineteen - From the Mountains to the Plains
Day Twenty - Canvasing Kansas
Day Twenty-One - Good Bye, Kansas + Hello, Missouri!
Day Twenty-Two - Finishing Up Truman's Missouri
Day Twenty-Three - Kicking It Through Kentucky and HOME!
