August 31, 2013 Saturday Day 56 Michael's iPhone was totally black, dead this morning, aaaccckk!! We were going to Anchorage for a day trip, anyway, so we looked up Apple Store in Anchorage, and luckily they have one. It is 45 degrees and cloudy / rainy outside. Our drive took us along the Knik River, then onto Glen Highway a divided highway with 4 lanes. Boy that looks weird, haven't been on a big highway in awhile. The Apple Store was in a huge, 3 story ma...

August 30, 2013 Friday Day 55 Headed to the Palmer Farmers Market this morning. I just love Farmers Markets! This one was very small, but sweet. We bought some fireweed honey. It was raining / drizzling / cloudy, temps in the 50s. Then we went to the Visitors Center, and there was the girl who had helped us yesterday, recommending things to do and where to get lunch. (She had recommended Humdinger Pizza). Well, when she saw us walk in, she smiled and said "Tha...

August 29, 2013 Thursday Day 54 We stayed at the camper till 1, then went into Palmer to run some errands and check out the Visitors Center. Had delicious pizza at Humdingers, drove around town and surrounding countryside, then back to camp. We were taking a walk around the campground when four little girls on bikes came circling around us, screeching to a halt right in front of us, saying "Stop!, fashion police, you are being given a fashion citation". "Wait...

August 28, 2013 Wednesday Day 52 40 degrees and raining, ahhhh, heated seats in the car are a brilliant invention. Left Denali at 10:30am, on the Parks Highway, headed to Palmer, a little town near Anchorage. Today's drive should be about 215 miles. About one hour into the drive we saw a female moose right on the side of the road. We pulled over to look and she was about 45 feet from us. She was so cool to watch, and I was able to snap some pics with my iPhone...

August 27, 2013 Tuesday Day 51 Rested and hung out at the camper watching several old episodes of Friends. Around 2pm, the weather changed from cloudy and drizzly to sunny blue skies with big white puffy clouds. So we went to Denali National Park, and drove the 15 miles allowed by private vehicles. Saw some moose, dall sheep and a porcupine. We parked by Savage River, and hiked the Savage River Loop Trail. This trail was so beautiful. As we walked along Savage...