A day in Downtown Anchorage. The Anchorage Museum was quite impressive, especially with the Smithsonian Exhibit about the different cultures. It took what we saw yesterday at the Heritage Center, and greatly expanded it. I could have spent hours in there. We walked around a bit of the city and saw some nice art pieces scattered about the city. Then, we headed out of town out along Ship Creek. This is the second most fished stream in the state, second only to...

A Visit to the Alaska Native Heritage Center. It occurs to me that I have not explained why I am in Alaska. I am a volkssporter .. a walker. And I am a member of the American Volkssport Association (www.ava.org). We walk for fun, fitness, and friendship. Every other year our regional area (the Northwest, WA, OR, ID, AK) has a conference. This year we are in Alaska doing walks around the area of Anchorage. Today is day three of our six day adventure. After ...

Well, the day has arrived and I am up in the air on my way to Alaska, or more specifically Anchorage … my first trip to our 49th state. This has been a long awaited volkssport trip for the NW Regional Conference.  My usual last minute packing has gained me only about 90 minutes of sleep. And a first for me is traveling with my laptop. I wanted to travelblog my trip.I was picked up this morning by Shuttle Express and I scored a Towne Car .. Sweet! Secur...