Alaska: Day 4

We started the day with a food tour in the downtown area - we love to do these while traveling.

First stop was Snow City Cafe for a tasty yogurt parfait - they make their own granola. Mmm. Next stop was Biscuit Club where we enjoyed some biscuits with gravy. We also enjoyed a fireweed donut and samovar tea at a small shop, and finally a seafood sampler at Humpy's. We also learned about Anchorage and Alaska history, including the Iditarod, which begins right where we stood!

Iditarod map in Anchorage

We also visited some yarn stores, where I bought a little rabbit pompom to go with a hat I made from rabbit "wool" some time ago, as well as more qiviut. We visited Onsite Brewing and then headed to the coastal trail for a bike rental.

The "mud flats" on the shores of Anchorage are apparently quite dangerous, similar to quicksand. We rode along them and worried for the few people and dogs we saw, after the stories we heard!

It was a nice, sunny day, and we felt we worked off some of the calories from the morning food tour. At least enough to visit 49th State Brewing, one of the hottest dinners in town. We shared a flight, had a nice seafood dinner, and split a pair of king crab legs. They were about like disassembling some Maine lobsters!