Day 13 Visiting friends in Anchorage
In Anchorage we stayed with a childhood friend of Lyndi's and her husband who is a retired Navy Explosive Ordnance and Demolition (EOD) Officer. Thanks Steph and Ed for the great hospitality and all the hardcore sea stories.
We went to the Alaska Zoo with our host family. The zoo is small and very nicely maintained. All of the exhibits were well designed to see the animals in their natural environs as closely as possible. Lyndi enjoyed taking pictures of her favorite animals:
A young Polar Bear:
A Lynx:
A Snow Leopard, one of Lyndi's best favorites:
A large Black Bear:
A Seal Lion and a brand new seal pup:
We drove out the Turnagain Arm to Girdwood and hiked part way up a ski slope. The road follows the path of the Alaska Railroad out to Whittier:
Jim