The second to last day of our trip, we had a relaxed travel day back south with the goal of ending up somewhere near enough to Anchorage for us to turn in the RV on time the next morning. Jim did some fishing (no luck), we had a leisurely breakfast in our boondocked RV, and wondered when exactly a huge moose pooped so close to our RV during the night.
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| Fishing by our boondocked RV |
We didn't have a campground reserved for the night, but knowing that Anchorage campgrounds are primarily super expensive parking lots, we decided to stop 45 mins north in Wasilla. The city might be best known as the hometown of Sarah Palin, and it was covered with Palin signs. We later learned that Alaska was holding elections this Tuesday (Palin lost).
In more entertaining news, Wasilla is also home to the Iditarod Headquarters and Museum. The Iditarod is a long-distance sled dog race covering over 900 miles in 8+ days. The headquarters had dog houses but no dogs visible during our visit, so we looked around the free small museum, watched some videos about sled dogs, and took advantage of their wifi to find a place to stay.
We stopped for an early last hurrah dinner at a Chinese restaurant, E Lu Fa, where we were initially the only patrons. The delightful Taiwanese owner, an older woman, seemed to be both waitress and cook. After our delicious stir-fries and sushi, we headed over to the Matanuska River Park for our final night in the RV.
The park had a large playground, so the girls played for a while before we all had to clean ourselves up (yay showers!), clean out the RV, and get packed for an early drive back to Anchorage. And since it was the last night, we had to finish off the beer and wine. :)
