5 Hours and a Shower, $300+
Alaska Travelog #3
Anchorage - Sat, 15 Jun 2024, 10am
Last night as I learned our flight to Alaska would arrive 90 minutes late I rued getting to bed late and sleeping in late. It turns out only half of that came true. We did get to bed late- around 2:30am. But then I woke up at 7:30. I was still tired but could tell I wasn't going to be able to fall back asleep. I often refer to quick, no-frills hotel stays as "8 hours and a shower".... This one was 5 hours and a shower.
Oh, and while the hotel stay was mostly no-frills it certainly wasn't cheap. As part of how everything is expensive in Alaska, this room at a Hilton Home2 Suites (a limited-service brand similar to a Hampton Inn) cost over $300.
Just because I got only 5 hours of sleep, though, doesn't mean I checked out after 5 hours and a shower. No, after a relaxing shower I opened my computer (as did Hawk) to research places to go hiking today. We've found a couple places to stop on the drive from Anchorage to Seward and we've also found two waterfalls north of Anchorage. We'll take advantage of the ridiculously long days (sunset tonight is 11:40pm) by hiking those falls north of Anchorage after breakfast/before lunch then continue on our way south to Seward.
But we're also in no rush to start hiking, thanks to these ridiculously long days. After checking out from the hotel we stopped by a fast food restaurant for breakfast since I was famished, then visited a Walmart nearby to buy some groceries for the next few days. Oh, and a spray can of insect repellent. Multiple hiking blogs warned of hordes of mosquitos on the trails, and those pesky little blood-suckers sure love me. Well, now they're going to have to deal with my Cutter 40% DEET spray.
Anchorage - Sat, 15 Jun 2024, 10am
Last night as I learned our flight to Alaska would arrive 90 minutes late I rued getting to bed late and sleeping in late. It turns out only half of that came true. We did get to bed late- around 2:30am. But then I woke up at 7:30. I was still tired but could tell I wasn't going to be able to fall back asleep. I often refer to quick, no-frills hotel stays as "8 hours and a shower".... This one was 5 hours and a shower.
Oh, and while the hotel stay was mostly no-frills it certainly wasn't cheap. As part of how everything is expensive in Alaska, this room at a Hilton Home2 Suites (a limited-service brand similar to a Hampton Inn) cost over $300.
Just because I got only 5 hours of sleep, though, doesn't mean I checked out after 5 hours and a shower. No, after a relaxing shower I opened my computer (as did Hawk) to research places to go hiking today. We've found a couple places to stop on the drive from Anchorage to Seward and we've also found two waterfalls north of Anchorage. We'll take advantage of the ridiculously long days (sunset tonight is 11:40pm) by hiking those falls north of Anchorage after breakfast/before lunch then continue on our way south to Seward.
But we're also in no rush to start hiking, thanks to these ridiculously long days. After checking out from the hotel we stopped by a fast food restaurant for breakfast since I was famished, then visited a Walmart nearby to buy some groceries for the next few days. Oh, and a spray can of insect repellent. Multiple hiking blogs warned of hordes of mosquitos on the trails, and those pesky little blood-suckers sure love me. Well, now they're going to have to deal with my Cutter 40% DEET spray.