Bob has a head cold so he did not go out today. He took a cold pill and stayed in bed a lot I guess. I took off in our car with Nancy Jenkins because her husband has knee problems and doesn't walk a lot--just drives the coach.
We had tickets for the Alaska Native Heritage Center so we left about 9am for there. We were there until about 2pm. On the inside is a theater with different informational movies playing so while we were waiting for the next one we watched a boy do one of their native games. They have a number of them and they compete also. There is also a nice indoor stage with a balcony where you enter and another wall is all glass. Later on that same stage we saw two different native dance performances with two or three drummers and they were all in native clothing. Out back around a large pond they have examples of the five native cultures of the Alaskans. We had a wonderful female native who guided us thru each one and told us things as we walked along and in each abode there was a native in her native dress who explained things about her particular culture and spoke their language to us. Finally at the end there were men working on two totem poles that were going to be placed as supports in a building. Two other supports were already carved and finished. Around the outside next to the building their were men and women who were selling and actually making some of their items to sell. They have put bead work on their clothes, head pieces, moccasins,etc. for hundreds of years and their work is beautiful as is their carvings, etc. We looked thru the gift shop and left to find something to eat. There was an IHOP right close wo we went and had a wonderful salad then stopped at Target for something she was looking for and we found it. We headed back to town to find this camping store I had seen earlier--REI. Nancy is a great navigator even when we have a lot of one way streets. We arrived home safe and sound and are now going to our travel briefing for tomorrow. Bob arose from the bed and we went down to the briefing.
We took off in search of my young life. Following the directions that the bus lady had given me we found a couple of old trailer courts with some trailers that look old enough to have been there since the 50's. Then we went looking for another one that she said was probably not there anymore because there was a large park and she was correct. From there we went in search of the school which I think is still there and we found. It was called Mt. View Elementary and it backed up to Elmendorf Air Force Base although it might not have been there when we were here. It was fun looking for these things. Roger, I will be calling you about all this. We are on our way to Seward tomorrow. See you down the road.
We had tickets for the Alaska Native Heritage Center so we left about 9am for there. We were there until about 2pm. On the inside is a theater with different informational movies playing so while we were waiting for the next one we watched a boy do one of their native games. They have a number of them and they compete also. There is also a nice indoor stage with a balcony where you enter and another wall is all glass. Later on that same stage we saw two different native dance performances with two or three drummers and they were all in native clothing. Out back around a large pond they have examples of the five native cultures of the Alaskans. We had a wonderful female native who guided us thru each one and told us things as we walked along and in each abode there was a native in her native dress who explained things about her particular culture and spoke their language to us. Finally at the end there were men working on two totem poles that were going to be placed as supports in a building. Two other supports were already carved and finished. Around the outside next to the building their were men and women who were selling and actually making some of their items to sell. They have put bead work on their clothes, head pieces, moccasins,etc. for hundreds of years and their work is beautiful as is their carvings, etc. We looked thru the gift shop and left to find something to eat. There was an IHOP right close wo we went and had a wonderful salad then stopped at Target for something she was looking for and we found it. We headed back to town to find this camping store I had seen earlier--REI. Nancy is a great navigator even when we have a lot of one way streets. We arrived home safe and sound and are now going to our travel briefing for tomorrow. Bob arose from the bed and we went down to the briefing.
We took off in search of my young life. Following the directions that the bus lady had given me we found a couple of old trailer courts with some trailers that look old enough to have been there since the 50's. Then we went looking for another one that she said was probably not there anymore because there was a large park and she was correct. From there we went in search of the school which I think is still there and we found. It was called Mt. View Elementary and it backed up to Elmendorf Air Force Base although it might not have been there when we were here. It was fun looking for these things. Roger, I will be calling you about all this. We are on our way to Seward tomorrow. See you down the road.
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