- My flight left Norfolk at 5:45 a.m, with connections in Atlanta and Seattle, and a 3:45 p.m. arrival in Anchorage.
- Mom left Boston at 8:30 a.m., connected in Minneapolis and arrived in Anchorage at 4 p.m. (8 p.m. EST)
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| 4,100 miles / 14 hours |
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| First sight of land - Cordova, I think I heard our pilot say... |
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| Shadow of our jet - against the mud flats |
- Picked up rental car (Enterprise)
- Checked in to hotel (Marriott Anchorage Downtown) - free (!) night with my Marriott Rewards. Given a room with a water view of Cook Inlet.
- Walked to dinner at Glacier Brewhouse - seafood chowder, hummus, salad and jalapeño cornbread with maple butter
- Short walk at dusk - with magpies. Enjoyed sunset over Cook Inlet at 7:50 p.m. (midnight EST)
Anchorage
- Population: 300,000 (Chesapeake, VA = 228,000)
- Alaska's most populous city
- Contains more than 40% of the state's entire population! However, its land mass (of 1,961 square miles) is not even 1% of the state's 663,300 square miles.
[Links to subsequent days' posts are at top right.]
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