Alaska is so Amazing!

Last night was a banner wildlife viewing evening – another first!

My brother flew into town for dinner and opted for a pub crawl. Because it was such a beautiful evening, we started at the Snow Goose sitting on the back deck. The sun was out - the water calm with no wind. Perfection would have been a clear view of Denali. Regardless, it was very relaxing and we enjoyed chatting about the trials and tribulations of our lives.

Next stop was Humpy’s. You can’t do a pub crawl in Anchorage without hitting this spot and eating the standard pub grub fish and chips. I really think this little place has the best halibut chips in town. King Crab cakes were also on the menu which turned out to be pretty tasty. As always, Humpy’s was packed and we soon moved on.

We finished the evening at the Peanut Farm. (Some people might consider this a short pub crawl.) By this time, Monday Night Football was over and the crowd had thinned out. There was plenty of prime seating on the deck where we could watch people fishing and enjoy the weather. As we were waiting for our drinks, I looked over and there was a beaver swimming upstream. I couldn't believe it. Of course where was the camera? Anyone want to guess? Safely tucked away in the car. This beaver leisurely swam up the creek a little way, around the little bend, hopped out of the water and went merrily along the shore. I was so excited. I had not seen a beaver in the wild just meandering along enjoying life before.

We returned to the simple pleasures of the evening… beautiful weather….good food….great Alaska brewed beer….wildlife spotting..could the evening get any better…??

Yes!

Another beaver swam by…well…it either it was another beaver or the first one was training for a biathlon. I assumed this was Ms Beaver and of course I spent the rest of the evening waiting for little baby beavers to go past. They never did. (And no…I didn’t run to the car to get the camera between the 2 beavers…one is so rare I never dreamed we would see two.)

How cool is that?

In other news, we currently have an erupting volcano called Pavlof quite far south of here. There is an orange aviation alert which as far as I can tell means watch out for the ash. It is currently spewing lava but hasn’t been overly explosive. I think the most we in Anchorage can expect is some pretty sunsets if we get ash in the air - and of course if the sun is out.