Day 11: August 30, 2011
August 30 (Cloudy and cool)
Had an interesting breakfast and said our “good-byes” to the family
Took a 1 mile hike up the hill to see Thunderbird Falls – part of a steep canyon. The falls were beautiful. Too cloudy to go to the fire station at Eagle Rock.
Drove into Anchorage and visited the gift stores one final time. Stopped for lunch at Phyliss’s Café – we sat under the tents on the sidewalk. Happy Birthday Rich – we found King Crab legs for your lunch.
Drove out to Earthquake Park and read about the Earthquake, walked some trails and watched planes take off – saw a freighter head out form the port
Turned the car in to Mike’s and took a cab to the airport – waited for Delta Flight #1088 from Anchorage to Minneapolis scheduled for a 9:30 PM departure – when we arrived we noticed the time had been moved up to 9:30 PM – another good thing J
We had enough miles to upgrade us to First Class on the way home – had great service and bigger seats – flew through the night and landed at Minneapolis at 5:30 AM (August 31) – walked down a few gates and waited to board Delta Flight #669 to St. Louis scheduled to take off at 7:00 AM
We again had First Class seats and enjoyed a short 80 minute flight and landed at St. Louis at 8:30 AM – got our bags and walked out the door onto the parking shuttle which dropped us at our car and we headed home – a GREAT TIME!!!!
Had an interesting breakfast and said our “good-byes” to the family
Took a 1 mile hike up the hill to see Thunderbird Falls – part of a steep canyon. The falls were beautiful. Too cloudy to go to the fire station at Eagle Rock.
Drove into Anchorage and visited the gift stores one final time. Stopped for lunch at Phyliss’s Café – we sat under the tents on the sidewalk. Happy Birthday Rich – we found King Crab legs for your lunch.
Drove out to Earthquake Park and read about the Earthquake, walked some trails and watched planes take off – saw a freighter head out form the port
Turned the car in to Mike’s and took a cab to the airport – waited for Delta Flight #1088 from Anchorage to Minneapolis scheduled for a 9:30 PM departure – when we arrived we noticed the time had been moved up to 9:30 PM – another good thing J
We had enough miles to upgrade us to First Class on the way home – had great service and bigger seats – flew through the night and landed at Minneapolis at 5:30 AM (August 31) – walked down a few gates and waited to board Delta Flight #669 to St. Louis scheduled to take off at 7:00 AM
We again had First Class seats and enjoyed a short 80 minute flight and landed at St. Louis at 8:30 AM – got our bags and walked out the door onto the parking shuttle which dropped us at our car and we headed home – a GREAT TIME!!!!