04:53 Alaska time 05:53 California time
Kent: Last day [in Switzerland]
Kent: Got locker in Thun and skated to Interlaken
Kent: Was a beautiful 3 hour skate! I'm on train back now
Kent: Won't leave for Geneva until 4pm
Kent: I'm doing Dusty's hotel plan in and out of Geneva
Kent: Got Astoria for 95
Kent: I'm sure I'll be pretty drunk by the the time I get to
that hotel
Kent: :)
04:54 Alaska time 05:54 California time
Ray: good plan!
04:54 Alaska time 05:54 California time
Kent: It's the only one that works well
Unfortunately Kent never sent pictures from his skate!
09:40
View from our room.
09:40
View from our room.
10:06
A cruise ship came in overnight
10:09
Our room is behind the word "SeaLion" in the SeaLion Art sign.
Kathy's pic
10:12
Driving back toward Homer on the spit
Mt Iliamna
11:53
Mt Redoubt
11:54
12:26
Kathy went back to the car to wait for me to take pictures... then I
saw two bald eagles fly by!
Not a great picture...
12:27
Mt Iliamna from Ninilchik Alaska
12:33
Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel
Russian Orthodox
Ninilchik Alaska
13:49 Alaska time 14:49 California time
Kent: Winding down my last night in Europe for a while
Kent: I had a great time
Kent: When my kids are on vaca with their mom, these trips have
been a great thing for me
Kent: Today, my last day, I skated over 30km from Thun to
Interlaken and it
was great
Kent: Then took long slow train to Geneva
Kent: Drinking wine in the British beer bar at Geneve hotel now
Kent: 11:45pm
Kent: I should be flying home in 12 hours
15:04 Alaska time 16:04 California time
Kent: I left my wallet in a kebab place here two years ago for
over an hour
Kent: Went back in a panic
Kent: There it was on the counter
Kent: Untouched
Kent: Now I always carry backup $ source but I was spooked from
that!
15:09 Alaska time 16:09 California time
Paul: You may remember that when Jed and I went to Murten in 2015 I
left my passport and entire wallet in the deserted lobby overnight in a
drunken stupor
Paul: Someone turned it in to the receptionist...
Paul: Only a couple of minutes of panic since I had no idea it was
missing until 10AM the next morning
15:09 Alaska time 16:09 California time
Ray: Scary! Meanwhile, I leave a shitty old motorcycle helmet unlocked
in Spain for an hour, and a gas station attendant steals it.
15:10 Alaska time 16:10 California time
Paul: Steals?? Wasn't he saving your ass and keeping the next
guy from actually stealing it?
15:14 Alaska time 16:14 California time
Ray: I honestly don't think he would have said anything if I hadn't
have
confronted him
Ray: He never came out of the store as I stood there for a couple of
minutes looking around and thinking about what it would be like to ride
100km without a helmet.
15:17 Alaska time 16:17 California time
Paul: He probably figured you would find it obvious to go into the gas
station first thing to ask about it
Paul: But then, he does not know you
Paul: You get lost in parking garages for Christ's sake.
15:19 Alaska time 16:19 California time
Dusty: Eating popcorn, enjoying this show
15:22 Alaska time 16:22 California time
Kent: I've done drunken stupor a few nights
Kent: Especially at end of this trip
Kent: I can see leaving almost anything....
My situation - I bet over 100 people saw my wallet and nobody picked it
up!
15:24 Alaska time 16:24 California time
Dusty: Yeah I suspect there's alot less petty crime in Switzerland
15:28 Alaska time 16:28 California time
Kent: The Astor hotel has AC! My only hotel in this trip
Kent: 16 nights! Love this cool air!
15:31 Alaska time 16:31 California time
Dusty: Now Paul, Ray's only gotten lost in one parking garage ..
Dusty: that we know of ....
15:35 Alaska time 16:35 California time
Kent: Yes! AC is good
Kent: When I left the mountains, all my rooms had fans..
Kent: not the same
Kent: I had room on 3rd floor in thun last night w no elevator
Kent: Pig still weighs over 40lbs...
15:37 Alaska time 16:37 California time
Dusty: Yeah the heat chased me out of Locana IT back into the mountains
pretty quickly
15:41 Alaska time 16:41 California time
Dusty: Kathy and I just got back to Anchorage from Homer
Dusty: Was sunny down south, but rainy up here..
Dusty: again...
Dusty: may get better weather over the next few days
Dusty: Kathy's parents fly in tomorrow afternoon,Thursday we take train
to Denali, Friday we take bus tour of Denali
Dusty: Friday and Saturday most important days for good weather
15:42 Alaska time 16:42 California time
Dusty: I saw a couple of bald eagles at the Russian Orthodox church,
Kathy was already back at the car and missed them..
Dusty: she missed the otter as well...
15:44 Alaska time 16:44 California time
Dusty: Considering the road parallels the ocean for like 40 miles or
so, there were very few places to get a good view of it
Dusty: All trees and or private land
17:18
Back in rainy Anchorage, Kathy and I went to 49th State Brewing.
It was fine, but not quite as good as Glacier Brewhouse
17:18
Spruce Force
Mosaic IPA
The Farmhand, the Brewer and the Cooper
Fieldwork Saison
Oak, Smoke, and Mirrors
17:22
Alaskan seafood chowder
Fresh king salmon, Kachemak Bay halibut and baby clams
17:42
Parmesan and Asiago Crusted Halibut
Fillet of fresh Kachemak Bay halibut topped with a mix of Parmesan and
Asiago cheese served with lemon butter sauce, garlic smashed potatoes
and seasonal vegetables.
