Anchorage

Rains overnight and is still raining when we get up in the morning. Just before we get ready to leave I hear a couple Loons. When I walk closer to the lake a number of them start to fly off. Don’t think I have ever been close enough to hear a Loon taking flight. Their wings make an odd sound flapping on the water’s surface before they get fully airborne.

My one goal today was to go to the town of Whittier on the way back to Anchorage. Whittiier could only be reached by boat or by hiking over a glacier prior to World War 2.  When the Japanese attacked the Aleutian Islands the USA was concerned they might take Seward cutting off its rail line to the interior of Alaska. The USA dug a 2.6 mile railroad tunnel to connect to the Alaska rail road just south of Anchorage. Today it is a one way car and rail tunnel.  Cars go east on the ½ hour and west on the hour.  I assume cars on both ends have to wait for the train, which I don’t think happens very often anymore.

Entering the train/car tunnel to Whittier

The first place we try, that has good reviews online, says we will have to wait 1-½ hours. Then tells us their doctor who handles medicare patients is not in until tomorrow. We leave and I find another provider with good ratings on Yelp. We go to that address in a Mall and find they no longer exist there. We drive to our third place and Linda sees a doctor pretty quick. He writes a couple prescriptions for her, but now it is rather late, but a nearby Walgreens is open until 9:00PM, so we have the prescription sent there and we ride there to pick it up. The Pharmacy there closes at 7:00PM and they do not open until Monday, SOB ! Linda calls back the immediate Care facility and they are now closed. We buy the over the counter stuff the doctor recommended and give up on the rest until tomorrow. Linda leaves a message about her problem. We head back to Cabela’s for the night, with at least 50 various other RV’s.