Day 15 - Healy, AK to Palmer, AK

Half way! We've completed day 15 of our 30 day trip! We've been safe and had no problems at all.

Today was a day in search of views of Mt. McKinley from outside the park. We heard while preparing for the trip that the best views of the mountain are from Denali State Park and Talkeetna. That is true and today was the bluest sky and warmest day we've had so far. Hope you enjoy the pictures below.

We stopped to see the Alaska Veterans Memorial. It is a very nice stop with exhibits about the history of the military in Alaska.

Talkeetna is a little tourist town that reminds us some of Jamestown and Columbia in the gold country of California with a hint of 1960 attitude thrown in. I browsed some gift shops and Don cooled down with some ice cream.

The ride was enjoyable until we left the state park. From there we re-entered cities. This is hard. We've gotten so used to towns of a few hundred or less that traffic and highways are just ugly.

It is getting down right hot here. I see a thermometer that says 75 and I think it was nearly 80 in Talkeetna. It really is a bit uncomfortable here in Palmer. Night time never comes. It doesn't cool off much. The hotel has no air conditioning. We're on what seems like a main street in town. Lots of traffic and bikes/cars that appear to be cruising. Maybe Alaskans just have to be busy 24 hours a day during the summer to make up for the inactivity of the winter months.

I'm going to turn a fan on, put in my ear plugs, open a window, and try to read/watch TV/fall asleep.