Woke up this morning to 47° in Talkeetna. Big change from Tallahassee and Atlanta two days ago with 90+° and high
humidity. Fall is in the air, with minor
tree color changes at this time and elevation.
Talkeetna is famous as the launch point for mountaineers attempting to
climb Denali. TravelAlasks.com describes
it as a “tiny, funky hamlet straight out of many visitors’ mental picture of
life in small-town Alaska”, and they are right.
It is located 115 miles north of Anchorage in the Mat-Su Valley, and
when you come to visit Denali, don’t miss it.
It has log cabins, a roadhouse and clapboard storefronts line the dirt
streets. Main Street is the only paved road in town.
It’s an eclectic blend of old and new. Old being the Roadhouse mentioned above. The Roadhouse, built around 1917, is one of
the oldest establishments still in operation on Main Street and is famous for
big breakfasts and bread/meat combinations called pasties. The
original structure is log and they will feed you, put you up in a room, and
they have they only public washing machines in town. Kevin and I ate breakfast there this morning
with a pancake that flowed over a plate (that’s on a 10” plate in the photo)
and another plate of eggs, potatoes, and bacon.
We figured that the next few days would be sandwiches and bark, well,
except for that steak we bought just for a special occasion. We also picked up a pastie and sweet roll for
later. My diet is suffering.
We were instructed to take some food pics on this trip so we
are starting with some here.
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| 12" Pancake |
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| Breakfast at Roadhouse |
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| Talkeetna Tiny House |
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| Float Planes at Talkeetna |
Woke up this morning to 47° in Talkeetna. Big change from Tallahassee and Atlanta two days ago with 90+° and high
humidity. Fall is in the air, with minor
tree color changes at this time and elevation.
Talkeetna is famous as the launch point for mountaineers attempting to
climb Denali. TravelAlasks.com describes
it as a “tiny, funky hamlet straight out of many visitors’ mental picture of
life in small-town Alaska”, and they are right.
It is located 115 miles north of Anchorage in the Mat-Su Valley, and
when you come to visit Denali, don’t miss it.
It has log cabins, a roadhouse and clapboard storefronts line the dirt
streets. Main Street is the only paved road in town.
It’s an eclectic blend of old and new. Old being the Roadhouse mentioned above. The Roadhouse, built around 1917, is one of
the oldest establishments still in operation on Main Street and is famous for
big breakfasts and bread/meat combinations called pasties. The
original structure is log and they will feed you, put you up in a room, and
they have they only public washing machines in town. Kevin and I ate breakfast there this morning
with a pancake that flowed over a plate (that’s on a 10” plate in the photo)
and another plate of eggs, potatoes, and bacon.
We figured that the next few days would be sandwiches and bark, well,
except for that steak we bought just for a special occasion. We also picked up a pastie and sweet roll for
later. My diet is suffering.
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