Going to Whittier
Whittier is south of Anchorage about 60 miles surrounded by the Chugach Mountains and water. While Zach has been there numerous times, I have not, so this weekend was my chance. We met up with about 14 other couples to stay the evening at the Inn at Whittier.
Before checking in, Zach showed me the sites. First, to get to Whittier, you have to go through a 2 1/2 mile tunnel, which can only be accessed at certain times. It's the longest dual purpose tunnel (car and train) in the country. Second, once we were through the tunnel (whew!), we drove by Begich Towers, a converted military building from Whittier's military days, now condos which most of the town live in. Not a single family house in the whole town to be seen, or at least that I could locate. Next we drove by Buckner Building, a huge abandoned building also from Whittier's military days. Finally, on to the Inn at Whittier.
Once checked in we watch some cable tv, quite the treat since we don't have cable at home. However, our decision not to have cable is always reinforced by these experiences with so many channels and nothing we really want to watch. We then headed down to a nice dinner and then spent some time in the bar, primarily watching the Olympics. This morning was lazy as the rain fell outside. We had some breakfast, lazed about again for a while and then finally made the 11:10 tunnel out of town. Back in Anchorage, the skies are blue and the weather has the feel of spring in it.
