Visited Talkeetna a Quaint Little Alaskan Town

We left Denali and headed to Anchorage.  It was an easy drive but, the views were again limited due to the smoke from a forest fire. On the way we stopped at the Veterans Memorial rest area.

There are large stone slabs that represent the branches of the armed services and their service to our country. In the middle is a sculpture honoring the Alaska Territorial Guard which was established in 1941.

Our next stop was in Talkeetna which is a quaint Alaskan village.  This little town was featured in some of the TV shows that described life in the “last frontier”. The town has one of America’s last flagstop trains.  Along the track persons who want to ride the train to town stand beside the rails and flag down the train.  Alaskans use this mode of transportation to ship freight and travel to town and back.  

While in Talkeetna Bettie found another quilt shop where she found some fabric that she liked and plans to incorporate into her travel quilt.

We are now settled in at the Golden Nugget RV Park in Anchorage.