Yummy Eating!!

Seafood... Alaska has a lot of it! We had Halibut last night and it was terrific! Roger had it again tonight. It reminds me of grouper, but isn't as dense. It also has a sweet twinge to it, kind of like crab or lobster. We've also tried Reindeer Sausage. I was just amazed to know there really is such a creature. It was very good also!! We walked around downtown this afternoon; we went to a place where the salmon usually run, but we didn't see any. Its not very warm out either, with pants and a light jean jacket on, I found myself cold. We also went to the Ulu Factory today. Its a very unique knife that is native to Alaska; it was a long, curved blade (anywhere from 4 inches and up). We're going to be bringing one home!

Other Interesting Tidbits of Info:
Price Check: a gallon of milk (on base) is $4.99; gas is $4.10 to $4.29 a galloon. Just thought you folks might like to know the prices here.
Elmendorf Airforce Base: this is a very large base, very spread out; its a joint base w/Ft Richardson Army Base. Just to give you an idea, there 4 elementary schools on this one (joint) base. wow. It is also a very old base. The hangers look like they are at least 50 years old. Alaska became a state in 1949; I'm unsure if this base existed before that. I'm going to research it while I'm here. We are actually staying in TLF -- which is housing for people who are moving here or leaving here for another base. (Regular base hotel lodging was full). So its like an apartment. The outside building looks as if you could pluck it right out of some WWII photo book; but the inside is quite modernized (smooth top stove, etc). Its really quite notsalgic from the outside. One other note: It has central heat, but no AIR. Of course, after today, I kind of understand why the don't kneed air.
Sweet Tea: They have sweet iced tea here! Wow! Its not unusal here. I was pretty impressed.

Well, thats about all of my observations thus far. I hope to post some pictures this weekend. Thats just one technical thing I didn't think of--- how to upload the pictures to this computer when it doesn't have a card reader (or something like that).

Anyway! hugs and kisses from Alaska!