There have been a number of humerus things we have seen while driving around Anchorage. I thought I would share just a few of them with you here.
One of the
dilemmas in the area seems to be: what to do with the snow? Seen here it was made a decorative part of a court. The bulldozed all the snow into a big pile in the center of the court and made a path to drive around the outside and built a snow man on the top. Thanksgiving cheer all around! Note that in this picture it looks pretty dark, but it was taken around 9:30-10am.
Typical driving on the main roads. You can see the mountains, etc in the background. Apparently, the mound of snow at the side of the road after snow ploughing has a name, but I can't remember it right now. I will have to get back to you on that.
I have never seen so many Hummers, Pickup trunks, and
Subarus in my entire life. They are (very understandably) quite popular here.
The phone number for the local Anchorage cab company is 222-2222. I think they made it so that even if you are really drunk you can easily call a cab.
The "Community Minded" liquor store is one of our favorite signs. Our question is: how is a
liquor store community minded? We decided a sub-slogan could be something like, "We keep our prices low to keep you drunk.
Truly thinking of the community."
This is another one of the many
liquor stores. It sort-of reminds me of how Seattle has lots of coffee stands, but here they sell alcohol. Alaska does have a very high rate of alcoholism compared to many other states, and it can be a pretty big problem, particularly out in the more rural areas.
One of the dilemmas in the area seems to be: what to do with the snow? Seen here it was made a decorative part of a court. The bulldozed all the snow into a big pile in the center of the court and made a path to drive around the outside and built a snow man on the top. Thanksgiving cheer all around! Note that in this picture it looks pretty dark, but it was taken around 9:30-10am.
Typical driving on the main roads. You can see the mountains, etc in the background. Apparently, the mound of snow at the side of the road after snow ploughing has a name, but I can't remember it right now. I will have to get back to you on that.
I have never seen so many Hummers, Pickup trunks, and Subarus in my entire life. They are (very understandably) quite popular here.
The phone number for the local Anchorage cab company is 222-2222. I think they made it so that even if you are really drunk you can easily call a cab.
The "Community Minded" liquor store is one of our favorite signs. Our question is: how is a liquor store community minded? We decided a sub-slogan could be something like, "We keep our prices low to keep you drunk. Truly thinking of the community."
This is another one of the many liquor stores. It sort-of reminds me of how Seattle has lots of coffee stands, but here they sell alcohol. Alaska does have a very high rate of alcoholism compared to many other states, and it can be a pretty big problem, particularly out in the more rural areas.
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