We had a nice halo around the sun today on our venture into Anchorage. The scattering of light off ice crystals in the clouds creates this spectacle. The center circle was quite dark, A fine summer day in Alaska and a big lawn with flowers all around to wander through. The Anchorage Museum Floors 3 and 4 were rather small spaces and they left us hungry for more. The best was a series of glowing globes suspended in a dark room, Each globe was presenting data about the world. Some of the data was socio economic, some environmental and others were whimsical. We were so hungry for more that we left and got lunch. The lunch spot was the Midnight Sun Cafe down in the Mushing district. A bit more walking and then back in to the museum we go. Time to tackle floor 2. This was the best of the best. The curators used maps and grouped the artifacts in a way to illustrate the different groups who always populated the area. The works of art and the skill of their tools was astounding. The similarities were also evident among all the Artic Peoples. Then we walked to a few markets and scooped up salmon for dinner. Lyft brought us back to the cabin where we cooked up a storm.
Is the Moose Lodge around here?
Such fine flowers
We saw swiss chard in amongst the flowers
The Art Museum has a lush green space with floral borders
Walrus buddy
A hose poured water on the snare drum making an auditory experience
All of these globes represented some specific data like availability of water or life expectancy.
Each one was different in how it presented the data
Cubist Polar Bear smoock
Punk Polar Bears
Sleepy Polar Bears
Grizzly
The Neon Vortex
The moose head was hanging on the other side of the wall
Masterworks!
The mushing district
The Iditarod stars here
Big murals all around
Walruses on the powerline
Day 16 of our migration
