500 Saturdays: Nomad Diary

  A Hike in DNP Flowers in Denali Denali Bloom Denali Flowers Saturday. 27. We had a cool, but not cold night in the camper with no auxillary heating needed. We slept until about 7am and got up from the warm bed easily into the fairly warm camper. It had started raining, and we both have a raincoat handy to go in and out to the outhouse. We had dressed and finished breakfast by 8am. We are into a bit of a routine that’s working for us. It’s about the same time to do all this in a regular living place where we have our organization in place. The big difference is that Darrell has been cooking pancakes more often since we don’t have a microwave for reheating leftovers. We have had a portion of cooked pancakes left so after two days of cooking, we had enough left over pancakes to reheat them in a skillet one at a time for our big breakfast meal. We’ve spent a lot of time reading here. I started reading another book left in the camper by our host. It’s called: Alaska Women Write. It’s ...

  My Favorite Bakery Near Talkeetna Darrell in Line at Flying Squirrel Bakery, Talkeetna My Toasty Sandwich at Flying Squirrel Bakery, Talkeetna Darrell's Pushing a Tree into the Lake, Talkeetna Highway Going East to Wasilla from Talkeetna Saturday. 20. Regular morning routine. Mid-morning we drive 3 ½ miles to Flying Squirrel Bakery. We each get an Americano and a bakery treat. Darrell got Chocolate Babka. I got Walnut Raisin Toast with butter. We sat and visited for over an hour. Then we decided to get sandwiches. I got the Turkey Pesto and Darrell got the Muffaleta. We enjoyed lingering and eating our lunch. Then we went to a local trailhead and walked 3+miles around a lake. While walking we stopped three times to spray ourselves with mosquito repellant. Third time was the charm in this case! We talked about our future travels and possibilities for some of our open dates this September and October. We also walked along quietly enjoying our woodsy experience. The path is nice and...