Day 16 Monday May 5

Anchorage: Bridge Day

Our neighbor Ed is a retired civil engineer.
He built a bridge in Anchorage.
We now have pictures of every bridge across Ship Creek in Anchorage. However we no longer are able to upload photos so you all have to live in suspense until next week.


Did it take engineering skill to design these culverts? Hey it's a bridge!

This is a low head dam; there's a FOOTBRIDGE across it!

Railroad Bridge...now a bike path.

"New Bridge..Mayor MucketyMuck, 1990s"

Ooooooh wow...4 lane bridge.

Would anyone like to buy a bridge?

"The Bridge Restaurant" is currently For Sale. Part of it has a glass floor so you can watch the salmon swim up Shipp Creek.

We have a list of restaurants where various local residents have told us that we can eat REAL Alaska food.
Visited grocery store to stock up on breakfast and lunch food. Drove around the block to position ourselves to turn into the parking lot and .....

Moose count for the day: 1........They live in the front yards in Anchorage.