Fall Trip to Talkeetna for Lunch

Labor Day weekend we took an afternoon trip to Talkeetna to enjoy the fall weather and have some fantastic pizza for lunch. 

The Great One, from Kashwitna Lake

Getting closer to Talkeetna and Denali!

The colors said fall, but the weather said summer. The temperatures in Talkeetna were in the 70s and we roasted as we ate our lunch on the patio outside!

Talkeetna is so fun and funky

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"Spring" in Talkeetna

This past Friday was our day off for spring break. Of course, "spring" is relative in Alaska. It was a gorgeous sunny and "warm" day (highs in the 40s!), so we took off north to Talkeetna with a group of friends.

We walked around the main drag in Talkeetna. Many businesses were closed, but we still had fun playing in the snow and large puddles.

Lunch was nice and filling at the Denali Brewing Company, followed by playing out on the river for awhile. Talkeetna is where three rivers meet; the Talkeetna, Chulitna, and Susitna; creating the Big Susitna drainage. It was a bit windy out on the ice, but it was gorgeous, so we had snowball fights and built a snowman.

Some open water on another part of the confluence

After some time on the ice, it started to cloud over, so we headed back home, just in time for a nice spring snowfall. Some areas of Anchorage got 24 inches! Thankfully, in Chugiak, we only had 4 inches.

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Talkeetna for Lunch

After what seemed like weeks of rain, this weekend we had some gorgeous, sunny weather (albeit, the mornings definitely felt a bit chilly)!  Andrew and I decided to take advantage of the great weather and our last weekend of freedom before classes started up for the fall semester and drive to Talkeetna for lunch after church on Sunday!  Talkeetna is about a two hour drive from our house and is the base for most folks heading to Denali National Park, where North America's tallest peak, Mt. McKinley is.  We can see "The Mountain," as we call it, from our hometown, but on clear days like Sunday, its nice to get closer.

One hour north of our house the views were spectacular - Willow, Alaska

Kashwitna Lake, north of Willow, Alaska

Wa-BAM!  Each turn on the highway showed us how huge The Mountain truly is!

We had lunch in the sun at our favorite restaurant in Talkeetna - Mountain High Pizza Pie

We, of course, had to check out the airport while in town