This morning Jeff and Terry took me to a nice little cafe for brunch in the Spenard section of town. Apparently that used to be where all the strip clubs were, but it's been cleaned up! As you see in the picture above, I have some delicious sausage on my fork! That would be reindeer sausage. At first, I thought reindeer on the menu was a joke, but I guess it's a pretty hot commodity around here. I did eat the sausage shown(hence the blog name), and would highly recommend trying reindeer! It reminded me a little bit of deer sausage.
Also, I learned a neat little factoid which some of you may already know. Reindeer and caribou are basically the same species, but reindeer are domesticated and caribou are not. So reindeer is on the menu around here like beef is in South Dakota! There are actually reindeer farmers (not exactly in the same way as in SD), as well as buffalo farmers in Alaska!
After brunch at the Spenard Roadhouse, we drove through downtown Anchorage and saw more of Cook Inlet, the Knik Arm to be specific. It was low tide so you can see quite a bit of shoreline. Also, in the very far distance there is on the top two picture you can see Mount Susitna, aka the Sleeping Lady. There is a really cool story behind the name of the mountain that is said to resemble a sleeping maiden here http://www.aurorahunter.com/lady.php.
The last two pictures are just ones I took on the drive to brunch. I am in love with the landscape of Alaska and will be sad when I'm on the west side of the state where there are not very many trees or mountains.
The rest of my last day in Anchorage was spent repacking for my trip to Bethel tomorrow. I will spend 3 days in Bethel for inservice before I head to Kwethluk on Wednesday night. I am just starting to get my bearings here in Anchorage and now I have to leave, but I am excited to be one step closer to settling in Kwethluk for the year! Speaking of heading out tomorrow, I should probably head to bed so I can be up for my early morning flight...good night!
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