Anchorage: The Big City

We're in Anchorage for two weeks while Jim orders all the dental equipment he needs and Sarah meets with village providers (physicians who make a trip to the Aleutians two days a year). This will be the last bit of civilization as we know it for quite some time. You can see the Chugach Mountains (pictured here from Alaska Route 1, Glenn Highway) from almost everywhere in Anchorage. They do the World Extreme Skiing Championships annually in the Chugach. Even though their highest peak is less than 14,000 ft.,  being at the edge of the Gulf of Alaska, there is more snowfall in the Chugach than anywhere else in the world--over 600 inches a year.