Every celebration is better with a parade, and
Gold Rush Days is no exception. Rain or shine, here they come:
After the parade, we walk over to the Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum, located on the campus of the Prince William Sound Community College.
The museum is noted as having one of the largest displays of native Alaskan art and artifacts in the world. It's a real show case museum, however, I spent our entire time there in the lobby on the phone. So, someday later this week, I shall return. Bob really enjoyed it and took the following pictures:
Bob said what he enjoyed most was being able to get very close to the displays, and really seeing the outstanding detail on the animal displays.
The Park Strip Shelter lies just behind the museum, and it's time to get to the fish fry before all the fish is gone. It takes just a few minutes to walk over, and fortunately the shelter is covered as the rain is really steady.
Much to our delight, the fish fry is actually grilled salmon, AND you get to have a hot dog! Valdez might be one of the few places where hot dogs cost more than fresh salmon. Anyway, we had more than our fill, drinks included at no cost, and when we left, they had salmon left over and gave us a bag of marinated salmon fillets "to go." I really love Alaska! It was raining too hard to take pictures, but I asked Bob to take one picture of the Air Force Reserve Band standing directly behind us.
What a great time we had. Happy
Gold Rush Days Valdez!
For further information:
Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum
1 comment:
This museum looks very interesting, and you really got some gorgeous pics of Alaska!
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