Non-Foggy Morning, Time to Leave
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canyonwalkerAlaska Travelog #24
Leaving the hotel - Wed, 19 Jun 2024, 8:30am
It figures. Of all the days we have a nice sunny morning in Seward, instead of being socked in with fog until after noon, it's today, the day we leave. Well, at least we won't miss the room we've made our home for the past 4 days.
Why didn't we like it? Let me count the ways. The shower runs cold. The sink runs hot. The heater doesn't work. And there's nowhere to sit except at a tiny table facing the corner.
So why did we stay? Two things. First, any better looking place was twice the price, or higher. We know; we checked, multiple times, the night we arrived and the next day. Second, once we unpacked our stuff I really didn't feel like packing back up to move. So we stayed and made the best of it. We took quick showers. We found that the room was always mysteriously hot even with a completely dead heater and outdoor temperatures barely into the 60s as highs. Like, we were routinely opening the sliding door— which has no screen door, of course— to cool off. And I made up for the tiny table in the corner by alternating between sitting there and stretching across the spare bed.
We've got a 2.5 hour drive back to Anchorage ahead of us. Our flight's not 'til 4pm, though, so we've got an extra few hours today. We figure we'll stop at some of those roadside waterfalls we saw on the way down here Saturday.
Leaving the hotel - Wed, 19 Jun 2024, 8:30am
It figures. Of all the days we have a nice sunny morning in Seward, instead of being socked in with fog until after noon, it's today, the day we leave. Well, at least we won't miss the room we've made our home for the past 4 days.
Why didn't we like it? Let me count the ways. The shower runs cold. The sink runs hot. The heater doesn't work. And there's nowhere to sit except at a tiny table facing the corner.
So why did we stay? Two things. First, any better looking place was twice the price, or higher. We know; we checked, multiple times, the night we arrived and the next day. Second, once we unpacked our stuff I really didn't feel like packing back up to move. So we stayed and made the best of it. We took quick showers. We found that the room was always mysteriously hot even with a completely dead heater and outdoor temperatures barely into the 60s as highs. Like, we were routinely opening the sliding door— which has no screen door, of course— to cool off. And I made up for the tiny table in the corner by alternating between sitting there and stretching across the spare bed.
We've got a 2.5 hour drive back to Anchorage ahead of us. Our flight's not 'til 4pm, though, so we've got an extra few hours today. We figure we'll stop at some of those roadside waterfalls we saw on the way down here Saturday.
