Talkeetna

It was raining today when we got to Talkeetna. Dixie & Jim wanted to take the flight over Denali but it is cloudy & raining...so they will see about tomorrow morning. They have had a lot of rain here this summer and the rivers are over 2 feet higher than normal. The town is real interesting. It has become very touristy with the train and buses from the cruise ships stopping here. We met an interesting family from England visiting there sister in Anchorage. The sister is from PITTSBURGH. They have family in Squirrel Hill which is close to where I grew up. Then we stopped for ice cream and met the owner who had a really interesting story of how he grew up here. His family and 31 other families decided to move to Alaska in 1959. It ended up all the families did not settle in Talkeetna. The people in the caravan had disagreements and broke off in different parts of Alaska. He spoke of how the roads and bridges where then. He was 16 at the time. We have walked the town twice today, which could only take about 15 or 20 minutes, unless you stop in the shops.