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Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
(and Professional Travelers)
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Driving from Anchorage to Palmer, Alaska - June 14, 2009 |
| Palmer is a city located 42 miles northeast of Anchorage
on the Glenn Highway and is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical
Area. It lies on the north shore of the Matanuska River, not far above tidewater,
in a wide valley between the Talkeetna Mountains to the north and the Chugach
Mountains to the south and east. Pioneer Peak rises over 6,000 feet above
the town, just a few miles south.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.8 square miles, all of it land. Palmer and Wasilla are the two major old-town cores of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Population of the area has grown dramatically in the past decade; Borough officials estimate the local population at 80,000 and The 2007 Census Bureau estimates gave the city a population of 7,804. |
Driving to Palmer, the
two RV Gypsies saw this truck with a mailbox and a sign "Finally Alaska Bound" and his web site advertised. Love it! |
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And of course, more dirt
/ gravel construction roads |
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and some beautiful scenery |
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the road just before turning
into the campground - under re-construction |
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| Mt. View R.V. Park and the view from the motorhome of the two RV Gypsies. The Knik Glacier Airboat Tour mentioned in the sign above was not running. Disappointing! | |
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A moose came into the campground |
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A hiking trail near the
campground |
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July 23, 2009, another
moose came into the campground |
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| The two RV Gypsies ate at a great German bar several times, and they just loved the sign on the door for their hours - read the last line LOL | |
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