ANCHORAGE WALK ABOUT:

With no trip planned for this weekend, I decided to head back downtown. Anchorage is really beautiful in the summer. Flowers everywhere! Planted in neat beds and hanging in baskets all along the streets-hundreds of hanging baskets.

And, of course, the frequent sighting of very tacky salmon art!

Included in this web album link is the solstice festival. The pictures were taken in the exact location of the ice sculptures and ice rink I posted in the winter. Amazing what changes a few months and the melting of snow brings!