To conclude our Princess cruise-land tour, we stayed at the Hotel Captain Cook in downtown Anchorage. The rest of our vacation we were on our own plans!The view of downtown Anchorage from our room.Sculptures honoring Captain James Cook’s explorations.5th Avenue, Anchorage’s main street for shops and restaurants.Balto sculpture. A 700-mile dog sled relay was set up to deliver serum to Nome after an outbreak of diptheria in 1925. Balto led the final leg of the relay into Nome, so he became a hero, and the subject of several movies. The first leg of the relay was led by Togo, the subject of another movie. This relay was the inspiration for the Iditarod race, which is held yearly. Alaska became our 49th state in 1959, signed into law by President Dwight Eisenhower.Cook Inlet.Statue of Captain Cook looking out over Cook Inlet.Captain James Cook statue. Captain Cook was a British explorer who led three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, from Antarctica to Alaska, to Hawaii and Australia and New Zealand.Selfie sign at the Anchorage Airport.Statue of Senator Ted Stevens. The plane that would fly us to Barrow.
