The weather ‘God’ has been very good to us over the years;-)  So – it was bound to catch up at some time.  It did.  In Palmer.  Rain for three days straight;-(  HARD rain.  Therefore, hiking went out the door and golf was wedged in during a few hours of lighter rain and ONE sunny day;-)  Cleaning, administrative activities (paying bills, making new reservations, etc.) and other mundane activities were also taken care of.  So – a mundane blog posting;-(

There was a discovery or two!  A screened ‘gazebo’  (to help protect us from bugs while eating) was ordered from Amazon – to be delivered in Talkeetna.  Talkeetna came and went with no delivery.  UPS was NO help with rerouting!!  Amazon, however, did cancel the order and immediately refunded our $280😉  After a little investigation, G found a store in Palmer that reported carrying the ‘gazebo’.  Off to the ‘Three Bears’, where the gazebo was waiting for us at $199!!  Just what was ordered – LOTS cheaper.  Thank  you UPS.

On the fifth day-there was sun to enjoy our beautiful parking spot and new ‘gazebo’.

In all our travels, G has always remarked about how an effective chamber of commerce/PR person turns a city, lighthouse, golf course, etc. into ‘the most/best’ of ANYTHING anywhere in the world!  As we travelled the Oregon coast with its many lighthouses, each and every lighthouse had its ‘-est’ description.  The tallest, shortest, the oldest, the oldest continuously used, the oldest with a certain glass, etc, etc, etc.

Well – it seems the same is true for golf courses in this part of the world.  One of our bucket list items while in Fairbanks was to play the northern most golf course in the US.  Which we did – playing North Star;-)  Funny – because as reservations were made for tee times in and around Anchorage here is what was found.  First up was Settlers Bay in ‘historic Matanuska-Susitna Valley (Wasilla) – the only residential golf development’!  The course was beautiful and quite fun to play until we were run off on 13 by a downpour;-)

Next up was Moose Run-Creek course at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.  A beautiful and challenging championship course, which, seems to be the “northernmost 36 holes in the world” AND “Alaska’s only 36 hole facility“!  Who knew?!?!?

A little sun and a LOT of creeks and rivers!

The course was beautiful providing a terrific 8 mile walk. We won’t go into the golf itself.

Sound effects were interesting. Helicopter flyovers and the sound of automatic weapons fire provided an interesting backdrop for the day.

Some of the holes seemed to have more “challenges” than fairways.

Well – all caught up on admin, a few more ‘-est’ golf courses under our belt and a new gazebo.  Guess maybe a few days of rain were called for?!?!?!  Now – rain, rain go away!!

E & G still smiling;-)