Day 8-Whittier & Return
The Alaska Railroad Trip to Anchorage Today ends our cruise experience. We disembarked the ship very early in Whittier, about 6:45 am, and immediately boarded the Alaska Railroad for our trip to Anchorage to pcik up our flight back to Chicago.
The Alaska Railroad provides a very scenic ride for the breathtaking journey from Whittier to Anchorage. The trip takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes and includes mountain views, a 2.5 mile tunnel (that is closed one day each year for people to walk and bike through it.) as well as stream-side views.
The ride is a must to experience, and goes far too fast. On our trip we saw bald eagles, mountain sheep, salmon and beautiful vistas throughout. The seating is in 4-seat table settings so that you can chat as well as take in all the scenery of Alaska.
Upon arrival in Anchorage, we had lots of time to spend before our 10 pm red-eye to Chicago's OHare Airport. First we did a little shopping and explored downtown Anchorage which seemed to have lots of souvenir shops and restaurants. All in all it was very tourist oriented.
Anchorage is a town of over 250,000 residents and is one of the largest cities in terms of size (square miles) in the world. It is also a very fast-growing city. Our 50-minutes bus tour of the city with the 4th Avenue Theater's Trolley Tour took us around town with an amusing narration from a long-time resident. It included a visit to the airport area, which includes the world's largest marina airport for float planes. We saw hundreds of float planes in the docks just like a boat marina.
The Anchorage airport is quite modern and offers the typical amenities of major airports around the country.
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