I decided the Trolley Tour would be a good way to see Anchorage. They have two levels of tour. The $25 tour which just covers downtown. Then the $50 tour which takes you to earthquake park, the float plane airport, and airport park where you can see the city skyline. Since I don’t have a car I opted for the more expensive tour. It will save me from having to take an Uber or Lyft to those locations and back.

The Trolley Tour meets in front of the log cabin. That’s very convenient for me since my Airbnb is just two blocks away.

You just line up here and give them your name. They have it all in their tablet. 

Alice is our tour guide. She’s a former comedian so she’s knowledgeable, funny, and entertaining.

The Alaska Statehood Monument was unveiled in 1990. It celebrates 75th Anniversary of residents in the Anchorage area and January 3, 1959 when Alaska was declared the 49th state by President Eisenhower.

This monument is actually just down the street from my Airbnb. The building you can see down below is the train station.

Our first stop is the ULU Factory. If you would like to purchase an ULU knife from the ULU factory, you can order one here. 

The most interesting thing to me in the ULU Factory is this knife that dates back to 1,000 B.C.

There are restrooms on this stop.

That building is Bridge Seafood Restaurant. 

Supposedly the fisherman are elbow to elbow here when the tide comes in.

And we are back on the road.

This is the train station you could see back behind that monument earlier. This is where you go if you bought a ticket from the Alaskan Railway. If you bought the excursion through NCL as I did, you catch the train at the airport.

Our next stop is at Resolution Park.

Resolution Park includes a bronze statue of Captain Cook looking out on the area he he explored on the HMS Resolution.

From here you can see Susitna mountain (also known as sleeping lady). On a clear day you can see Denali (Mount McKinley) to the north.

Across from Resolution park is Hostetler Park.

We are back on the road. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.

West High School was the first high school in Anchorage. It opened in 1953.

Our next stop is Earthquake Park. This is where a 1964 earthquake caused an entire neighborhood to slide into the ocean. 

The crater is 30 feet deep. This was filled with homes that were on this level. The quake either moved the homes away or sunk them into the ground. The ones that sunk are still underground.

Airport park

From here you have a great view of the Anchorage skyline.

We saw a bald eagle but it flew away before I could get a picture.

They build fences to keep the moose off of the roads. Our driver Alice wanted us to see a moose so we are specifically driving around looking for a moose right now.

Just down the street we found an example of a moose on the wrong side of the fence. We pulled over and had a few minutes to take moose pictures.

We are working out way over to the seaplane airport.

This is a very old seaplane.

This is our next stop. We are able to get out and take pictures of the sea planes. You just can’t touch them.

A drive back to the log cabin completed our tour. On the way back she pointed out a reindeer and the Veteran’s memorial. I am going to walk over there on my own for a better look.

Again the tour guide was Alice. I thought she did a great job. Knowledge and funny.