The Nuts & Bolts

The Salmon Parade hits Anchorage. A perfect day. Downtown fishing @ 9:00pm

So tomorrow we leave Anchorage and begin our training in earnest. Since I arrived on Friday, I have walked downtown Anchorage so many times that my feet actually hurt but I now know it well enough to help out guests. The city feels more like a town, though it has a Nordstrom’s and a Banana Republic but only one Starbuck’s. It also feels a bit like Davis since all the streets downtown are either letter’s or numbers. Third & G is an important corner here too. The fish is terrific. I have had a salmon quesadilla, Copper River salmon, crab cakes and calamari. The weather has been outstanding, it feels a bit like Tahoe in the fall. The sun has been shining, for hours. We hear that the solstice on Thursday turns into a late into the night party.

Training started bright and early on Sunday morning. However, my roommate and I didn’t get there until 10:15, since we never received the revised schedule. Fortunately it was not an issue with our boss and we only missed some of the hospitality portion, Training felt a lot like being back at ITMI, we covered much of the same concepts. Today was mostly about procedures, forms and the ever exciting OSHA portion. I am glad we are done with the classroom portion.

Tomorrow we head out for two days to see Seward, then a small resort area of Girdwood. We are going to see the Portage Glacier and the Kenai Peninsula, so I should start having some exciting pictures finally.

Thanks for reading.