Alaska Trip -- Day #8

Today I slept in until about 10:00, which is so unusual, but a week of less-than-great sleep and getting stung by a bee yesterday can contribute to extra-tiredness.  After a quick breakfast of grapes, a peach turnover, and milk, I spent awhile on indoor exercise and Bible reading.  That felt great!  Then Grandma and I walked to Pingo Bakery & Seafood House, a tiny little cafe with three tables and 12 chairs.  Parties of two are asked to share a table, so we were seated with two nice ladies who work at the Nome hospital.  One of them was originally from Columbia, Missouri, so we had a good laugh over it being "a small world", and enjoyed visiting while we ate lunch.  I had the halibut pizza, which was really more like a flatbread -- fresh fish, tomatoes, cheese, spinach, and bell peppers on a soft, airy crust.  We split two cookies, peanut-butter and chocolate-chip, and took fresh cinnamon rolls to go for breakfast on Monday.  There is no scheduled breakfast time since many campers are still traveling in.  Across the street from Pingo is Chukotka-Alaska, or "the Russian store" as we call it.  Unfortunately, it is in the final stages of closing down, so everything was 75% off.  We were able to nab some fantastic deals on Russian-made products, so now I have a few surprises for my family when I get home!  Upon my brother hearing about the sale, I had to make a second trip back to get him a Russian nesting doll as he is "fascinated by them", in his own words.  I got the second-to-largest one they had, so it's pretty good!  There's 10 individual dolls; the largest is about 10 inches tall and the smallest is a tiny 1/2-inch (at most).  I have to admit he's not the only one fascinated by them...I love them, too, so we'll both enjoy it!

By about 6:45, it was time to start fixing dinner so it would be ready by 8:15 or so, when Agnes arrived.  She is Grandma's friend from Minnesota and the fabulous camp cook.  It was great to see her again and brought back tons of memories from four years ago!  We enjoyed visiting and reminiscing over a supper of chicken seasoned with Parmesan and sweet basil, peas, cinnamon applesauce, garlic bread, and ice cream.  Now it's time to go to bed!

Russian nesting dolls

~Anna