Anchorage in Bloom

Anchorage is full of blossoms in the summer time. The city really goes all out to fill the public spaces with colorful flowers. These flowers are all in Town Square Park which is in downtown Anchorage, just a block from my office building. [Does this new camera I got for Mommy's Day take awesome photos or what??]

At lunch time, the park is generally full of people either taking a break from work or relaxing on their Alaskan vacation. I like to breeze through there on my lunch hour walk to mingle with travelers and see what’s going on.

Yesterday there was a big crowd in the park as they kicked off the World Eskimo Indian Olympics (WEIO). They had demonstrations of some of the events and also the contestants for this year’s Miss WEIO. The Olympics are being held in the Sullivan Arena for the next 4 days. You can read more about it at www.adn.com/weio.