July 5, 2014 Museums and Music (Valdez, AK)

We have wandered around Valdez today, seeing a couple of museums.

The first was a city museum, dealing with the settlement of the city, and the relocation of the city due to the 1964 earthquake/tsumani.

The second museum was displays of the city before and after the 1964 earthquake.

The land where the Old City of Valdez was located sunk 7 feet during and after the earthquake and tsunami.  During the next three years it was moved four miles to the west, supposedly to higher ground.  

Of course was Valdez is now know for is the southern end of the Alaskan Pipe Line and the Exxon-Valdez disaster.  

Part of the celebration of July 4 was a cook-off with salmon as the main course.  At three p.m. the community provided a salmon plate to all residents and visitors.  The plate contained grilled pink salmon, vegetables, roll, chips, and cookies.  

As many times as I have tried Salmon, it still isn't high on the appeal list.

Tonight chefs Jeff and Marcella provided seafood chowder to all of us.  Wow-oh-wow, it was delicious.  

Finally there was music tonight.  Evelyn had her guitar; Glen and Marcella accompanied her.  The rest of us sat around a campfire.

 A volunteer from Valdez grilling salmon.

 The tank farm at the end of the Alaskan Pipe Line.

A tanker in position to be filled.

 It's chowder time.

It's music time.

This is a European bus, styled for touring, sleeping, and cooking/eating.  The passengers were from Germany.  The bus is licensed in Alaska and Germany.  In the next to last picture you can see the small windows which are the sleeping compartments.  The bottom picture shows the outside kitchen.  

We have seen this type of bus before.  It is a "cheap" way to travel, and Europeans or Oriental people are usually the ones traveling.  

This is not for us.  We like our creature comforts.