One entire day without a single "Diamond International" store and some of the women were starting to go crazy. (Not this woman - wouldn't be caught dead in one of those cruise-line owned shops!) So they hopped on the shuttle bus to the booming metropolis of Copper Center, Alaska.
Apparently they were snoozing on the bus yesterday when our driver told us what (little) to expect in this little burg. And they neglected to read any of the info so thoughtfully provided (in our Princess Patter!) upon arrival.
So they were quite surprised to find this little hamlet has no mall, or store of any kind (well nothing that's open on Sunday because the person who owns the only shop I saw - a quilt shop - closed her shop on Sunday because she also owns the roadhouse and it's a far more profitable venture on any day of the week!)
We were told the sourdough pancakes made with real sourdough at Nummy's Restaurant were not to be missed and they did not disappoint. Now what to do with the other 1/2 hour before the shuttle would return? We considered attending the religious service taking place in the lobby of the roadhouse B&B - the local denizens were already seated in the two lazyboy recliners, a sofa and several chairs but there was still some standing room if we wanted to take part (the "altar" was a console tv showing the final World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Spain).
We opted instead to hit the local museum and historical society. Not really 1/2 hour worth of entertainment but it was a dry place to hang out. Gerry liked this circa 1950 snow-machine (I'm not sure they aren't still using it this winter!)~later, tw
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