I looked at the tables which were still full of dirty dishes. I looked at the people who were there before us in this Denny’s. I was thinking about how long it might take to get a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n
“Yesterday was a big party day,” I said to Chris. “People actually pay attention to the solstice here, you know.”<\/p>\n
“All the bars are closed now and all the people came here.<\/p>\n
We looked around.<\/p>\n
“Let’s get out of here.”<\/p>\n
Back to the parking lot, which was more full than when we arrived. “Surely there is another place to eat somewhere. Let’s drive around until we find it. Maybe downtown.”<\/p>\n
But there was road construction. And one way streets.<\/p>\n
Trying to get downtown, we ended up in Mountain View. I never spent any time in Mountain View when I lived in Anchorage, but it had the identifying markers of ghetto slum. We needed to figure out where we were going and get out of there.<\/p>\n
We quickly made our way and where on the highway before we knew it.<\/p>\n
“Where are we now?” Chris asked.<\/p>\n
“um…Maybe there will be a Denny’s in Eagle River.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I looked at the tables which were still full of dirty dishes. I looked at the people who were there before us in this Denny’s. I was thinking about how long it might take to get a cup of coffee. … Continue reading