June 15, 2022 - Fishhook, AK

Susie arrived in Anchorage one week ago today. It never seems like we are doing much until we go back and read our blog. Today we eased into the day having picked up some yogurt yesterday we ate breakfast and drank coffee at our cabin until almost noon. Then it was time for lunch. 

We rode into Palmer and had lunch at The Noisy Goose. It was a local place with families inside and big trucks outside. The food was good.

Next we checked out the Palmer Information Center and watched part of a documentary about the history of Palmer. In 1935, the middle of the depression, the US government selected and moved 200 families from the Midwestern US to Palmer. The government paid for their travel, housing and expenses with the understanding the money would be paid back. In return the families were required to farm and live on 40 acres. It was called the Colony Project and participants were called Colonists. This type of program was also implemented in parts of the lower 48. Last week was the annual Colony Day in Palmer.

Tomorrow we are off to Talkeetna which is supposed to be a village of lost hippies.  Should be fun.

You can download the pictures in this blog by clicking on them and then zoom in which makes them easier to read and see.

Information about the Colony Program 

More info

Susie proving context to how big these life size replicas of a record breaking cabbage, carrot, zucchini and beet. This part of Alaska is known for growing record size vegetables due to days having extended hours of sunshine during the summer, rich, young soils that have not been over-farmed and mild summer temperatures. 

Historic house

Wild flowers from the big garden at the Palmer Information Center