My Place Hotels | Anchorage, Alaska

After driving over 4,000 miles from Knoxville, Tennessee, we were so excited to arrive in Anchorage!

During our time driving through Canada, we had been car camping. This is definitely a fun and unique experience, but I was more than ready for a comfortable bed and a shower.

We were all (dogs included) excited to arrive at the My Place Hotels location in Anchorage. The greeting from the staff was as wonderful as we had previously experienced at My Place locations, so that is always something that we look forward to!

One of the first things that we noticed in our room was the view. The beautiful, snow-capped mountains outside of our window gave us a further reminder that we had actually driven across North America and we were so excited to be visiting Alaska!

After being in a car for a few days, we were more than ready to do some laundry. Instead of having to go to a laundromat, we were able to take care of this right at our hotel! MyStore luckily sells laundry detergent (I had definitely forgotten to get any!), so we stopped by and picked up supplies. Getting to wash our clothes and sleeping bags was a huge relief since we still had a long while left in our trip!

Something that I had not previously considered was the fact that it is May and we were in Alaska. Meaning, the sun was going to be up much earlier and hang around much later than I was used to!

I was more than happy to find out that the window shade did an absolutely fantastic job of keeping our room dark when we were sleeping. This means a lot when you’re trying to catch up on sleep.

The location of the hotel was also great. Close to shopping and food, and also close enough to other areas that we could easily get out to the main road and drive to see the amazing scenery!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*This is a collaborative post

2 thoughts on “My Place Hotels | Anchorage, Alaska”

  1. kagould17 – Not much to tell. After working for 3 companies over 43+ years (38 years 7 months with my last company), I finally got that promotion I had waited my entire career for……retirement. I have been exploring this new career for the past 7+ years and while it is not always exciting, the chance to do what I want for myself and my family instead of what my company wants has been very fulfilling. Early on, there was a long list of projects in my “to-do” hopper and I attacked these projects with a vengeance for the first 9 months of retirement. Eventually, my brain told me that this was not what retirement was about, so it took me another 5 months before my industriousness again took over and I attacked another line of projects, this time somewhat shorter and less complicated, as well as many new projects related to the family weddings in 2016. After going hard for 6 weeks and 3 weddings, my body was telling me to relax, then the flu bug hit and as soon as that was done with me, my sciatic acted up. No rest for the wicked. In 2020 and 2021, the Covid 19 pandemic changed the whole retirement gig. I was lucky to not be still working, for sure. I enjoy photography, gardening, working with my hands, walking, cycling, skiing, travelling, reading and creating special photo and video productions obtained in my first pastime. I may never become wealthy in any of these pursuits, but I already feel I am rich in life experiences far beyond any expectation.
    kagould17 says:

    Land of the Midnight Sun. I recall being in Yellowknife twice on the Summer Solstice. The sun never really goes down. In fact they have a Midnight Golf Tournament and have no trouble seeing the course and the ball. Hope to see some posts on your trip. We still hope to drive the Alaska Highway some day as it starts not far from us. Safe Travels. Allan

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  2. Go say hi to the cute whale in Elderberry Park! 🙂

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