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Engstrom Road Area – Wasilla

marty — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:34:54 +0000

The Bogard-Engstrom Road area is one of Wasilla’s hidden gems. With the icy roads and constant stop-and-go of the Palmer-Wasilla Hwy, lately I have found myself trying to avoid it as much as possible and take routes with less stop lights. Bogard road has really grown on me in these last few months! The speed limit is usually around 50, with minimal slowdowns depending on the cars in front of you. There are really only three stop lights on the entire stretch.

Engstrom Road is only about 2 miles from the Palmer-Wasilla and Trunk Road intersection. You can also eventually connect with Wasilla-Fishhook Road with a few turns.

Subdivisions include: Shorewood, Hart Lake Estates, Horizon Estates, Wolf Lake, Aspen Ridge Estates, Harmony Acres and Rover Ridge. There are no less than 5 lakes in the area, and “one of the premier private airports in Alaska:” Wolf Lake Airport.

Map of the Area. Click for a bigger view.

This area offers beautiful mountain views and quiet privacy, with quick commutes to Palmer, Wasilla and even Anchorage. The following photos were taken off Engstrom Road and its connecting streets. Click on any photo to see a larger version.

Moose off Engstrom	Off Settlement Avenue	Off Hart Lake Loop
Off Rutan Avenue	Off Engstrom in the Fall

Click HERE for more information on a home under construction in this area right now!
Click here or see below for listings currently available in the Engstrom-Hart Lake Loop area, from Bogard to Pamela Drive.

Sophia’s Kafe Neo

marty — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:40:14 +0000

KafeNeo

Sophia’s Kafe Neo sits above the Alaska Log Furnishings store at 7331 Palmer-Wasilla Highway just west of Trunk Road. It’s easy to drive right by without really noticing that there is a little restaurant just off the busy highway.

If you enjoy authentic Greek and Mediterranean food stop driving by and drive right in. Good service and great food await you.

I had the Chicken Pita Sandwich. Excellent.

And if you like real Gyro’s, I mean the real thing…their’s are second to none.

The interior is not showy, but neo modern warehouse chic. Local art on the walls, comfy chairs and sofas in the corner, exposed steel beams on the ceiling.

They often feature local music and art, as well as communty events. Check their facebook page for updates.

Sophia's Kafe New

Point Mackenzie General Store, Wasilla, Alaska

marty — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:25:57 +0000

Point Mackenzie General Store

Took a little drive out toward Point Mackenzie today. I finished a walk-through of a house for someone who needs to know the market value at about 5:15PM. I was out by Settlers Bay and was scheduled for a Settlers Bay Architectural Control committee hearing at 6:30 in the Settlers Bay Lodge.

So I had about an hour to spare and decided to see if I could make it out to Point Mackenzie and back.

Weeeelll. Point Mac is a little further out there than I remembered. It seems I said that they last time I drove out there. When I passed Holstein Road I recalled from the map that it was still a ways further so after glancing at the time reluctantly turned around.

On the way back I stopped at Point Mackenzie General Store for a diet rockstar to keep me

pt mac store inside

going.

This is a neat little store, Owners Jeff and Julie Wendt are well set up to service visitors as Point Mackenzie grows. They have groceries, gas, cabin rentals, RV parking, showers, espresso, fenced storage, and a cafe. I was wishing for more time to look around at the attractive log cabins but time was a’wastin so I headed on out, with a reminder to myself to stay for a burger or something next time.

On the way back to Settlers Bay I had to stop at Knik to take a photo of the receding tide of the Knik Arm. No, I didn’t see any beluga whales but according to the studies they spend a lot of the winter in this area. I wonder what in the world they are finding to eat in those waters.

Knik Arm

Sorry about the poor quality photos, I only had my iphone with me.

Iditarod Restart At Willow

marty — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:17 +0000

Siberian Huskies

Our family went up to watch the Iditarod Race start at Willow on Sunday. We met several other families at the same point we congregate at every year. With the fire already started and hot dog sticks cut we were ready for the first dog team to come on by which

Linwood Fiedler

He was ushered by by several snowmachines pacing the first musher on the trail.

We enjoyed watching all the teams come by, they were running well at that point only about 10 miles into the race. The mushers were in good moods and high-fived all the kids standing by the trail.

With 71 dog teams, hundreds and maybe thousands of snowmachines, constant airplanes and helicopters it certainly wasn’t a quiet day in the wilderness, but fun nevertheless and has become a family tradition for all the families and cousins. It was nice to visit with friends that we don’t get to often see and such a relaxed setting while waiting for the next team down the trail. For a taste of the day, watch the video below.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Canadair Ducks At The Palmer Airport

marty — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:00:12 +0000

Had to stop and take a photo of the two “Ducks” at the Palmer Airport. Every summer there is a regular air force at the Palmer airport. They have a lot of cool planes. I don’t know what they all are but I like them.

I’ll have to try to get photos of them all. I think the two in the photo are fire bombers that can scoop up water from lakes on the fly and drop it on the fires.

Pioneer Peak Over Palmer Alaska

marty — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:52:47 +0000

I was on my way home from putting up signs this evening and saw this view. If you look close, there are two rainbows.

Alaskan summers…so nice.

King Salmon Fishing At Eklutna Tailrace

marty — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:51:45 +0000

I was on my way home from Anchorage yesterday and was a little early for an appointment in the Butte so I stopped off to see what was happening at the Eklutna Tailrace.

It was a beautiful day to be fishing. I didn’t see any fish but talked with a some people who said there were a few rolling. The action wasn’t hot but the weather certainly was. I think it was close to 75 degrees without a hint of wind.

The cool think about this fishing hole is that there is great handicap access. A wheelchair bound person can wheel right to the waters edge and fish…they chose one of the best fishing spots for the wheel chair as well.

Wasilla Tea Party

marty — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:22:32 +0000

The Wasilla Tea Party was extremely well attended yesterday. There were close to 1,000 people at the event in the middle of the afternoon. That’s pretty good for a small town. Here are a few photos:

There were some Ron Paul Supporters:

It was at the Wasilla Lake Park at the corner of the Parks Highway and Crusey Street. The photo below expresses the general feeling of the crowd.

Don Young showed up to give a speech and there was also an open mike for people to have their say. Looks like this will likely be an annual event.

Happy New Year, Jan 1, 2009

marty — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:59:04 +0000

Happy New Year! Wishing you a warm and joyous New Year.

If we have much more of this global warming we are going to freeze to death.

Hopefully this will be the coldest day of the year. At least we know that every day is getting lighter between now and June 21.

Moose Boxes

marty — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:17:35 +0000

I got this email from a fellow realtor today:

I received a call from my mother today asking for help removing a freezer from her driveway. Her next door neighbor moved out of the house last week. He came over to the house and asked her if she wanted a Moose Box and in the same breath spoke of kindling.

Her thought was, hmmm, a box for kindling, my boys might like that.

She told the neighbor sure. Next thing you know there is a dead freezer in the driveway. The dump charges $25 for freezers/fridges etc. So we paid to get rid of the “moose box”.

The moral of the story is: Be wary of accepting gifts with catchy Alaska names from thy moving neighbor….