My son Mike and I had breakfast Saturday morning, June 6, 2020, and then went over to the Palmer, Alaska visitor center.  I wanted to see their museum, housed in an exact floor plan of the house I grew up in in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.  I had concluded that the architect of the Palmer Project had designed both houses. The visitor center had a nice garden area with all kinds of plants.  The visitor center itself was closed, but there was a bench by the door, so we sat for a while, contemplating our next move. Mike said, "Hey, look across the street."  There were probably 30–40 people gathered under an awning, milling around.  I looked and said, "Hey, some of them have signs; in fact, several people are making signs.  Whoa, you don't suppose we are in the midst of a protest...?"  Sure enough, after a while, a big (huge) bearded guy comes over and says, "You guys here for the...(Read Full Post)