Joshua Saul | May 10, 2010, Alaska Dispatch

Bill Walker raised four children in an Anchorage home that overlooks the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. Walker grew up in a Delta Junction home without plumbing, so his West Anchorage digs are a little more comfortable. Summer nights at the Walkers’ mean soccer and basketball in the backyard, and in winter it’s time for hockey and maybe a quick ski on the Coastal Trail. Walker is also running for governor, and some of his favorite memories are from when his family hosted the late Wally Hickel for dinner and got to hear stories about the Hickels’ early courtship.