Talkeetna Air Taxi

After leaving Calgary in the early morning, we first flew to Seattle and then onto Anchorage (apparently there are no direct flights from Canada to Alaska!).

Our first stop of our Alaska trip was Talkeetna; a quirky little historic town about two hours from Anchorage. During the Cruise season, this town would be swarming with tourists, but …

... the RV park and set up in the rain.  About an hour later the girls showed up.  They were supposed to take an air taxi flight and land on a glacier but the flight had to be cancelled due to the weather.  They will try again tomorrow ...

... car from getting a dent or break-down on the gravel road (specially because we did not buy renting agency's insurance) We reached Talkeetna at around 3pm with 4 hours to go before our tour. Weather forcast for the next 4-5 hours was pretty good for this ...

... early, ate breakfast and started packing up.  We had a 9:00 appointment to be picked up.  The guide called the air taxi company by satellite phone around 8:30.  The weather was terrible in Talkeetna and, unfortunately, where we were ...

... Mountains. Ute was taking us out while Billy would fly his plane out and join us later that day. A short flight with an air-taxi from Talkeetna and we landed on the lake, clambered out of the plane and up the bank to where two tents and a cooking ...

... as we descended. He pointed out a few more points of interest, including an incredible cabin built by the man who started Talkeetna Air Taxi that sits amongst the range balanced improbably on a ridge and serves as his home for 3 months of the year. Now ...