Healy Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

09-09-09

Val had a good day on her birthday. She met with Jane Lakeman, and chose some items from the park archives she wished to have. Jane scanned them and then copied them to disc for Val. She got some pretty cool stuff.

Her day actually started out well before she met with Jane. On the way to park headquarters she got in a moo...

August 20, 2009

Natalie and Dan have arrived. Dave, Val, Natalie and Dan have plans to go to Barrow on the 22nd, but today they decide to take a hike on the Savage Loop trail. The group hopes to see a Dall sheep up close, so they hike to the wooden bridge and with much stealth and precision begin to climb Mt Margaret in order to sneak up ...

Val has been reading up on the history of this area. There used to be a place near the base of the Riley Creek tressel that was called "the hole." This was an area where people made and sold moonshine, and prostitutes hung out. The McKinley Station children were forbidden to go near there because of the bad language used there and the bad behavi...

Today we left Anchorage early in the morning, and headed towards Talkeetna. We booked the Summit McKinley flight with Talkeetna Aero Services for 11am (we used the coupon book we had, saving $275!!!). Unfortunately, the weather was really bad, and it didn't stop raining. When we arrived to Talkeetna, we were told by the employees that the flight...

How to have a good trip: have a plan, and change it as often as needed. The first part of my plan was to drive to Denali National Park this afternoon, enjoying the rifts and rills and mountains and hills along the way. The second part was to get to my motel before dark. Well, that part was easy, since it almost didn't GET dark at this time of ye...