Chandler Inn Anchorage

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... traveling. In stores, people look you in the eye like maybe they know you from somewhere. Drivers are rude, like anywhere, but not always. Anchorage citizens are friendlier, freer, feistier. You can't tell who has the money.No one cares who your daddy is. Well, maybe that's changing a bit. But since we became a state in 1959, where's the status? "Hey my family has been in Alaska since 1959?" Don't think so. Some people are starting to show their money. There is a big ...

... The easiest way to get there is to book the trip through a local agency. Leaving from Anchorage airport, a first plane takes you to King Salmon in two hours or so. Next, you board a floatplane that glides twenty minutes later on Naknek Lake where brown bears are the first creatures you can see on the shores of the lake! There is plenty of salmon in the lakes and a profusion of berries in the forests so ...

... going on. There were many artisans selling their wares - lots of beads, jewelry, Alaskan items, T-shirts, and the like. Some of the tents had local produce as well. We found a few souvenirs plus a funnel cake, stuffed cabbage, and a Russian meat and cheese ball wrapped with a puffy pastry. The weather was perfect and there were lots of people out enjoying the day.

While we were at the festival, we got a ...

... I woke up to the sun shining and ready for my trip to Seward and a whale watching adventure with Renown Tours. I had booked the transportation option and Fred picked me up at my B&B in the Renown Shuttle and then we picked up one other person and headed out for the 2 ½ hour ride to Seward. The scenery was stunning and breathtaking. The blue sky combined with the white snow reflected ...

On the way to Anchorage the weather is about the same as we been having. After arriving at the camp grounds the owners put on a BBQ and a singer to entertain all the camper in the park. The next day off to a tour of the city where we learned about the 1964 earthquake and the air travel in the area before roads. Also check out a native museum. Ray and Christa

Day 54 Anchorage Alaska. Well after an interesting sleep next to the train line (mind you Earnie didn't hear the three trains during the night! We used this morning to clean and shift stuff and gear around in the castle, as well as catch up with the washing. A good mornings work, also in preparation for our 4th travellers arrival tonight. We spoke with Marian this morning after she had arrived in LA, she was unable to catch the earlier flight to ...

... solution. Alaska clearly relies on oil for its economy, and has not looked into diversifying it.[14] So, the oil (and gas) industry is critical. However, as noted above, the fate of Alaska is not entirely in the hands of Alaskans. Yet, it is expected to provide resources for the entire country, and to do so with stability. Visually, it is best to imagine this situation as a gas station, let's call it the Energy Security Gas Station. A car ...

On our last day, back in Anchorage, we took a tour around the city,
rented a car and drove along the seward scenic hwy, visiting the Alaska
Wildlife Conservation Center. This is a wildlife refuge for the animals
native to alaska that for one reason or another cannot be returned to
the wild, so they make this their home. I have to say this ...

... I had expected something a little more rustic. Anchorage is much like any major city. It surely didn't feel like the last frontier. The air was clean and crisp though, a freshness at odds with the urban setting. We pedaled away from the hostel and run down homes, the gas stations, the busy Northern Lights Boulevard. Homeless men and women milled drunk on the side walks- most of them natives with the high cheekbones and dark faces of Alaskan heritage. The day's newspaper ...