Qupqugiaq 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 ...

... would be a park lodge or visitors center. What a mixed bag we Alaskans are. <br><br>Since this is my first blog, I thought it best to start at home. I think world travelers want to come here. They just have to put with AK's eccentricities. Half the people in the state live within the city limits of Anchorage. In the book "Coming into the Country" John McPhee, wrote something like...Anchorage is not a great town, but it has the best out-of-town any town ever had. It's ten ...

... it started sprinkling and didn&#8217;t seem to notice. Normally, she would tuck her tail between her legs and slunk off to a nice, dark spot&#8230;.usually under a bed. However, there&#8217;s not a doubt in my mind, that the rumble of thunder will cause her ears to perk and off she&#8217;ll go.<br><br>July 26, 2009 (Sunday) &#8211; Anchorage, AK<br><br>Yes, things are always changing. Wendell arrived at Bill&#8217;s on Monday afternoon and they ...

... us, however, are carrying around filter masks just in case. Getting a mask was no easy feat. I visited a Home Depot on two occasions only to hear that their supply of masks had sold out within one hour of their availability. The wonderful part of this inconvenience is that while in the store I met an amazing man named Hal. Hal works at Home Depot and is 86 years old. He is a retired marine colonel that served in ...

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

My flight from Seattle to Fairbanks was a one-stop. Just a few minutes in Anchorage, the itinerary stated. My seatmate on the first leg of the trip was a dignified, tall lady wearing a gray tailored suit. She and her husband were headed for Anchorage and a guided tour. However their flight was cancelled and they were re-assigned to my plane. He was seated somewhere in the back of the ...

Now I tell the story of how I got a step-mom... I was 4 and Nicolas was 5. My Dad still had no wife. But since it was Christmas, my Dad felt like he found God's angel wanting to help, and now that angel is my mom. Her name is now Mrs. Barren-Peterson. She is only a year younger than my dad, but she was still good then ...