Winterlake Lodge 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.

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 ...

... The main reason was that very few people lived in the area and they fled when they felt the earthquakes that preceded the eruption. Should a similar eruption occur on a volcano like Mount Vesuvius in Europe, with the city of Naples lying close to the volcano, the situation would be quite different!

More photos of Katmai and Alaska can be seen on my website at:

http://volcans.blogs-de-voyage. fr

... not, I fear our planet will not survive. We keep trying to say we are the catalysts of change, and so we must therefore BE the change. If action is not taken soon, there will soon be a global crisis on our hands. I would then feel very sorry indeed for the current president of that time, when he must announce that we all must evacuate earth because it has become a toxic wasteland. I would like to use a child's reference to explain what ...

... probably 20 minutes and then took off again for our return flight. That was an experience we will not froget. On the way back to the hotel we spotted our first Moose on the side of the road. What a pleasant surprise. That evening we had dinner at the Sourdough Mining Co, We had a great time . The next morning we were leaving for Denali Park on the Alaska Railroad. What a wonderful time we had in Anchorage.

... We spent our first evening wandering down to the nearby shopping centre and found a diner to grab some dinner. Our waiter was in good humour and after trying to convince me that buffalo wings (chicken wings) came from the winged buffalos in the area, I decided to have the chicken potpie instead. It was a little over our budget but I thoroughly enjoyed it! Our first day in Anchorage saw us catching the bus 10 mins into town in the afternoon after doing some much needed washing. We ...

... option would be to get a taxi to one of the three hostels in Anchorage. We gave the dirty Mexican taxi driver the name of the hostel and the precise address, then sat back and expected a brief and relaxing journey. It seems that taxi drivers in Alaska don't quite reach the high levels set by London cabbies. The idiot had no idea where he was going and spent most of the time ringing his dispatch office to find out where the "Costal Hotel" was, despite me saying ...

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 ...

... about 60 bucks with the water taxi. So, I think I'm going to spend a day or two in town, then maybe a night or two out on the island...I'll sort it out when I get there. I could just rent a kayak and boat myself over, but I am not sure how far it is. I'll explore options over the next couple days, but I do like the idea a lot. Off to relax and sort some food out.

... the old Wasilla Airport in Wasilla about 40 miles north of Anchorage. At ten a.m., the first teams will depart on their way to Nome. From Wasilla, they travel to Knik Lake, the last checkpoint on the road system. Spectators may drive the 17 miles from Anchorage to Eagle River and the approximately 30 miles from Eagle River to Wasilla. It's about 13 miles from Wasilla to Knik. Once the mushers leave the Knik checkpoint, they are OFF the road system for the duration ...