Anchorage Hilton

... recommend as a place to stop. We finally arrived in Vero Beach, Florida the next day. Later in the trip, we drove to Hilton Head Island, S.C. and then made the long drive back to Canada. We enjoyed the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia and took part ...

... wilderness experiences thrill travelers of all ages. Step foot on an Alaska glacier, hike to a mountain vista or stroll along Anchorage scenic trails. Cruise in comfort through Prince William Sound or paddle along in a sea kayak. Catch wild Alaska salmon ...

... booth moved here from Florida.  He was her high school sweetheart.  Ended up talking a long time about the winters in Anchorage. Heard about Mataluska Dairy so had to get some of their ice cream, which is a little pricey--$8 for half a ...

... intersection and thought it would be great when the mushers went by. So we hung around there for a bit but realized the anchorage police department were probably the most incompetent and unathoritative in the whole US. None of them could get anyone to ...

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... to more drives and more adventures.  The near future will provide opportunities to witness the Iditerod and the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Celebration, a uniquely Alaskan winter festival. I guess that's all I have for now.  I will write ...

... "if we crashed down there, they'd never find us". Fortunately, we avoided that fate and arrived without incident in a rainy and gray Anchorage. The travel gods were with us as the courtesy van from our motel was waiting at the curb as soon as we gathered ...

Our journey began with a flight out of St. Louis at 1:10 p.m., down to Dallas/Ft Worth, then left DFW at 3:45 and on to Anchorage, arriving at about 7:30 p.m. Anchorage time (10:30 Illinois time), so needless to say, we are tired!  All went well, ...

... Denali National Park (didn't see any bears, but I did get a great picture of Mount McKinley). Also got to play cribbage at the Hilton until 2am  - and won $20! Just too much cloud to see the Aurora Borealis, which was a pity as an artist displaying ...

... .  My only regret was that we were not in by 1600 to have a full evening in this terrific anchorage. But in looking at tomorrows run to Hilton Head, the outlook was not so good.  It appeared that the outside run (leaving St Catherine's inlet) ...

... were lovely dogs and so excited to get out and run. Sunday we caught the train again at midday and it took us to Anchorage. We stayed at the Hilton for our last night but it was raining and pretty chaotic when we arrived so we didn’t get to have too ...

... have an easy 25 mile run to Hilton Head today, but the weather threw us a curve ball.  We woke to very heavy fog at our anchorage just south of the bridge in Beaufort SC.  It was 0630 and we were ready to go, but had to give this a second ...

Today was a relaxing day. we returned to bed after an early breakfast. At noon I took a short drive along the coast road to see what was there to see. It was a nice drive for about an hour then I noticed 2 large black objects on the beach. I pulled over ...

This morning we left Harrisburg going to Anchorage. Our last few nights were spent staying in the Harrisburg Hilton. A little jaded as a hotel but as hotels go in Harrisburg one of the better ones. A firemans start to make the check in etc early and then ...

"Let it begin"  (a quote from Riley's favorite movie, Bolt) So it begins, in Anchorage.  We took the 9 am flight out of Anchorage International.  That meant that Ryan and I were up after about 4 hours of sleep.  We gathered kids and ...

... of antlers.    We rapped the season up early, cleaned and packed everything away for winter. We headed back to Anchorage where I had some spare time before I was needed for sheep hunting season. For some photos of fishing see the link below: ...