Days Inn Anchorage

... is the only road in the park. Visitors must take a shuttle bus past mile 15 in Denali. I took a bus on two separate days. I'm glad I went back the second day, because THAT day was clear and provided many opportunities to see Mt. McKinley. One of the ...

... 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 ...

... flight from Heathrow, a four-hour transit in Seattle and running into a Grizzly Adams-lookalike with full winter gear, I landed in Anchorage at midnight local time. I woke up to a sunny -11 C' with clear sky, a town with snow-covered mountains in the ...

... rundum erfreulicher Tag also! English    Of course no Alaska trip would be complete without a dedicated spotting day in Anchorage. After feasting on a yummy Burger (my first hot meal for five days!), local spotter Don Jordan and me headed off ...

... to do some planning for the trip down the coast to seattle. Would have taken some more photos but in the 11 days since leaving Anchorage. Managed to flatten 3 different batteries taking photos. Animals can be a real pain since the  camera tends to ...

... about pumping the tire about four times during the rental they discounted it 10 dollars so I ended up with a car rental for 3 days for 69 bucks. Did a quick laundry around the corner here and warmed up some Healthy choice soup and had a couple of buns ...

... I was unable to get a picture.  From there we made our way back to Cordova Street where the race runs along the Days Inn where we were staying.  We watched from the street through the first forty seven mushers, then went up to our room where we ...

... they had free Internet... it was then time to find another hotel that we could afford. Michelle cheekily asking the receptionist, where the Days inn was relation to this hotel. Sorry but your rack rate is a little too much. As the 'new' hotel was past a ...

I spent the past days in Anchorage; hiking on those mountains in the background, going to an Ice Hockey game, I had dinner with a Dutch guy, his Alaskan wife and their kids....and of course their dog. Alaskans love their dog. I managed to put all my ...

... were able to get a good view of the spit from the air. After checking into our motel, we met the Zirkles, who had driven back to Anchorage, for dinner.  Then it was back to the motel to relax. Tomorrow we will go from eagles to dogs, as we watch the ...

... 11:30 am to make the drive to Willow for the official start of the 2009 Iditarod.  The weather was cloudy when we left Anchorage, so I was surprised when we arrived in Willow to see Mt. McKinley in full view directly in front of us.  Before long ...

... Alaska's wildlife, scenery and people. The Earthquake Exhibit focuses on the 1964 earthquake that destroyed much of Anchorage. The exhibit includes a movie presentation of the quake and interactive displays that describe the Richter Scale, the slide at ...

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, ...

... go home and not wanting the trip to end, it was an odd feeling. Lynn had booked the Motel 6 in Anchorage on the internet from Hotel North Pole two days ago, and Lou had programmed it into his Zumo, so we rode straight there without any complications or ...

... I soon realized that these were important concepts as life was offering many examples once I became aware.  When I departed Anchorage the last time, I was discouraged about missing the opportunity to meet and talk to the "Eagle Lady."  She ...

... 6 days straight, then paddling and whitewater rafting for a couple of hours, we were really beat.  We managed to go walk around downtown Anchorage for a couple of hours afterwords, got some souvenir shopping done, but we turned in early that ...

... away.  We had made it that far and figured that we didn't need to run out of gas.  We traveled highway 1 to Anchorage.  When we first entered Alaska the scenery was not to exciting.  It was a lot of scrub brush and construction.  ...

Day 55 Anchorage - Whittier We collected a travel worn Marian at 1:30am in the morning, from her epic journey, Sydney Brisbane, Los Angeles, Anchorage, a journey of around 24 hours on the trot. She did manage to take time out at LA to take a day room at ...

... is a noticable cloud but when the rush to and from work is over the cloud is gone, much like Anchorage.  I was surprised! Our hotel is the Days Inn Forbidden City Hotel.  It is nice, clean, off the main road and  take our airport, ...

... away the hours! Arriving at Dallas Fort Worth in the late afternoon we caught a shuttle to a hotel close by. The Days Inn Hotel was only $57 including transport back and forth and breakfast. A brief walk around before dark took us to a nearby ...

... in town by Library and village green Offers women affordable housing year round. rates  -  call phone  -  207-288-5008 ANCHORAGE MOTEL not on the water, but it does have a very large anchor out on he lawn, and close to stores.  ...