Westmark

... Yukon River aboard our sleek mv Yukon Queen II. Be among our first guests to travel the Great Land's scenic byways aboard our new state-of-the-art Explorer Coaches(tm). Enjoy luxurious accommodations and fine dining at our exclusive Westmark Hotels.

... since Skagway is often fogged-in and planes can't land or take off. Arriving in Skagway we were picked up by the shuttle of the Westmark Inn where we were staying the night. We were told that we couldn't check in until 3:00 pm but that they'd store ...

... her up and sent us over for a pretty friendly clearance. Beat, a 40 year emigre from Switzerland, is some kind of fixture at the Westmark Lodge in Beaver Creek, 2 miles down the road - seemed to be the hotel you'd prefer to be in. That is, I'd rather camp ...

... by the water has been completely taken over by shops geared to cruise passengers.  In fact, the hotel we stayed in, the Westmark Baranoff, is owned by Holland America cruise company. The next day, we boarded the "Captain Cook," an Adventure Bound boat ...

... hard to comprehend the vastness of this territory. We had another moose sighting along the way. The day ended at the Westmark hotel (Holland America owns this chain).  This is the most rustic of our lodgings.  No telephones nor ...

... of the hotels and weather they had internet and included breakfast or not. The ones we inquired at looked pretty dodgy except the Westmark which was over $200 per night, so out of the question for us. After a few wrong turns, U-turns at intersections, ...

... . Later in the day we traveled to Haines, Alaska, and in the evening we arrived at Skagway, Alaska and stayed at the Westmark Hotel.  It was incredible that it was only dark for aboout four hours out of the entire day!!!  Fresh salmon and ...

... bacon was crisp. We went back to the room, cleared it out, came back down, checked our email in the lobby (points to the Westmark for providing free Internet access, with some deducted for not providing it in the room), and got on the airport bus at 9:30. ...

... in the capable and experienced hands of the folks from Holland America. We rode a giant bus to downtown Anchorage to the Westmark and got our marching orders for tomorrow's train ride to Denali. After getting settled in our rooms, we headed out to the ...

... in to Fairbanks, Alaska and disembarked from the train. We took at 10-15 minute ride into town where we checked into the Westmark. Rich, Rebecca and Larry strolled to the downtown area billed as a having a "plethora of places to eat and shops" by our bus ...

... on it either of us would want for lunch either. We headed up the street, looking for alternatives and ended up at the Westmark Sitka, which proved to be OK. Kev had another infusion of grilled halibut and I tried the "Alaska Cobb Salad" with ...

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Today was great!! It snowed a bit overnight and when I walked out to my car it was cloudy and about 5 degrees. I headed to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Museum of the North. It turned out to be a great museum alot of good info on Alaskan history, ...

So - nach dem kleinen Ausbruch nach Vancouver und zurück geht's jetzt mit der Reise durch den Norden weiter. Beinahe täglich schickt Air North, die Airline des Yukon-Territoriums, eine ihrer Hawker Siddeley HS748 auf den "North Sked", die Nordrunde. ...

The next couple of days are the only time during this entire trip where I don't have something fairly definite scheduled and where I have a little flexibility.  While there's a lot to see in the park and the weather was wonderful again today, ...