Westmark Anchorage

... 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.

We just arrived in Anchorage after an 8-hour train trip through some of the most scenic and rugged mountain ranges you can imagine. Regrettably, we didn't get to see Mt McKinley but everything else was breath taking. Plus we saw eagles nesting, black ...

... ; There is a pod of 150-160 in the Kenai area. From there we continued back up the Alaska 1 highway toward Anchorage...we were just retracing the steps we had already taken.  Coming down toward the Glacier it had been beautiful but overcast ...

Today Al and Mary Ann took us to Hatcher's Pass, that is the location of Independence gold mine.  On a clear day, you can actually see it from their house.  We are learning there are not many clear days in this neck of the woods.  ...

... , JJ, so we are all set to begin tomorrow morning at 7 a.m.  So today we spent the day checking out Anchorage.  Thought I'd make some miscellaneous comments. My title refers to my cousin's property.  I forgot to mention that it has a ...

... and were immediately 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 ...

... the bus and a trip that actually took nearly four hours because a car crash on the two-lane road not far south of Anchorage brought traffic to a complete standstill for about an hour. Once we cleared the crash site, though, we were treated to an ...