Goin to Alaska

[edman2007]

Leaving for Alaska tomorrow! Just a trip with my aunt/uncle and cousins. staying at the Anchorage AFB and touring some other places for a week. Time to go back to the snow. . .

[mjeff87]

pics or ban..... :cheers:

 

Have fun!

 

Jeff

[Comanche County]

AK is way cool, it'll take a lifetime to experience all of it....

 

I was stationed there for 2 years, and lived there as a kid for 4 years. As a kid, I spent plenty of time at Elmendorf and Richardson,,,,was stationed at Wainwright later on.

 

Recommended places:

1. Skinny Dicks Half Way Inn...on the Parks Highway

2. On your way up go to the place in the Yukon Territories that serves "Frozen Toes"....real whiskey shots with human toes,,,,frostbite victims. I don't remember exactly where it was...

3. Go fishin on the Russian River/Kenai River

4. North of Fairbanks there's a cool place called "The Fox"

5. Do a fly in Dall Sheep hunt,,,,best bang for the buck in N. America,,,you can time it with Griz season and do a double whammy,,,several pilots offer packages up to the Brooks Range for this,,,I didn't do it, but some friends of mine did and I wish I did too.

6. The ferry service from BC through the Alexander Archipelago is a great and super cheap cruise...you'll can stop at Skagway, Haines, several isolated towns that are just beautiful. We saw a few killer whales, dolphins, and other cool wildlife.....

7. There's so much cool stuff to do in AK,,,,,I wish I could quit my job and go with you....I could go on and on! :cheers:

 

Good Luck....

 

Most Importantly ----- Read the Call of the Wild again!!!!

[Giffer]

as a good ol' alberta boy, I'm kinda lost where wainwright is?? haha, wicked good hunting up there. planning a jeepin trip for summer 2011 up to alaska. its gonna be great. have fun

[DirtyComanche]

Leaving for Alaska tomorrow! Just a trip with my aunt/uncle and cousins. staying at the Anchorage AFB and touring some other places for a week. Time to go back to the snow. . .

 

 

Driving? I take it you're going the boring route (skit accross the praries to Alberta, then north-west to Dawson Creek BC, then north on the Alaska highway)? If you have time to burn, go back the other way on the Stewart-Cassiar highway. It might be basically the wrong direction, but you can go through Prince George, then west through McBride onto Edmonton, Alberta. Or you could go south from Prince George to Kamloops and east on the #1 to Calgary... See a bunch more stuff. Especially if you have time to burn.

[edman2007]

I'm typing this on an iPod so don't hate. I flew here on my dads frequent miles for free. I am in Fairbanks right now and am enjoying everything. Pics will me posted on my return next Thursday. Really wish I had a snowmobile up here right now! I would love to ride here for the scenery. Will probably have updates through the week.

Happy jeeping

JD :cheers:

[Comanche County]

Here's some refined recommended places....Try to the "PumpHouse Restaurant and Saloon", see http://www.howlingdogsaloon.com/. There's another cool roadhouse called the Chatanika Lodge in Chatanika of all places....

[Sugarfoot]

Comanche Country you live in Morrison, CO? I used to cut through there from Engleton to Evergreen headed to Little Bear Saloon. 18 years later Little Bear Saloon is still one of my favorite bars in the country. The got any sweat shirts still for sale?

 

Sorry about the hijack

 

James and Sugarfoot

Denton TX

[Comanche County]

I'll swing by in the next couple of days to check,,,,can't right now, we've gotten about 1.5' snow on the ground...PM me to remind me and I'll pick one up for you.