Blogs from Talkeetna, Alaska, United States, North America - page 3

After our breakfast at the Mile High, I returned to the lodge to work on these blogs and the rest of the crew headed back into town. Since today was relatively relaxing after the 3 hour flight and tomorrow would be a long day doing an 8 hour bus tour of Denali Natl Park, tonight we were going to dinner with Howard and Darlene at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge, a high end lodge with a great restaurant. It's about a half mile away and located up on a large hill. It has a wonderful view of the Alaska Mountain range and Mt. McKinley. I went there 3 years ago before my previous glacier flight and that's where I dropped and broke my camera from the raised outside deck. (martinis WERE involved!) Howard surprised us by telling ... read more

Talkeetna, 30 juin J'ai la mâchoire encore bien décrochée! Quel pays fantastique, c'est partout la même féérie grandiose et les Oh et les Ah ponctuent régulièrement mes journées... Après la péninsule de Kenaï, avec une belle excursion au Byron glacier, j'ai passé la journée d'hier dans le coin d'Anchorage. La grimpette à Flattop mountain était vraiment quelques chose, la dernière section du parcours étant véritablement de l'escalade. Une fois au sommet, la vue sur Anchorage et le Cook inlet, avec les montagnes en fond de scène, est tout simplement magique. Je suis en route pour le parc Denali et le majestueux McKinley. ... read more

We finished the last of the puzzle before we had breakfast at the lodge. It was rainy and overcast again. Last night it was chilly enough to see our breath, but it wasn't that bad this morning. We got on the road again. Even though we were out on a remote highway, it didn't feel so remote because there were houses and businesses fairly close together along the road. Maybe there was nothing in back of them for 100 miles, but it still didn't feel remote. Also, we didn't see any moose or bears AGAIN! We took a short detour to Talkeetna for lunch. We remembered the roadhouse there. When we were there before, there was one serving for lunch and one for dinner. Everyone sat at one long table and you ate whatever the cook ... read more

(If you've been wondering why I took so long to add this update, read on and you'll find out.) I left Fairbanks with Denali National Park as my next destination. Thanks to the good old Milepost I finally found an interesting bar along the highway: Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn. I had a beer (no Bloody Mary mix or tomato juice) and checked out the most extensive collection of goofy, utterly tasteless sexual humor I've ever seen...... It was great. I got to the park mid-afternoon and decided to drive in as far as they allow cars, only 15 miles. To really see the park, you have to take a bus. There are several different tours, but to see the whole park it's an 8 hour day so I decided to head down to Talkeetna where they ... read more

August 7, 2008 Rafting ride on the Talkeetna River in Alaska. Talkeetna. a small tourist/artist town that is just southeast of the Denali National Forest and is a starting point for many of the mountain climbers that dare to scale the peaks. I arrived in Talkeetna after two nights in Anchorage. I stayed at a lovely hostel in town and found my way wandering through town where I spotted a sign for a rafting ride. Who can say no? Had a wonderful Bear Tooth Ale while waiting for the trip and then we gathered together and traveled in a van to our launch site. It was a very beautiful evening. We didn't see much wildlife, but a bald eagle, beaver, and salmon. Apparently we missed a baby bear by about 20 minutes. (Which would probably mean ... read more