 | The doors that open in the midst of the storm
2008-12-17, Anchorage, United States. By: cpnfla | | This year has been the hardest year of my life...so much has happend...so much that could of torn me down and could of broken me completly...the death of my father was one of the hardest things i've e... |
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 | Departure
2007-01-09, Anchorage, United States. By: tannerscot | | Finally heading out this evening. Anchorage to Chiang Mai in less than a day - much more comfortable then my Nepal schedule. At this point I'm most looking forward to going from -5 (F) to a pleasent 8... |
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 | Day Cruise on Prince William Sound
2006-07-11, Anchorage, United States. By: larry_suzi | | Ugh, had lots of problems getting up this morning. Was too excited to go to sleep last night and didn't really get to sleep until 2-ish. Then the phone rang for Larry about 3 AM, I remember looking ... |
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 | Gone to 'Laska
2005-07-08, Anchorage, United States. By: larry_suzi | | WOW. I just have to say it again... WOW! What a wonderful, beautiful, fantastic place.
Absolutely magnificant - however there is something fundamentally wrong about being able to see your breath ... |
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 | Cheechako
2006-06-16, Anchorage, United States. By: supabeef13 | | Chechahco, more commonly spelt Cheechako, is a Chinook Jargon word for 'newcomer'
Woke up at 3AM (damn you jet-lag) and took a look out the window, now we know why people go on beach holidays, it’s... |
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 | North to the Future
2006-06-15, Anchorage, United States. By: supabeef13 | | "Welcome to the last frontier" crackles the pilot’s voice as we start our decent into Anchorage and he couldn’t be closer to the truth, because for the last few hours all we’ve seen out of the window ... |
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 | DAY 3 - Learning about Alaska
2006-06-24, Anchorage, United States. By: dalasnlily | | Finally, our one and only breakfast at a local restaurant! And it wasn’t even one of the four that I had planned out. We ate at ‘Lily’s Family Restaurant and Pancake House’. Heehee. All of the oth... |
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 | Night 1 - Flight and Hotel Drama
2006-06-21, Anchorage, United States. By: dalasnlily | | We flew out of John Wayne this afternoon to our stopover in Seattle. I don’t know why people keep asking us if we plan on having any children after they themselves have been on airplanes with crying ... |
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 | Sights in and around Anchorage
2003-07-04, Anchorage, United States. By: tundragal | | On July 4th we decided to do some sightseeing and since I so enjoy driving The Turnagain Arm around Cook Inlet we decided to go to Beluga point in search of whales. I haven't seen any yet nor did I t... |
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 | Portage Glacier Trip
2003-06-11, Anchorage, United States. By: tundragal | | As a surprise on my day off, Chuck has dedcided to take the day and go to Portage Glacier. The trip takes about 1 hour and as previously mentioned you wind along the Turnagain Arm to get here. The b... |
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| Weekend Trip to Homer - Day Two
2003-03-31, Anchorage, United States. By: tundragal | | At daybreak we head for Homer. Homer is the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World. And in June the place hops. Fortunately we are here before the season really starts so we can really appreciate the... |
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| Weekend Trip to Homer - Day One
2003-03-30, Anchorage, United States. By: tundragal | | This was an impromptu decision to drive down to Homer but hey, what the heck. I really hadn't seen much of Alaska last time here so this time I'm making the most of it. We leave Anchorage on a clear... |
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| Day Sixteen - Florida to Alaska
2003-03-16, Anchorage, United States. By: tundragal | | We start our last leg of the trip at 5am. There had been a light snowfall the night before and in a rare occurance for Chuck as we approach the border we hit clear ice and almost losse our vehicle. ... |
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