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Why Go?Big, beautiful and wildly bountiful. Far away, rurally isolated and very expensive. Alaska is a traveler’s dilemma.
There are few places in the world with such grandeur and breathtaking beauty. Mt McKinley, the highest peak in North America, is a stunning sight when you catch its alpen-glow in Wonder Lake. Forty bald eagles perched on a single tree is something seen in Haines, not Iowa.
Alaska is also a remote and costly destination for any-body tripping through the rest of the country, a place where accommodations are expensive and transportation options meager. But, from the Northwest, a slice of Alaska can be an affordable side trip, whether it’s a few days cruising Southeast Alaska on the state ferry or a 2½-hour flight to Anchorage for the weekend. Once there you’ll marvel at the grandeur of the land and begin plotting your ultimate ad-venture, a summer in Alaska. This chapter focuses on South-east Alaska and Anchorage.
Alaska
When to Go
Jun Enjoy sum-mer solstice festi-vals and 20-hour days. Stay up and play outdoors.
Jul Salmon runs, with millions of spawning fish choking streams, hit their peak.
Late Sep The mystical northern lights begin to ap-pear in the night skies.
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Best Places to Eat¨¨ Snow City Café (p1097)
¨¨ Ludvig’s Bistro (p1089)
¨¨ Tracy’s King Crab Shack (p1091)
¨¨ Coastal Cold Storage (p1088)
¨¨ Sack’s Café (p1098)
Best Places to Stay¨¨ Copper Whale Inn (p1097)
¨¨ Black Bear Inn (p1086)
¨¨ Juneau International Hostel (p1091)
¨¨ Beach Roadhouse (p1093)
¨¨ Alaskan Sojourn Hostel (p1094)
Ketchikan ................ 1086Wrangell ................... 1087Petersburg ............... 1088Sitka......................... 1088Juneau ..................... 1090Haines ...................... 1092Skagway .................. 1094Anchorage ............... 1095
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