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8th June 2011

Travel Ideas When Planning To Stay In Alaska

There are so many that you can do while in Alaska. Even how much you plan, you’ll never ever going to experience Alaska in whole especially in a three-day trip. You could get close to doing so though.

Booking for a vacation to Alaska however, could be a little confusing and stressful that’s why a lot of travel agencies already offer tour packages to Alaska. In this way, the tourists are spared from all the hassle of finding their lodging, transportation, food, and itineraries. Tourists just pay a certain amount and their good to go.

Alaska has a lot to offer, so there are a number of different tour packages that offer specific destinations. Some tours offer the cultural side of Alaska, letting you enter places of lore.This could also entail trips to their national parks, and places of history.

Another package could focus on the waters of Alaska. Who would not want to explore the deep ocean. Challenge the rivers in a kayak. Catch your own fish for dinner? These are but a small peak to the hundreds of things you could do in Alaska.

For those who want relaxation, there are definitely a lot of spas and resorts all over the state that could offer pampering in a tranquil environment.

If you’re on a wilder side however there is a vast land to hike, climb, and explore. As already mentioned, the possibilities are endless. It’s just up to you and the package that you have chosen from the start.

Power up! Go hiking, mountain climbing, exploring the wilderness, kayaking, again, the possibilities are endless. If it’s the adrenaline rush that you’re after then there are definitely a lot of activities in Alaska that would surely get your Adrenaline pumping, and your heart skip beating.

Do Anything. Want to play golf at midnight? It’s okay. Want to catch crabs and shrimps? It’s okay. Want to go hunting? It’s okay. Everything you could think of is okay to do in Alaska, especially if it includes adrenaline, nature, and wildlife.

In addition to travel tips, the author also frequently gives advice on alaska vacations and Canadian cruises.

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20th February 2011

The Anchor to Fun: Interior

A mix of historical and contemporary influences enrich the heart of Alaska

As history goes, it is no secret that Alaska is home to some of the most productive gold-rush periods of all time. Museums, newspaper archives and history books can attest to the frenzy that occurred during the turn of the century, when gold was discovered throughout the state.

Around the same time, though, another history was being made. “Go-Devil

appeared on the Streets Last Night for the First Time” is the headline that splashed across the Fairbanks Weekly Times on August 8, 1908. The popular automobile had come to Fairbanks, and so began the lively history of motoring in the far north.

Fortunately, there is at least one place where the history of automobiles in this far north corner of the world is retained. From fording glacial streams to navigating avalanche chutes, the challenges faced by Alaska’s first motorists are vividly portrayed at Fairbanks’ Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum.

At the Fountainhead Auto Museum, you’ll find a world-class collection of more than 75 rare cars, including Alaska’s first automobile and the world’s most expensive car from the 1920s.

In the fall of 2010, in fact, another addition joined the collection, said Deanna Brandon, who represents Fountainhead Development, the company that owns Wedgewood Resort and its surrounding attractions.

“We’re such a new venue here in Fairbanks and we’re changing constantly, we’re adding to it constantly,” Brandon said. “Two weeks ago, we got a 1907 White Steamer-it was one of the first cars in Alaska to operate.”

The vehicle, now refurbished and in museum condition, is remarkable, Brandon said. It sports white-wall tires and a shiny, red exterior. The roof of the car-if it could be called that-looks more like the top of a horse-and-carriage buggy, and the hood resembles the front end of a

tractor rather than the sleek front ends on today’s vehicles.

“It’s a huge car,” she said. “They were more prolific than the Stanley Steamer, and this one was used here.”

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