I have actually begun planning the expedition (of sorts) to Alaska. Did a ton of research, got all the right phone numbers, made a shopping list for REI (or the like) and have my dates slowly solidifying in my head. The cats and I (after some arduous debate) have settled on mid-May. The very beginning of the season in most places I am planning to invade. Denali being the major one. I have a moral imperative to reach Fairbanks, and Denali is a mere hop and a skip away. The jump would be across the Bering Strait...not on my list of things to do! I also would like to include such fantastic places such as Chicken on my agenda. Chicken, Alaska. It's a real town. No kidding. So is Homer. Such great names! I still recall a T-shirt I saw when I first lived in Colorado. It read: "Alaska...where men are men and women win the Iditarod." Charming.
I was initially planning on taking a bus (or train) from here--ish to Juneau, then ferrying to Anchorage. Then meandering down to Homer whilst checking out the Kenai Peninsula...maybe stare across the Kodiak....maybe head out to Katmai...not sure. but from there, take the Alaskan Raailway North to Healy, and spend some time in Denali, and check out McKinley. Then, keep on railing North to Fairbanks. Then back again. The worst part is figuring out how to get to Alaska in the first place. Greyhound will get me there, but MAN, the route I would have to take and the time it would take! Airfare from here to Juneau is around $700. Yikes. That's a pinch in the plan. Not including all the atuff I will amass prior to departure, I was hoping to spend less than $1500 on the trip itself. OK, Anchorage will actually be about $5-600. Much better. And it can get there in as little as 7 hours, including a plane change! OK. I am a little more psyched (if that is possible!). OK. Off to do some more reading and not think about work. Yeah. No work on the mind.
I was initially planning on taking a bus (or train) from here--ish to Juneau, then ferrying to Anchorage. Then meandering down to Homer whilst checking out the Kenai Peninsula...maybe stare across the Kodiak....maybe head out to Katmai...not sure. but from there, take the Alaskan Raailway North to Healy, and spend some time in Denali, and check out McKinley. Then, keep on railing North to Fairbanks. Then back again. The worst part is figuring out how to get to Alaska in the first place. Greyhound will get me there, but MAN, the route I would have to take and the time it would take! Airfare from here to Juneau is around $700. Yikes. That's a pinch in the plan. Not including all the atuff I will amass prior to departure, I was hoping to spend less than $1500 on the trip itself. OK, Anchorage will actually be about $5-600. Much better. And it can get there in as little as 7 hours, including a plane change! OK. I am a little more psyched (if that is possible!). OK. Off to do some more reading and not think about work. Yeah. No work on the mind.
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