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Monday, August 8, 2011

Alaska Plans

Our basic itinerary is as follows, for late August-early September:


Day 1: MPLS to ANC to Homer (Travel Day / Relax)
Leave MPLS at 7:50am and fly into ANC at 10am, get rental car from Budget, drive to Homer and stay 4 nights (Ocean House B&B)
Relax, no big plans, just get there and relax. Find some supper.

Day 2: Homer (Halibut Charter, Explore Homer Spit)
Half day Halibut charter with Homer Ocean Charters at 1pm.

Day 3: Homer (Homer Spit / Relax / Kachemak Bay)
Grab lunch on Homer Spit somewhere
Explore Homer Spit
Perhaps rent a kayak and explore Kachemak Bay
Day 4: Homer (Unplanned Day)
No big plans for the day - decide on a whim what we want to do - take a tour, rest at the hotel - whatever sounds good!
Day 5: Homer to Seward (Travel Day)
Check out of Ocean House B&B and drive to Seward and check in for 4 nights at Best Western Edgewood Seward.
Rest, relax and check out the town.
Find dinner, take a relaxing walk or whatever.

Day 6: Seward (Kenai Fjords 6 hour cruise)
Take Dramamine right before lunch!!
Grab a light lunch before the cruise
Kenai Fjords cruise leaves at 11:30am and returns at 5pm.

Day 7: Seward (Hike Mt. Marathon, Alaska SeaLife Center)
Grab breakfast, then take a hike up Mt. Marathon.
Head back to Seward for lunch.
Rest, then hit up the Alaska SeaLife Center for the afternoon.

Day 8: Seward (Exit Glacier)
Grab breakfast, then head to Exit Glacier
Hike the glacier as long as it takes
Explore Seward the rest of the day

Day 9: Seward to Talkeetna (Travel Day)
Check out of Best Western Edgewater in Seward.
Lunch in Anchorage, or maybe even Girdwood.
Drive to Talkeetna and stay 1 night (Meandering Moose Lodging)
Head back into Talkeetna and find some dinner, relax.


Day 10: Talkeetna to Denali (Travel Day)
Sleep in a bit if necessary, then drive to Denali and stay 2 nights at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge

Day 11: Denali (11 hour bus tour)
Leave EARLY for 11 hour bus tour. Needs to be booked still!!

Day 12: Denali (ATV tour?)
ATV tour at ::time needed:

Day 13: Denali (Switch hotels / Flightseeing / Dinner Theatre)
Check out of hotel, load up belongings OR see if we can drop them at Denali Bluffs early.
Hopefully catch a flightseeing tour around 10:30am (not yet booked)
Check in at Denali Bluffs Hotel for 2 nights.
Alaskan Dinner Theatre at 8:30pm.

Day 14: Denali to Anchorage (Travel Day)
Drive to Anchorage and stay 2 nights (International Coastal Inn)


Day 15: Anchorage (Return rental car / Cab to downtown / Explore)
Drop off rental car at Budget at 10am and get airport shuttle back to hotel.
Take a cab downtown, explore, shop, find lunch, explore more, maybe rent bikes.
Dinner at Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria.

Day 16: Anchorage to Minneapolis (Travel Day)
Check out of hotel
Take airport shuttle to airport.
Flight leaves ANC at ::time needed::

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