Just Do It Yourself, Okay? - Alaska Traveler - page 137

Visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center ( http://www.alaskanative.net / ). Shop for Native
arts and crafts at the gift shop at the Alaska Native Medical Center on Tudor, but call first
to see if they're open (907 729-1122) because a lot of the time they aren't. Rent a bike
( http://alaska-bike-rentals.com / ) and ride the Coastal Trail to Kincaid Park. Watch out for
moose and the occasional bear.
Day 3
Drive to Seward for a trip with Kenai Fjords Cruises ( http://www.kenaifjords.com / ). I
have never been skunked on this cruise, I've seen killer whales and humpbacks and Steller
sea lions and finback whales and puffins and porpoises and otters and seals and pretty
much anything marine you can name at this latitude. And I haven't even mentioned the
glacier.
Stay the night ( http://www.sewardak.org /). Dine at Ray's in the boat harbor and then
walk it off looking at Seward's collection of murals, featuring the famous Fourth of July
Mt. Marathon footrace, the Iditarod Trail, Rockwell Kent, and Alaskan wildflowers. You
could always hike Mt. Marathon yourself if you're feeling frisky. You could, but I'd re-
commend the Godwin Glacier helicopter/dog sled tour ( http://www.alaskadogsled.com )
instead.
Day 4
Visit the Sealife Center ( http://www.alaskasealife.org /), shop at Bardarson's in the boat
harbor and stop at Exit Glacier ( http://www.nps.gov/kefj/ ) on the way out of town to hike
up to the glacier's face. Drive to Homer ( http://www.homeralaska.org /), stopping at Land-
ing Latte in Cooper Landing for an americano grande with room. Stay at the Driftwood
Inn ( http://thedriftwoodinn.com / ) on Bishop's Beach. Shop at the Bunnell Street Gallery,
Ptarmigan Arts, and the Fireweed Gallery. Walk the Facing the Elements trail in back of
the Pratt Museum ( http://www.prattmuseum.org /) and visit the sperm whale exhibit at the
high school. Take Mako's Water Taxi ( http://akms.com/makotaxi/ ) on a tour of Kachemak
Bay with a visit to Seldovia. Dine on clams at Land's End. End the day with a walk and a
driftwood fire on the beach. Don't worry, in summertime we have nineteen-plus hours of
daylight, you'll fit it all in.