Just Do It Yourself, Okay? - Alaska Traveler - page 138

Day 5
Pick up lunch at the Sourdough Express ( http://www.freshsourdoughexpress.com / ),
which you remembered to order the night before. Take Bald Mountain Air's ( ht-
tp://www.baldmountainair.com/ ) bear flightseeing trip to Katmai. Dine at the fabulous
Homestead out East End Road and pour a libation in honor of the wonderful tour guide
who recommended it to you.
Day 6
Get your morning coffee and breakfast pastry at Two Sisters Bakery across the street.
Drive to Anchorage. Stop at Summit Lake Lodge for ice cream, and in Girdwood to pan
for gold at the Crow Creek Mine and eat the best pepper steak of your life at the Double
Muskie.
Day 7
Another day in Anchorage (You can drive direct to Talkeetna, if you're the road warrior
type.). Visit the Anchorage Museum ( http://www.anchoragemuseum.org / ), especially the
Alaskan exhibit upstairs. Shop at Cabin Fever at 4 th and G. See if the gift shop at the
Alaska Native Hospital is open today. Go to the Whale Fat Follies (279-SPAM). Visitors
tell me that it is best not to go to the Follies until you've been here at least a week, other-
wise you don't get the jokes.
Day 8
Drive to Talkeetna. Stay at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge ( ht-
tp://www.talkeetnalodge.com ) . If you can tear yourself away from the view, take the Hur-
ricane Turn, Alaska Railroad's six-hour flagstop service to Hurricane ( ht-
tp://www.alaskarailroad.com/ ) , which has great characters and scenery in equal propor-
tion.
Day 9
Take a flightseeing trip to Denali out of Talkeetna with K2 Aviation ( www.flyk2.com ) ,
or go rafting with Mahay's ( http://www.mahaysriverboat.com/index.htm ). Or both.