So I visited Alaska....

Most beautiful state I have ever seen in my life and that is coming from someone who has been in Colorado, seen the Smoky Mountains in the fall and just plain traveled some.

We rented a place in Anchorage, which ended up being WAY cheaper than those hotels with their ungodly prices. Made that our home-base so to speak. Did a grocery run, rented a vehicle and had the time of our lives.

We did:
- the Alaska railway to Seward
- The glacier cruise out of Seward
- The Whittier Tunnel
- Portage Glacer
- Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
- Turnagain Arm (I could spend days there....so beautiful)
- Hatcher Pass from Wasilla to Willow (My camera was almost full of pictures by this point)
- Eklutna Lake
- Drove to Fairbanks
- Drove the Old Denali Hwy from Cantwell to Paxson (Jaw droppingly beautiful - almost at the 1000 picture point lol)
- Saw the Northern Lights
- Went to the Arctic Circle north of Fairbanks (one of my favorite parts of the trip)
- Went to Denali Natl Park......stupid clouds hid the big guy. Still an awesome place though.
- the Anchorage Market Festival
- Visited the Alaska Mint

...........other stuff too, but you get the idea. I would dare say we saw the essential Alaska. I am so glad we did NOT do a cruise. We would have missed a lot. Food for instance.

Fireweed ice cream, birch syrup and walnut ice cream. Spectacular stuff. I tried the sailorboy pilot bread.....didnt do much for me. lol. I did enjoy the reindeer sausages though. Those arent half bad.

I did get tickled how so many people tried to scare me about the winters up there and when I would tell them I lived in North Dakota, they totally changed their tune and had the attitude that I was kind of one of them. I know what -50F is like. Your winters dont scare me Alaska!!!!

People were so nice up there. Alaska is an extremely friendly place.

One thing I am glad I did my research on was to get the Milepost. That thing was invaluable.

It is official though. I LOVE Alaska. I loved the people, the weather, the politics or lack thereof, the scenery, the clean air........pretty much everything except the prices though.....

If I get rich enough, can I come live with you Alaskans?

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So I visited Alaska....