Hubby was watching some "travel show" and now he wants to go

[eric&gen 0]

Claudeth is always watching the travel channel. They have some great travel ideas but one of the shows is about strange food, think I will pass on that, I already had my balut experience

We watched that show too lol I still remember the long azz worms being taking ouf of the tree puke.

[Fandango 1,440]

camping in Alaska

I told him we cannot go without his AP.

Jodo, u crack me up!

My idea of roughing it is no bellman So I totally hear ya on the camping bit

[churipu 4]

Alaska is beyond beautiful...I'd camp there anyday (maybe not in the winter though, I'll give you that )

Edited December 16, 2007 by churipu

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I spent a lot of time visiting Alaska from the Inside Passage to Nome during the 10 year period that a relative and colaborator lived there. It is a breath-takingly beautiful place that I would recommend everyone see at some point in their lives, and not from a cruise ship. Camping in a tent isn't advisable, cabins and yurts are more the norm. We did have bears show up several times, especially in Juneau, where they roam the terrain all times of the day and night. Had one pop out of a dumpster less than 4 feet behind me once as I was getting into my car. Another time, a mama bear brought her cubs out to play on an apartment playground. A cub walked into the hospital there, one day. They named him "Barlett" after the hospital and sent him off to the zoo in Anchorage.

Go! Kayaking the rapids, hiking on a glacier, enjoying the spectacular northern lights, driving the Al-Can highway (avoiding slow moving moose), catching a dinner of fresh seafood on a neighbor's boat, all night potlatches in Hoona, discussing form with totem pole artists, selling jewelry at the Haines Fair, ATVing on the northern tundra. I've done it all, and more; insha'allah, will do it again. Your husband has a sense of adventure. That is a good thing! Do not live a pedestrian life if you can avoid it. Go! You won't regret it!

Great, now I want to go.

Alaska is only about 65 hours away. And it is winter. #######.

Edited December 16, 2007 by Wacken

[truffles 2]

my husband use to live in Alaska and he yearns to return. He was a Air Traffic Controller there....he loves the fishing hunting and camping - in fact he has a bear rug from one of his hunting trips and several animal mounts. he always says it is one of the last few truly beautiful places on the earth and like a previous poster he also says everyone should visit if they can if only once. I would like to go at some point - but not sure if i would like the winters there!

[eric&gen 0]

I have no interest in taking a trip to Alaska not into freezing my azz off or being chased by bears rather spend my vacation in the Philippines lol.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

For those concerned about the weather, Alaska is HUGE. The sterotype is that it's always cold and snowy, but there are many balmy days, even in winter. Weather varies widely across the state. In the panhandle, for example, snow tends to be light; it's climate is mild and more like that of Seattle. It rain lightly so often that if you carry an umbrella, everyone knows you're a tourist. Residents rarely use umbrellas, prefering to go about wet and unencumbered. If it didn't rain for 3 days, people actually panic like it's the end of the world!

Also, if your clothes match, everyone knows you're a tourist. Casual and relaxed is the standard everywhere there. If you dress up, it's probably for a funeral or you work for the legislature. One of my friends was turned away at a voting station during a presidential election because she was dressed so nicely that no one believed she actually lived there! I attended a couple of funerals in jeans and a tee shirt. Didn't offend a soul.

Alaska gets into your bones. It's an incredibly spiritual place, truly untamed. God outdid Himself when He created it. As many places I've been to on this earth, I can say truly that this is the one place I would return to even if I knew I would die there. It will be one of the very first places I want to share with my husband when he gets here, insha'allah.

[natty bumppo 297]

For those concerned about the weather, Alaska is HUGE. The sterotype is that it's always cold and snowy, but there are many balmy days, even in winter. Weather varies widely across the state. In the panhandle, for example, snow tends to be light; it's climate is mild and more like that of Seattle. It rain lightly so often that if you carry an umbrella, everyone knows you're a tourist. Residents rarely use umbrellas, prefering to go about wet and unencumbered. If it didn't rain for 3 days, people actually panic like it's the end of the world!

Also, if your clothes match, everyone knows you're a tourist. Casual and relaxed is the standard everywhere there. If you dress up, it's probably for a funeral or you work for the legislature. One of my friends was turned away at a voting station during a presidential election because she was dressed so nicely that no one believed she actually lived there! I attended a couple of funerals in jeans and a tee shirt. Didn't offend a soul.

Alaska gets into your bones. It's an incredibly spiritual place, truly untamed. God outdid Himself when He created it. As many places I've been to on this earth, I can say truly that this is the one place I would return to even if I knew I would die there. It will be one of the very first places I want to share with my husband when he gets here, insha'allah.

I can't wait to go back either. Alaska is a truly amazing !

[JODO 2]

I just saw these new responses! Natty OK, I will think about it!

[natty bumppo 297]

I just saw these new responses! Natty OK, I will think about it!

Pick a good time ... and enjoy.