North to Alaska and Back
We drove about 100 miles for an overnight stay near the small town of Talkeetna. This is the town that many considered to be the inspiration for the tv show “Northern Exposure.” The quirky town has a cat named Stubbs as honorary mayor.
Talkeetna definitely has a touristy feel to it. The main street is lined with restaurants, shops, lodging, and outfitters. The outfitters offer a wide variety of adventures: flight seeing, river rafting, jet boat tours, zip lines, sport fishing, guided hikes, off-road ATV, gold panning, and wilderness photography. The buildings are mostly renovated cabins from the mining days.
It was a gorgeous day and the town was quite busy. We strolled along Main Street, taking in the sights and doing a little souvenir shopping. Then we relaxed on the deck of a little café and enjoyed local beer and cider as we did some people watching.
We ended the afternoon by driving a few miles out of town to a small operation that makes birch syrup. We learned that it takes 110 gallons of birch sap to make one gallon of birch syrup, compared to 60 gallons of maple sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. The syrup was tasty but expensive.
jkfrese
43 chapters
15 Apr 2020
Day 34: On to Talkeetna
July 23, 2017
We drove about 100 miles for an overnight stay near the small town of Talkeetna. This is the town that many considered to be the inspiration for the tv show “Northern Exposure.” The quirky town has a cat named Stubbs as honorary mayor.
Talkeetna definitely has a touristy feel to it. The main street is lined with restaurants, shops, lodging, and outfitters. The outfitters offer a wide variety of adventures: flight seeing, river rafting, jet boat tours, zip lines, sport fishing, guided hikes, off-road ATV, gold panning, and wilderness photography. The buildings are mostly renovated cabins from the mining days.
It was a gorgeous day and the town was quite busy. We strolled along Main Street, taking in the sights and doing a little souvenir shopping. Then we relaxed on the deck of a little café and enjoyed local beer and cider as we did some people watching.
We ended the afternoon by driving a few miles out of town to a small operation that makes birch syrup. We learned that it takes 110 gallons of birch sap to make one gallon of birch syrup, compared to 60 gallons of maple sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. The syrup was tasty but expensive.
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Day 1: Harrisburg, PA to West Branch SP, Ohio
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Day 2: On to Pokagon SP, Indiana
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Days 3 and 4 On to Illinois and Wisconsin
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Days 5, 6 & 7: On to Maple Grove, Mn and Fargo and Minot, North Dakota
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Days 8 & 9 - On to Saskatchewan,
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Day 10 - On to Alberta
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Day 11 - Elk Island National Park
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Days 12 and 13 - On to Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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Day 14 - Alaska Highway to Fort Nelson, BC
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Day 15 - On to Muncho Lake, BC
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Day 16 - On to Watson Lake, Yukon
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Day 17 - On to Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 18 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 19 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 20: Klondike Hwy to Dawson City
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Day 21: Dawson City
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Day 22: Dawson City
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Day 23: On to Chicken, Alaska!
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Day 24 - On to Kenny Lake
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Day 25: Wrangell-St. Elias NP
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Day 26: Kenny Lake Area
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Day 27: Richardson Hwy to Valdez AK
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Days 28 & 29:Valdez
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Days 30 & 31: On to Anchorage
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Day 32: Katmai National Park
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Day 33: Lake Clark National Park
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Day 34: On to Talkeetna
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Days 35 - 38 Denali National Park
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Days 39, 40 and 41 - Fairbanks AK
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Days 42, 43 & 44 - Bettles, AK
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Days 45 & 46 - Tok to Kluane Lake
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Days 47, 48, 49 - Kluane Lake to Boya Lake
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Day 50 - Boya Lake to Iskut, BC
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Days 51 & 52 - Stewart British Columbia and Hyder Alaska
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Days 53, 54, 55 - Smithers to Jasper Park
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Day 58 - The Icefields Parkway
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Days 56 & 57 - Jasper National Park
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Days 59 and 60 - Banff NP
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Days 61, 62 63 - Banff, Alberta to Minot, North Dakota
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Days 64, 65, 66 - North Dakota to Minnesota
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Day 67 - Duluth, Minnesota
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Days 68, 69,& 70 - To Mackinac Island
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Days 71 thru 78, The Last Chapter!
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