Kirk & Anne's Excellent Adventure

[Chez Bubba]

Most important hint: DON'T FLY UNITED AIRLINES!!!!

Well, first of all, let me say that if you never visit our 49th state, you will truly be missing something. The scenery is breath-taking, the people are wonderful, the food & fishing are great. Going into the trip, we took the attitude that it was a once-in-a-lifetime thing so do it right. We're going back!

The first week and a half we set out on our own, driving to Denali, fishing in Homer & Kenai, partying with the Blue Angels in Anchorage, flightseeing in Talkeetna. We wound up in Seward to get on the boat for the ride back to Vancouver.

Not to say we didn't see some things from the boat that we wouldn't have seen on our own without a little more effort on our part, but we had a lot better time the first week & a half. All the ports the boat docked in except one were tourist traps all the way, 20 different jewelry shops, t-shirt outlets (maybe Olds would like this aspect) and the like. We won't do the boat again, but it was an OK experience for first-timers.

You can't believe how little beer you will drink when it's $3.50 a pop! Want to switch to soda? It's a bargain at only $1.75. They even make you pay for drinks when you're in the casino. Need some laundry done? It's about $12.00 for one day's worth of clothes, but then again, they do press your underwear.[;)]

I'm overwhelmed at the amount of posts that were made while we were gone. It's going to take me weeks to read them all. If anyone has something they want me to directly respond to, please email me & I'll get right to it.

Likewise, in order to not make this longer than it already is, if any of you want more details, suggestions or directions on how to smuggle beer onto the boat[:D], email me & I'll give you the long version. I'll post some pics later when I get our new-fangled camera figured out.

Fantastic trip, worth every penny. Kummok, Mrs. Kummok & Papa Kummok are wonderful people.[:)][:)][:)] Did I mention NOT TO FLY UNITED AIRLINES?!![:(!]

Kirk


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Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?

[bighoof]

Cool, how bout some pics of those fish, I worked in Seward before, they have any stop lights yet?