Archive for May, 2009

Whoa. Here are some great pics from Alyeska Resort. Yes, the snow has melted (most of it, anyway). Summer’s in full swing and it’s time to get with it! Whether you’re just getting away for the weekend or you want to show your visiting friends and relatives the best of Alaska’s Alpine Resorts, head to Alyeska today!

Ride the tram! After taking your 2,300-foot (more…)

Last week I stopped by to visit with our friends at Classic Helicopters.
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OK, remind me to tell you about the cool e-postcards you can send to your friends and relatives to COAX them to Anchorage this summer. In the meantime, though, I ran into several contestants for the Beard & Moustache Championship that was held in Anchorage earlier this month.

That’s Bernd Popiak on the left, one of the big winners in the “full beard” competition. Whoa! Hairy!! (more…)

OK. Technically, it’s the Alaska Marine Highway. I call it “the ferry” though. Other friends of mine who live along the ferry route call it “The Blue Canoe”. My friend Marion Owen at Galley Gourmet in Kodiak took this picture of the m/v Tustumena sailing by her home last April.

Here’s a round-up of several specials now available on Alaska’s Marine Highway: (more…)

LIVE from Girona, Spain. Kelly Jo McGee over at USTravel is right. Europe is HOT! Why? Fares are down. Crowds are thinned out. It’s a buyers market and that means there are DEALS. Below is a photo of a small Spanish town in the Pyrenees where we went hiking yesterday with our friends at Spanish Trails.

First remember you can fly nonstop from Anchorage or Fairbanks to Frankfurt on Condor Air.

PARIS, BORDEAUX, LOURDES and MONACO. Take this wine tour, plus a side trip to (more…)