Alaska TravelGram

For Alaskans, Seattle is a favorite playground. (Above, we toured world-famous Pike Place Market with Seattle Food Tours) Great restaurants, fun activities, shopping, adventures–the works. The Seattle TourSaver is designed for you — or for anyone headed to the Emerald City. Everything is 2-for-1 and you now can save $30 off the cost of the [...]

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Radio Hostess with the Mostest Erin Kirkland talks with folks about the upcoming Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage. Down in Seattle (above), the Alaska Travelgram is beaming on up live from the Maxwell Hotel in Seattle. We’re interviewing Pam Mandel(on the right), who just returned from Antarctica with Travel Wild. LISTEN UP!

Okay, we know Era Alaska as the state’s largest “regional” airline, flying a fleet of Dash-8 and Beechcraft 1900s from Barrow to Kodiak and almost 100 other Alaska communities. Well, the rest of the world knows Era from the vantage point of Unalakleet and the Tweto Family! Haven’t we all watched “Flying Wild Alaska”? It’s [...]

Mind if I gush? I’ve called Anchorage my home for almost 33 years. It’s a fabulous place to live, love, play, work–and just plain “be”. Never mind those of us who live here are in serious striking distance of world-class adventure. Above–I hiked with our exchange student, Sulis Fitri (from Indonesia), up Flat Top Mountain on her [...]

Face it–there are lots of moving parts to an Alaska vacation, whether you live right here–or you’re visiting from afar. Transportation, activities, attractions. Seeing the sites, learning the stories, hiking the trail–the works. Let Explore Tours put it all together for you. Whether you’re looking for a great cruise adventure, a fishing adventure or an [...]

  Just a little air-to-air of the beautiful Boeing 777-200 in United‘s new flying colors. Note the Continental globe on the tail. And turn it up to get the full “Gershwin Effect” with the music from Rhapsody in Blue. Of course, frequent travelers on United through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport likely are sick of this glorious [...]

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Just like Alaska in Springtime–our show is all over the place today. Our head is up in the sunshine, while we’re still slogging through the slush underfoot!  Actually, co-host Erin Kirkland narrowly avoided catastrophe when a METEORITE hit her beloved Jetta. As we say in Alaska, “Breaking up is hard to do”! Above–I took this [...]

Now is the time to get out and see the wildlife in Seward. That’s me, above, looking out from the Alaska Sealife Center‘s observation deck out to Resurrection Bay. EVERY DAY IS SUNNY LIKE THIS. The people at the Van Gilder Hotel PROMISED to was so. HAHA Everyone should make plans to see the Alaska [...]

Getaway from Anchorage to Talkeetna on board the McKinley Explorer full-dome private rail cars this summer. Gray Line of Alaska offers a great deal on this two-day Alaska tour. Start at the Anchorage rail depot, where you’ll board the McKinley Explorer. Hungry? Order breakfast downstairs on the restaurant deck, then go upstairs to view the [...]