Alaska Trip Essay

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April 18- April 26

April 18
5pm- Depart to Alaska

April 19-
12.40am-Dollar Rent A Car
1am- Check In Hotel in Anchorage
2am- Americas Best Value Inn / Executive Suite Hotel
7am-Depart to Denali State Park
12pm- Arrive @ Denali State Park
1pm-Kantishna Trail
9pm- Hotel aRiley Creek Campground

Americas Best Value Inn / Executive Suite Hotel 2 stars
4360 Spenard Rd, Anchorage, AK, 99517 United States
‎1-800-997-9138‎
Denali Naitonal Park
Milepost 240 George Parks Highway
Denali National Park, AK
(907) 683-8200

April 20
Denali State Park ( Mount McKinley)
7pm-Dinner @ Salmon Bake Restaurant
9pm- Chena Hot Springs

Chena Hot Springs
206 Driveway St, Fairbanks, AK 99701
April 21
10am- Healing Waters
1pm- AURORA ICE MUSEUM TOURS
2pm- DOG SLED RIDES
3pm-1.30pm- Lunch at The Cookie Jar / Thai House Restaurant
8pm- Healing Waters
10pm- Bar
Trans Alaska Pipeline
Arctic Circle

The Cookie Jar
1006 Cadillac Ct
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 479-8319
Thai House Restaurant

412 5th Ave
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 452-6123

April 22
9am-Breakfast @ Chena Hot Spring
9.30am- Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center

10.30am- Trans Alaska Pipeline
11.30am-Arctic Circle
12.30pm- Depart to Seward
6pm- Matanuska Glacier Cave, Alaska
11.00pm- Arrive @ Seward
11.55pm- Check-in Breeze Inn Motel

Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center

101 Dunkel Street, Fairbanks

The Breeze Inn

‪303 North Harbor, PO Box 2147, Seward, AK 99664‬
Matanuska Glacier Cave, Alaska
W Glacier Ave
Wasilla, AK 99654

April 23
9am-Breakfast @ The Smoke Shack (Snowcrab Benedict, crab eggs benedict)
10am-Kenai Fjords National Park (Exit Glacier)
11am- Kayak
3pm-Ressurection Bay(whales)
5pm-Kenai Fjords Naitonal Park (Exit Glacier) new spur trail at Exit Glacier/Harding Icefield Trail
7pm- Dinner Pho Lena
8pm- Depart to The Hotel Alyeska
8pm- Arrive at the Hotel
The Smoke Shack 411 Port Ave
Seward, AK 99664
(907) 224-7427
Kenai Fjords National Park
500 Adams St # 103 Seward, AK 99664
(907) 224-3175
Kenai Glacier Visitor Centre
1212 4th Avenue in Seward next to the Small Boat Harbor

Pho Lena
(close at 9pm)
2904 Spenard Rd
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 277-9777
Alyeska Ski Resort
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