Alaska on a budget - 2007

I've arrived to Alaska!

After landing in Anchorage, my coworkers brought me to the restaurant at the Millennium hotel. We sat outside on the patio & watched floatplanes land on Lake Hood, in which the hotel overlooks.

This was my favorite museum in Alaska!
Learning about the Native culture, I was AWE-struck!
Seeing white & white photos of Barrow, AK back in the late 1800's on how they hunted whales and the resources that they used from the whales - nothing was wasted. They constructed canoes from the skin of whales - amazing! This is a must-see museum when traveling to Anchorage.

This museum is located in the lower level of the Wells Fargo Bank. The artifacts and artwork was amazing.

My coworker brought me here. We sampled all the beers, they are served in small glasses similiar to shot glasses. Apparently the alhohal content is higher?
My favorite 'panty peeler'. I bought a growler of it. (Where do they come up with these names for beer?)

The wall is more beuatiful in person!

My mother's first cousin that lives in Wasilla has a booth at the market called, Ice Age Arts.

See Anchorage from a distance.

My first train experience - ever and I loved it!
I road on The Denali Star Train under the Adventure Class rates.
The train left Anchorage at 8:15 a.m. and arrived to Denali Park at 3:45 p.m.

Cost $38.50 a night; includes bunk in women's dorm, tax, linen & shuttle pass to/from the park to the hostel. I stayed one evening. There are a number of private cabins, tents, men's dorm, shared kitchen and a number of restrooms and 'hot' showers

I road The Denali Star Train from Denali Park up to Fairbanks. From the time you leave Denali Park close to the next hour heading north by rail are spectular views!!
I departed Denali Park at 3:45 p.m. and arrived to the Fairbanks Depot at 8:00 p.m.