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Alaska
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## Checklist
- [x] Car Rental
- [x] Hotel
- [x] Katmai National Park Bear Viewing Tour (9/2)
- [x] Knik Galcier Dog Sled & Helicopter (8/31 2:30pm - 4:00pm)
- [x] Matanuska Glacier Walk Tour
- [x] Kenai Fjords Tours
- [x] Tour Saver Book

## Flight
[Sophia / Joey]
![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/H1CyVc0EC.png)
![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1BMNcRNC.png)

[Ashley/Andy]
BOS -> ANC
![Screenshot 2024-07-11 at 6.28.26 PM](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HkCFdF6PC.png)

ANC -> BOS
![Screenshot 2024-07-11 at 6.28.47 PM](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HJWauKpPC.png)

## Car Rental
08/30 10pm pickup - 09/08 4pm return (Remember to redeem Avis Rent a Car day credit)


## Itenerary
### Day 1 08/30
- Arrive @ ANC
- Stay @Anchorage Sheraton Hotel
- 1. Independence Mine Trail
2. April Bowl Trail via Hatch Peak
We were there yesterday and spent 3.5 hours total. We parked at independence mine and walked around the trails there and then drove up to summit lake and took pictures. We didn’t stop anywhere else but there are so many places to pull off and hike, you could spend an entire day wandering around.





 April Bowl to Hatch Peak

(Around ANC? A Day2 Day3 Anchorage surroundings)
### Day 2 08/31 Valdez
5.5 hr from ANC
- goldie's coffee roasters anchorage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYI79EcpJKc
- https://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/14ywlty/good_place_to_stop_for_lunch_on_the_drive_to/
- Eureka roadhouse
- (independence mine) hatcher pass (1hr detour) (can hike or drive)
- Sheep Mountain Restaurant

- Solomon Gulch Hatchery (near valdaz) (fish farm in valdaz)
- Worthington Galcier (near valdaz) walk to view point
- breidal veil fall Horsetail Fall (near valdez 2 hr trail)
- thompson pass (loop trail) (near valdaz, trail here seems to > Worthington) https://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/1b525gh/valdez_hike_recommendations/ 
- Stay @Valdaz Totem Hotel and Suites
- Lunch
    - The Fat Mermaid @Sophia we won't make it


![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rJS8KsAj0.png)


### Day 3 09/01
- Morning
    - Solomon Gulch Hatchery
    - Worthington Galcier

- Lunch @Sheep Mountain Lodge
- **Matanuska Glacier Tour $115 per person 2:30pm (3 hour)** 
<!-- - Anchorage Downtown -->
- Stay @Anchorage Aviator Hotel
- **Booked 7:45pm @Glacier BrewHouse**
- - **Booked 7:45pm @Altura Bistro**

### Day 4 09/02
- [x] (All day)
- **Bristol Adventures Katmai NP** (booked)
    - One day trips depart Anchorage between 7:00 - 8:00am, and arrive back in Anchorage at 6:00 – 6:45pm.
- Stay @Anchorage Aviator Hotel
- Booked 7:45 pm @Simon&Seafort's

### Day 5 Day 6 09/03 (B Day5 Day6, North)

Biscuitculb
Spenard Joe’s

denali brew pub

mountain high pizza pie

- Talkeetna

The Salmon Spot in Talkeetna

Flying Squirrel is great too.

We visit a lot in the winter and hit up Flying Squirrel, Mountain High, and the brewery. They are all open year round.

I also like the coffee and crepes at Conscious Coffee. I'm often awake before my partner and walking around chasing pokemon or pikmin, and they are open early even on Sunday.


- Denali NP
- **Denali Grand Tour with Glacier Landing 1:30 - 3:30pm**
- Stay @Denali Tri Valley Cabins
- my mom's thai taste talkeetna
- **Booked 7:30pm @49th State Brewing - Denali Park**

During normal summers, sled dog demonstrations are offered daily. Rangers and dogs work together to demonstrate a traditional Alaskan mode of travel. These unique, 30 minute programs include an opportunity to tour the park kennels and visit Denali's Alaskan huskies. Demonstrations are given three times daily in peak season (June 1 through September 1), at 10 am, 2 pm and 4 pm. Ask at the visitor center for demonstration times outside of peak season (May and September).
https://www.nps.gov/places/sled-dog-kennels.htm


(C Day7 Day8 Day9 Seward Kenai Fjord)
### Day 6 09/04
glying squierral bakery
- **Denali Bus Tour 9:30am - 2:15pm**
Anchorage to Seward Train
https://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/19e8bnt/anchorage_to_seward_railroad_vs_drive/
- Stay @Anchorage Sheraton Hotel

### Day 7 09/05
- **Major Marin Cruise booked @12:30pm** (4 hour)
- Stay @Seward Harbor 360 Hotel
- Stay @ASPEN SUITES HOTEL HOMER 
- **Booked @THE COOKERY 7:30pm**


### Day 8 09/06 
- Bear Viewing trip
- Seward: Harding Ice Field Trail
- Dinner:
    - Ray's Waterfront
- Stay @Seward Harbor 360 Hotel


### Day 9 09/07
- Fishing on the Kenai Peninsula (seward)
- Stay @Anchorage Sheraton Hotel

(Homer)

### Day 10 09/08
- Brunch @ Feather & Flour
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## Reservations
### 9/1 9:30 Matanuska Glacier Tour 

### 9/2 8:00 Bristol Adventures 

### 9/3 13:30 Denali Grand Tour with Glacier Landing

### Tour Must Do [Need to Book in Advance]
- [Anchorage] Matanuska Glacier Tour
    - 冰河徒步
    - hiking tour for about 3 hours
    - https://www.novalaska.com/trip/mantanuska-glacier-hike/ ($115)
- [Anchorage] Katmai National Park Bear Viewing  (paid)
    - 看熊抓魚！
    - https://katmaiair.com/bear-viewing/brooks-falls-day-tours/ ($1350 / per person)
    - If taking water taxi by ourselves, it may take almost $800 
- [Anchorage] Knik Galcier Landing Tour
    - 看冰河,  icebergs
    - [Alaska Helicopter Tours](https://www.alaskahelicoptertours.com/grand-knik-glacier-tour)
        - Knik Glacier Landing ($429 1 hour)
        - Dog Sled & Helicopter! ($599 1.5 hour)
        - Grand Knik Tour ($699 2 hours)
- [Anchorage] Kenai National Park
    - [Kenai Fjords Tours](https://www.alaskacollection.com/day-tours/kenai-fjords-tours/kenai-fjords-national-park-tour/) ($239 6 hour)
    - [Major Marine Tours](https://majormarine.com/book-now/) ($139 4 hour, $219 6 hour)
    - 看冰河 / 水上動物

### Anchorage
- **Matanuska Glacier Tour**
    - hiking
- Anchorage Museum
- Seward Whittier Alaska wildlife conservation center
- Columbia Glacier Kayak
- **Knik Glacier (Helicopter)**
    - Alaska Helicopter Tour
- **Katmai National Park**
    - Bear catch fishes
    - **Booked 9/2 Bear Viewing Tour**

## Seward
- Bear glacier Kayak
- **Kenai Fjords Cruise**
    - Great glacier
    - Sea animals
- **Harding Icefeild Trail (classical trails)**

## Denali National Park
- Tundra wilderness tour

## Castner Glacier Ice Cave
## Fairbanks
- Northern Lights
- Chena Hot Springs
- Dog Sledding Tour
    - http://buserdog.com/visit

## Reference
- [Google Map Link](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Anchorage,+Alaska/Knik+Glacier+Tours,+Buckshot+Lane,+Palmer,+AK/Matanuska+Glacier+State+Recreation+Site,+Glenn+Highway,+Sutton-Alpine,+AK/Denali+National+Park+and+Preserve,+Alaska/Chena+Hot+Springs,+Fairbanks,+AK/Valdez,+AK/Castner+Glacier+Ice+Cave,+Richardson+Highway,+Delta+Junction,+AK/Kenai+Fjords+National+Park,+Seward,+AK/@62.363772,-153.2211305,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m50!4m49!1m5!1m1!1s0x56c8917604b33f41:0x257dba5aa78468e3!2m2!1d-149.8996784!2d61.2175758!1m5!1m1!1s0x56c8ff076985d577:0xd341825dafc1dec0!2m2!1d-148.7948455!2d61.4531822!1m5!1m1!1s0x56c99a38dd3daba1:0xdab74f499012d552!2m2!1d-147.8137359!2d61.79953!1m5!1m1!1s0x56cdf3ff88d01605:0xc6b53b15131936a5!2m2!1d-150.789398!2d63.2827613!1m5!1m1!1s0x5133d8ac39be4eef:0xf5beefc6088c8d3c!2m2!1d-146.0510384!2d65.051771!1m5!1m1!1s0x56b644030f1a7539:0x1f54b4edc991a14f!2m2!1d-146.3498607!2d61.1308812!1m5!1m1!1s0x5134898cd2f66f39:0x14ca1ce3ffe5648b!2m2!1d-145.699103!2d63.4035627!1m5!1m1!1s0x56c79c630608aa09:0x12143ced272edc64!2m2!1d-150.1878803!2d59.8486745!3e0?entry=ttu)
![map1](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1oP3x6v0.jpg)
![map2](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SJiwng6vR.jpg)
![map3](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ByoP3l6wA.jpg)


# Itinerary
![Alaska_Visits](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJa5gEUKA.png)
## Proposed Routes
[Option 1]
![Alaska_Visits_routes2](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/H1tr_DDKA.png)
