Last year around this time, during a ferocious windstorm that kept the fam indoors for the weekend, I decided to redirect my restlessness and come up with the adventures/experiences I want us to have while here in this great state of Alaska. Weird, I never once put it up here on the blog. Perhaps it's because my 101 list was sitting on its separate page, ignored and neglected, that I felt too guilty coming up with yet another list. There's Missus Och again unable to see things through. Well, after reviewing the 101 list and realizing I had completed 41 tasks already (almost half!), and having the best Alaska adventure to date yesterday, I made the decision to put the first bucket list on hold to an extent. Instead, we will focus on our Alaska Must-Do's while here.
I found the list I wrote last year with notes of what we've done so far:
- Ride on a Prince William Sound Glacier Cruise
- H2oasis Water Park -- been twice
- Rent an RV and camp at Denali National Park -- July 2012
- Climb Flattop Mountain
- Hike and go blueberry picking -- Found our secret blueberry patch! (8/2011)
- Cross Winner Creek via hand tram above the gorge -- July 2012
- Hike on Matanuska Glacier
- Go four-wheeling (ATV) -- Summer 2011 @ Sutton
- Kayak to the end of Eklutna Lake and back
- See a bear -- and the Mister almost offered himself up as its lunch
- See moose -- they are everywhere. We now know to drive through Kincaid Park when visitors arrive in town to get that off the checklist right from the start of the visit.
- Snowshoe
- Gold panning in Crow Creek Mine
- Alaska Zoo -- a family mbrship is a great deal and I've taken the kids several times over the summer break
- Anchorage Museum/Imaginarium -- we also purchased an annual mbrship!
- Witness the bore tide come in Turnagain Arm
- Hike to Thunderbird Falls -- Summer 2011
- Ride the Alaska Railroad -- July 2011, Princess Rail Tour ride from ANC to Talkeetna
- Take the whistle stop train to Spencer Glacier
- See the Northern Lights! -- March 2012 on Highland Drive, Eagle River
- Soak in Chena Hot Springs
- Dip toes into Arctic Ocean
- See Mt. McKinley -- July 2011, Denali peeked out behind the clouds for a full 30 min
- Beachcomb on the Homer Spit
- Fly to Lake Clark or Katmai National Preserve to see bears
- Sea kayak
- Ride wildlife viewing cruise -- April 2011, short 4 hr tour of Resurrection Bay
- Take pictures amongst the irises in Palmer Hay Flats -- June 2012
- Watch Iditarod Race start in downtown Anchorage
- Attend Fur Rendezvous -- February 2011
- Attend Summer Solstice Festival in Anchorage -- July 2011
- Alaska State Fair -- August 2011
- River raft trip -- July 2011, float trip from Talkeetna
- Scale Mount Healy -- July 2012
- Cast a line out on the Russian River
- Take the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry to the Inside Passage
- Explore Hatcher Pass/Independence Mine -- July 2011
- Take children to North Pole, Alaska
- Go on a dog mushing ride -- February 2012
- Visit Williams Reindeer Farm -- October 2011
- Hike at Eagle River Nature Center -- Summer 2011
- Alaska Native Heritage Museum
- Ride the ferry from Homer to Seldovia
- Dig for clams at Clam Gulch on the Kenai Peninsula
- Go dip netting...net dipping...whatever that is
- Tube Arctic Valley
- Explore Peterson Bay Field Station
- Attend a family camp at Kachemak Bay with the CACS
- Try cross-country skiing
- Learn to snowboard
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