We’ve uploaded several new videos at www.youtube.com/travelguidebook that you won’t want to miss. Check out frolicking seals and a berry-eating bear from Misty Bay Lodge in Hoonah, Alaska and rescued brother brown bears playing in the water at the Fortress of the Bear rehabilitation facility in Sitka, Alaska. Fish Creek Bridge Wildlife Observation Site has become a world-class destination for viewing black and brown bears feeding on salmon runs just north of Hyder, Alaska. Operating through the Tongass National Forest, Breakaway Adventures of Wrangell, Alaska offers boat tours of LeConte Glacier, the Stikine River and AnAn Bear Observatory. Be sure to watch the video highlighting the magnificent Copper River in Alaska and its salmon, which have the highest oil-content in the world from their long journey upriver to spawn. You can also enjoy our videos of Alaska’s vast temperate rainforest, and a virtual ballet of early-morning fishing boat departures weaving through the placid waters of Homer, Alaska, halibut fishing capitol of the world. We have beautiful footage of Cordova, Alaska, the Alaska Marine Highway and finally, readings by Skagway, Alaska’s Buckwheat Donahue, who has been entertaining folks with his unique interpretations of Robert Service verse and tales of the north for 25 years; CDs of his performances are available through our website at http://www.travelguidebook.com where you will uncover a tremendous wealth of information on the Northwest USA, Western Canada and Alaska.
In this Sunday’s episode,the Palins pile into their RV for an overnight trip of white-water rafting and ATV touring. Later, Sarah and Piper dogsled on a glacier. Airs on TLC Sunday, Dec 19.
In the following week’s episode Sarah, Todd and Willow head to a remote logging camp on Afognak Island for a look at the Alaskan logging industry. Airs on TLC Sunday, Dec 26.
If you’re interested in seeing and reading about the sights, activities and locations that the series covers, be sure to visit http://www.travelguidebook.com for the scoop on everything imaginable! You can order a copy of our Travel Guide book on the website and begin planning your next, and BEST vacation, to the great state of Alaska and other northern locales.
On the upcoming Sarah Palin’s Alaska Special, Palin welcomes reality show star and Dancing with the Stars participant Kate Gosselin and her 8 children to Alaska. To prepare for a camping trip with the kids, Sarah takes Kate to a bear safety class for rifle practice. Then Kate and the kids experience the wilderness challenges of camping in Alaska. ”I have never camped for real,” Gosselin says in a promo for the episode, having made no secret of her dislike of outdoor adventures on Jon & Kate Plus 8.
Last week’s Alaska episode seems well-received even by folks who aren’t particularly enamored with Palin or her politics, generating comments about the lack of political references or soapboxing in Episode 3, and the genuinely sweet demeanor of her family. We’re looking forward to this Sunday’s presentation which documents Sarah’s caribou-hunting expedition above the Arctic Circle with her father Chuck and a family friend, in the stark beauty of Alaska’s Far North. Airs on TLC at 9 and 11 Eastern. To further investigate the Far North and all of Alaska’s regions, be sure to explore http://www.travelguidebook.com for complete travel information.
In Episode 3 of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” special, she and her husband observe their July 4th tradition of salmon fishing in Bristol Bay, pristine home of the world’s largest wild salmon run. The show is sure to highlight more of the beauty of Alaska. Airs on TLC at 9/8 C on Sunday, November 28th. If you’re interested in seeing and reading about the sights, activities and locations that the series covers, be sure to visit http://www.travelguidebook.com for the scoop on everything imaginable! You can order a copy of our Travel Guide book on the website and begin planning your next, and BEST vacation, to the great state of Alaska and other northern locales.
We’ve uploaded a few new videos at www.youtube.com/travelguidebook you’ll enjoy seeing. The “Klondike Gold Fields” is a complex in Skagway, Alaska that offers a host of different family-oriented Gold Rush era adventures, including gold panning in warm water troughs with guaranteed gold in every pan, touring an authentic 350-ton gold dredge and their handcrafted root beer and beer brewery. Alaskan Harbor Seals are shown lounging about on marine equipment in another. Be sure to check out the time lapse video of a very spectacular Northern Lights Aurora display!
We’re running some great videos of Alaska and the North on our own Youtube Channel and will be uploading more weekly. When you subscribe to our little corner of the universe because you like what you see, you will receive email notification each and every time we upload a new video, so you don’t have to remember to keep checking back. What could be easier? So visit http://www.youtube.com/travelguidebook today, hit the Subscribe button, and start dreaming of Alaska! Also be sure to visit our website at http://www.travelguidebook.com for more videos, photographs and extensive editorial on the Great Northwest and Alaska, or to order your full color, full size hard copy of our Travel Guide information.
We’re getting feedback regarding the first “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” episode that the series appears well-received, having been viewed by a TLC Channel record-breaking 5 million people on Sunday. Of course the Alaskan backdrop was drop dead gorgeous and the action fast-paced. Next week’s episode, “Just for the Halibut,” airs on Sunday, November 21st at 9/8 C on TLC, and will be centered around Homer on the Kenai Peninsula and deep-sea fishing. If you’re interested in seeing and reading about the sights, activities and locations that the series covers, be sure to visit http://www.travelguidebook.com for the scoop on everything imaginable! You can order a copy of our Travel Guide book on the website and begin planning your next, and BEST vacation, to the great state of Alaska and other northern locales.
Would like to direct folks to a couple of places on the internet that talk in an exceptional way about SURFING in ALASKA! Surfing is one of the primarily winter activities that Southwest Alaska’s Kodiak Island is known for. Kodiak is an extraordinary beautiful land that is so green it’s often likened to Ireland, the Emerald Isle. Yakutat is another favored locale for surfing, situated beneath the soaring, snow-covered St. Elias mountain range. Go to http://www.observatorybooks.com/surf.htm for a great description of how braving the waves can lead to a whole new appreciation for all life has to offer. In addition to being well-written, http://scottdickerson.com/blog/2007/surfing-alaska-in-winter/ is posted by an intrepid photographer who also surfs…look for his photos there of nearly transparent, mint and moss green waves curling under an aura of blow-back spray and the implacable gaze of Kodiak’s serene and snowy peaks – beautiful!
Please see our own website at http://www.travelguidebook.com for a wealth of helpful travel planning tips and information on Kodiak, covering bed & breakfasts, vacation rentals, wilderness lodges, bear viewing, whale watching, flightseeing, salt and fresh water fishing, boat charters, kayaking, dinner cruises, ATV excursions and island tours. Once you’ve decided you need to visit, try Mary at Kodiak Lodging and Reservations to arrange anything and everything you might like to try. She can be reached at 907-539-5346 or http://www.KodiakLodgingandReservations.com.
If you’re just wanting to spend a few minutes reading about places in the northwest United States where you’ve never been, some favorites on our http://www.travelguidebook.com website are Billings in southwest Montana and Havre along the “High Line” in the north. Check out our write up on the International Selkirk Loop in the British Columbia section and its Idaho counterpart in that state. You also might enjoy the description of the forces of nature that formed the landscape around Soap Lake, Washington or our overview of Oregon’s Scenic Byways.
If you’re thinking Alaska, Skagway has several great editorials, and in the Featured Stories section there are entertaining articles about the publisher’s daughter partaking in a bear-viewing adventure on Katmai (“Bear Capitol”), a couple of gals who motorcycled to Alaska from California, and how two young women from Switzerland planned and carried out the trip of a lifetime. Wonderful information about Alaskan Brown Bears can be found in “Bear Viewing with Talon Air” and “Are Grizzly Bears Dangerous?”
