Staying put for the holiday weekend

Posted by Alaskology

Posted: May 21, 2009 - 7:17 pm

I feel like I’m being left out. Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner, and it seems everyone I know is headed to the Kenai Peninsula to go clamming.

There will be some severe minus tides this weekend, which is great for clamming. This is my 10th summer in Alaska, and I have yet to get down in the mud for clams. It’s not changing this weekend.

One rule I’ve established for summer fun is when a holiday weekend arrives, stick close to home. I’ll let everyone else battle for space on Alaska’s few highways or for a parking space at their favorite trail head or for a place to put their tent near the clams; I’ll hang out around Anchorage and feel like I have the place to myself.

And those minus tides that make clamming easier also create great bore tides on Turnagain Arm. So I’ll just hang around town and head down the Seward Highway just a little bit on Sunday or Monday afternoon to see one of nature’s great shows.

For those headed WAY out of town, Kodiak is hosting its annual Crab Festival this weekend. In fact, some activities started today.

Some of the highlights include music by Alaska’s Hobo Jim; the Survival Suit Race (where teams do dress up in survival suits); bike, foot (both a marathon and a race up Pillar Mountain) and kayak races; a parade; a seafood cookoff – you get the idea.

Whether you’re a local or a visitor, headed out of town or staying around town, it’s an extra-long weekend, be sure to enjoy it.

-- Steve

  1     December 21, 2009 - 11:44pm | replica_rolex

replica watches

Replica Cartier | Fake Watches | Replica Watches | Replica Cartier | replica soccer jersey | Replica watches | Fake Cheap Rolex | Replica Cartier | soccer jersey supplier | soccer jersey wholesale | Burberry Watches Replica | Fake Mont Blanc Watches | Oris Fake | Hublot Watches Replica | Russia Shirt | Louis Vuitton Replica Watches | Patek Philippe Watches Replica | Dkny Replica Watches | Calvin Klein Watches Replica | Cheap Rado Fake Watch | Panerai Watches | Replica Dolce & Gabbana Watches | Breitling Replica Watch | Replica Hermes | replica watches | Technomarine Fake | replica watch | Fake Panerai Watch | replica wristwatch | Ebel Watches Replica | Italy Shirt | Hamilton Fake Watches | Chopard Watch Replica | Replica Omega Watches | Fake Bvlgari | Alain Silberstein Replica | Alain Silberstein Fake Watches | Soccer Jersey Wholesale | Rado Watches Replica | Replica Concord Watch | replica watch | Fake Baume & Mercier | Fake Maurice Lacroix | Replica Porsche Design Watch | Soccer Jersey Wholesale | replica watch | Replica Versace | Porsche Replica Watch | Girard Perregaux Fake | Chopard Fake Watch

| flag this »

Comments

NEW STORY COMMENTS: Learn about our upgrade | Create an avatar in the new system »

By submitting your comment, you are agreeing to adn.com's user agreement.

Alaskology

About the blog: Alaska is a wonderful and fascinating place. Whether its backcountry hiking, coastline kayaking or dining on a downtown deck, there truly is something for everyone. This blog picks up where the annual Daily News Visitors' Guide leaves off. The guide is published in late April, but that's just when summer fun starts heating up. Throughout the year, we hope to give readers a look at Alaska through local eyes. The blog also serves as a calendar of what's going on, a place to look for some outstanding vacation deals and other cool stuff. We invite your comments and your questions. E-mail me at alaskology@adn.com.
About me: I live in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, and I served as the special sections editor at the Anchorage Daily News for nine years. My wife and I have been Alaska residents since 2000 and never plan to leave.

Archive

100-mph wind-driven love? - 12/5/2011 10:30 am

It's 'that' season - 11/8/2011 5:19 pm

Winter is on its way - 10/28/2011 4:07 pm

Changing seasons and reasons to smile - 10/3/2011 2:24 pm

People, animals love summer - 6/22/2011 1:13 pm

Bike to Work Week - 5/17/2011 5:05 pm

Cyclist dies ... is Alaska safe? - 4/5/2011 2:58 pm

Glorious winter fun - 12/22/2010 8:49 am

full archive »

Read the adn.com updated privacy policy | Important warning about e-mails purporting to be from the adn.com staff.

© Copyright 2012, The Anchorage Daily News, a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company

Contact Us | Newsroom Contacts | Communication Forms | Subscriptions | Advertising | Featured Advertisers

Daily News Jobs | RSS Feeds | | ADN Store | Newspapers in Education

Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | About our ads | Copyright