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
Full-force winter - 11/17/2009 3:50 pm
Changing seasons - 10/30/2009 2:08 pm
Celebrate Alaska Day at the Museum - 10/16/2009 3:21 pm
Perfect fall camping - 9/27/2009 7:07 pm
First day of fall - 9/23/2009 4:11 pm
Almost fall (officially) - 9/21/2009 12:06 pm
Autumn's beauty - 9/11/2009 11:36 am
Autumn in the air - 9/4/2009 1:48 pm
Fun at the new musuem - 9/2/2009 2:57 pm
State Fair = rain? - 8/27/2009 4:23 pm
Too much play, too little blogging - 8/4/2009 9:50 am
Rain troubles train travelers - 7/29/2009 12:30 pm
Going to Portage Glacier? Call ahead - 7/10/2009 3:41 pm
Back in Alaska, back to blogging - 7/8/2009 3:06 pm
Sunshine, glaciers and art - 6/24/2009 7:53 am
Solstice: The good and bad - 6/23/2009 4:45 pm
Quakes, bears and more - 6/23/2009 8:29 am
Moose sweat - 6/10/2009 3:59 pm
Flattop, May 29: Blizzard - 5/31/2009 10:36 pm
A pizza picnic - 5/26/2009 5:02 pm
Staying put for the holiday weekend - 5/21/2009 7:17 pm
Rain, rain go away - 5/15/2009 9:03 am
Perfect fall camping
Posted: September 27, 2009 - 7:07 pm
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Eklutna Lake is a 7-mile long lake that provides drinking water to Anchorage. It's also a great playground within a quick drive of town.Our visitors from New York couldn't have dialed up a better week to spend in Alaska. And they took advantage of it:
* Train ride to Seward.
* Glacier cruise from Whittier.
* Bike ride on the Hillside.
* Walking around downtown.
* Camping trip to Eklutna Lake.
We set up camp alongside Eklutna Lake. It was a perfect location for a late-summer camping trip.
* Afternoon hiking and exploring Hatcher Pass and Independence Mine.
Throw in a few good meals, some nice hospitality from other friends and some late nights shooting the breeze and it was an awesome trip. At least it seemed that way from our Alaskan perspective.
Tim and Veronica ... here's hoping Alaska was all you wanted it to be.
-- Steve
The birch and cottonwood trees were a brilliant yellow alongside Eklutna Lake last weekend.
Our visiting friends from New York, Tim and Veronica, along the Eklutna Lakeside Trail. While Tim was still nursing a fractured leg, the mostly level trail made for nice hiking.
A beautiful sunset over Eklutna Lake from our campsite in Chugach State Park.
The Eklutna Lakeside Trail was bursting with color last weekend.
A tree alongside Eklutna Lake turns a brilliant orange as summer changes to fall in Alaska.
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