HOW ABOUT AN ALASKAN FAMILY PARTY AT JEFF AND GAY'S NEXT SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!

Date:  July 1 to 8 and extending more before or after if you want to spend more time in AK.

Housing: 

1.       Cabin up the tracks.  Access, walking from town to our house (2.5 miles), bikes, 4-wheelers for some, motorcycles, and boats for others. 

We have a bedroom upstairs with a Queen Bed

My office with floor space for one

The rest of the upstairs which could sleep 2 to 3 people (futon, cots or floor mats)

Kitchen/outside grill

2.       Guest cabin up the tracks.

Loft space with sleeping  for 2 to 4 (depending on how cozy you are).

Stove

Tent spots up the tracks.

We have a couple of big tents that you can stand up in that would house 3 or 4 people in each (also 3 two person backpacking tents).  We could get more.

3.       Town apartment:

Bedroom upstairs with Queen bed, loft that would sleep 2, plus floor space.  Bathroom in the garage and even cots could be put down there and we could make it more homey.  Tent space in town.  Kitchen

Quonset:  May be used for a Salmon Education Center, but if not, three rooms. Bathroom. (Don’t count on this)

4.        Steve and Sarah’s house: Next door neighbors.  They have a house and cabin and we could ask them if we could use one or the other.

5.        Rentals:

Peg Vos near the trail has “A B&B on C Street” with two rooms.

Peggy Fosters, “Talkeetna Cabins”   also near the trail. 

We can check on costs and you could Google them and check them out.

So we count 15 sleeping spots inside without renting.

If camping, we have showers (3 full bathrooms in town) and laundry (three washing machines), and sauna out at our house.

To Do:

1.        Our Cabin.  We have the slough with boats and swimming if warm enough.  Fire pit for camp fires. Dog mushing if cool enough and we still have dogs.  Probably can put up a zip line, horse shoes or other games.  Also wood cutting and splitting.  Motor boating and camping on islands, 4-wheelers, paintball target practice, fishing,

2.       Talkeetna:  Fourth of July parade. Town stuff, shopping, plays, museum, music in the park, beach, dining. Hiking on local trails, canoe and kayak, swim at local lakes. Some local fishing for trout and Dolly Varden. Train up the river to Hurricane and back (day trip). Train up Susitna and float down by raft (overnight trip) Day float down the Chulitna by raft (4 to 5 hours or overnight). Group family mural on the Quonset Hut. Biking on paved trails. Flight seeing  over Denali.Out of town:

3.       Denali National Park:  Long day trip or overnight or more (train access); Seward or Whittier for glacier cruises and ocean stuff. Anchorage to Girdwood: Museums, trails hiking, biking, and shopping. Portage Lake. Matanuska Glacier (Drive); Hatcher Pass Hiking/Drive/Biking; Denali State Park Hiking/Camping. Denali Highway, drive.

There is also the Ferry up from Bellingham to Haines if you have the time.  That is about it, let us know if you have any questions.