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Planning a trip in aug with family ,and confused or can't decide where to take them my teenage daughters love nature,and activities ,if anyone have visited these places can you please give me any ideas so it makes it easier for me to decide on destination
More details would be helpful. Where do you live now? What kinds of outdoorsy things do you enjoy? Which airline do you work for, so we can think of possible routes to take?
I may be biased here, but I moved to Colorado just over a year ago, and it's a whole new world for me compared to Minnesota/Wisconsin, where I'm from. Beautiful climate, gorgeous scenery, lots to do outside. Many cities in, around, and far from the mountains, all with different personalities.
We are from Tx and thinking of taking alaska airlines from sea to ANC ,recently we went to PDF and drove to sea also did hiking of mt.hood .drove to mt st helen ,mt rainier and spent a day at Columbia gorge.
So far suggestions given to me about montana is like a lot of activities for teenagers on the other hand for alaska it's more of nature but not as many activities
haha--I was going to suggest SEA. The ferries and hiking are superb!
What about Costa Rica? DL has flts to LIR and SJO. Plenty of other carriers go to eitehr--as well as Nica. Take a look at familygetaway.com.
You may have a tough time flying to/from Alaska.
Do u think Flying into ANC from Sea in Aug would be a problem,I'm thinking as alaska airlines has 15 nonstop flts everyday It shouldn't be a problem...please advice
I'm sure mrsDonna can advise better, but I have friends who freak out trying to nonrev on AS any timebefore cruise season is over. They have family at North Pole and never travel that way until after Sept. (DL retirees)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ssshakim
CR could be awesome for your femme adventurers. They have passports, yes?
Unless you are traveling the day before/after a cruise is set to leave (usually a Thursday/Friday/Saturday), there are so many flights that it is generally possible to get on something. As with most flights, Tues/Wed is generally the best. If you decide to head up to Anchorage, PM me and I'll check the loads for the dates you want.
As to activities, there are so many in Alaska. Teenagers, however, don't seem to appreciate the villages the way adults do. There isn't much to do that isn't hiking and fishing in the small communities. Anchorage, however, has a multitude of options and a city (small though it is) that teenagers seem to appreciate. They just can't seem to live without their phones <g>
Never been to Montana. It's on my list for next summer so let us know if you go there.
Oh, and if you do decide to go to Anchorage, make sure you take the time to check out the combat fishing.
Thank you so very much for your reply....I am putting it off for sept first week as everything seems to be so high from rental car to hotels ,so now planning on going montana in second wk of aug with kids and will sure give you updates on that trip
UA has been surprisingly decent DEN-ANC. Then again, that could be because of the season. Might be a little trickier in the summer, haven't looked in a while.
Not been to Montana but been to Alaska. Go to Anchorage, rent a car and drive around the Kenai peninsula, just go around, quite scenic. The drive from Anchorage is beautiful, you can actually see whales and cliffs with mountain rams climbing around. Also there is Portage glacier a must see on the way to the peninsula. Go to Seward, have some Chinese food there. See the Copper river, the Russian river, then drive to Sedontla. Anchorage is kind of a not so pretty town, but they have the Chugach mountains all around. Then you can drive north another day to Talkeetna, a quite interesting little town. Not much there, but you can go into a log cabin where they sell coffee and food. Very scenic, nice looking woods. Or you can go fishing in Seward, go catch some Halibut, gotta have some king crab too. I went in May a few years back, it was still cold and the elevation to Kenai peninsula was snowing and snow covered. It was raining around Anchorage when we left to Kenai. You can rent a plane ride to see Mount McKinley in Talkeetna. I didn't do this but I'm sure its great. They have hiking trails outside of Anchorage, going towards Wasilla, a very nice interesting town too. I put some pictures up of Alaska on virtual tourist. Go see Hatcher's Pass. Great ride there.
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