# Alaska Trip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-trip/260652>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-trip/260652 "2004-08-20T02:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![adirondack\_mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@adirondack\_mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adirondack_mike)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-trip/260652/1 "2004-08-20T02:59:44Z")

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Work is sending me up to Alaska for a couple of weeks (First two weeks of September). I’ll be in Anchorage, Faribanks, Kodiak, and Ketchikan. Most of the time will be in Anchorage and travelling with a couple of days in the other spots.

What do I absolutely have to see? Or what shouldn’t I miss - I don’t want to return and have to hear that I should have seen this or done that.

The birdhouse burned down a few years ago.

And yes two weeks is definitely not long enough, but what can I do.

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-trip/260652/2 "2004-08-20T03:41:58Z")

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> [@adirondack\_mike](#):
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> [. . .]  
> The birdhouse burned down a few years ago.  
> [. . .]

_sniff_ (sheds tear)

If Mr Whitekeys is open, you should definitely catch it:  
[ul]  
[li]It’s certified “turtle free” by the Municipality of Anchorage [/li][li]Buy a bottle of champagne, get any Spam™ entree for 50% off [/li][li]Buy a bottle of Dom Perignon and get any Spam entree _free_![/li][/ul]  
(At least these conditions were in effect several years ago).

I imagine **Chefguy** or someone else natively inclined will be by to give you a more serious answer.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-trip/260652/3 "2004-08-20T03:51:00Z")

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I happen to live in Ketchikan.[Here](http://www.sitnews.us/) (local website) is a link you may find interesting. Off hand I cant think of anything given your timeframe.Feel free to email me if you have further queries.