TC準備了超過半年, 行程改版多次, 利用上班時間打了許許多多電話, 可見他上班多閒.
這中間的難度大概在交通接駁和住宿的確認, 一些較小的地方(例:Seward), 要找到划算的地點不容易吧, 在國家公園內的安排應該也費了一番功夫.
8/30(Thu) Arriving Anchorage
- Frontier DEN 8/30 6:55pm ANC 8/30 10:20pm, check out luggage storage place
- Take shuttle and stay at Econo Inn $114
8/31(Fri) Seward, Exit Glacier, Harding Ice Field
- Pick up car at airport Enterprise
- Leave Anchorage 7am, Turnagain Arm, Protege Glacier. Arrive Seward (125 mi) 10am
- Seward coastal trail to Caines Head or Sealife Center
- Exit Glacier (lower trail for front photo, upper trail for overlook) and Harding Ice Field (3mile one-way)
- Stay at Seward Marina Motel $155
9/1 (Sat) Kenai Fjord Cruise
- Cruise check-in 9am, Nat. Park Cruise 10am – 6:30pm ($150.84 inc lunch and dinner)
- Leave Seward 7pm, arrive Anchorage 10pm
- Stay at Grand Hotel $105.89. Laundry facility available.
9/2 (Sun) Anchorage to Denali
- Leave Anchorage 9am, Lunch at Talkeetna, arrive Denali 4pm (271miles). Rent camping gear.
- Drive the first 15 miles of Denali before sunset (9pm).
- Stay at McKinley Creekside Cabins $191.53.
9/3 (Mon) Denali National Park
- Breakfast 6am at Cabins café, order Lunch sacks to go, bring towel, toilet paper
- First bus departs 7:15am. Arrive Wonder Lake around 4pm. Hike and set up camp.
- Camp at Wonder Lake Campground $16, camper bus $28.75, and entrance fee $10
9/4 (Tue) Denali National Park
- Hike and take bus back to park entrance (11hr)
- Stay at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge $199.30.
9/5 (Wed) Denali to Anchorage
- K2 Aviation McKinley Experience flight-seeing 11am to 12:30pm $255
- Arrive Anchorage 6pm
- Stay at Grand Hotel $92. Laundry facility available.
9/6 (Thu) Katmai National Park
- Store baggage at South terminal of the airport $7 per day
- 7:30 am Katmai Air 950 to Kulik Lodge 9:00 am to Brooks Lodge 10am
- Afternoon Bear viewing at Brooks Fall Platform and 2pm Culture Walk
- Stay at Brooks Lodge ($712 per person for flight and lodge)
9/7 (Fri) Katmai, Valley of 10,000 Smokes
- Valley of 10,000 smokes tour 8:30am – 4:30pm. Optional strenuous hike down the valley.
- Depart Brooks 5pm, PenAir Departs King Salmon 7:40pm, back to Airport at 9:10 pm
- Take cab to get car at Lake Hood and return car before it closes (11pm)
- China airlines ANC 9/8 4:35am TPE 9/9 6:05am (CC & NY)
- Frontier ANC 9/7 11:20pm DEN 9/8 6:28am (TC & CL)
在TC對紀律的要求下, 行程基本上都順利走完沒啥延誤, 他都會跟大家說
"啊~明天可以睡到自然醒, 但是六點就要起床!!!"
只記得抵達Anchorage隔天(8/31)早上, 照表7am要離開Anchorage, 但我們好像九點十點還在Snowcity Cafe吃豐盛的早餐. 8/31的Harding Ice Field後來沒走上去, 9/5的flight seeing有成行.