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Best Western Valdez Harbor Inn, 304 bicycle rentals Alyeska Resort, 85 Cycle Alaska, Juneau, 269 Downtown Bicycle Rental, Anchorage, 172 Girdwood Ski and Cyclery, 85 Life Cyclery, Petersburg, 232 Lifetime Adventures, Anchorage, 79–80, 87 Lifetime Adventures, Eklutna Lake, 80 Sockeye Cycles, Haines, 286 Sockeye Cycles, Skagway, 277 Talkeetna Bike Rentals, 152 Bird Creek Campground, Anchorage, 64–65 birding, 78 Bishop’s Beach, Homer, 135 black bears, 38, 39–40 Black Diamond Resort, 175–176 blackout shades, 4 Blueberry Arts Festival, Ketchikan, 319 Blueberry Festival, Alyeska Resort, 323 Blue Heron B&B, Glacier Bay, 274 Bodette, Tom, 126 boroughs, 58 breakup, in spring, 6 Breeze Inn, Seward, 104–105 Broom Hus Vacation Rental, Petersburg, 234 brown bears (Ursus arctos), 40–41 Buckwheat Ski Classic, Skagway, 320 Buffalo Center Drive-In, Delta Junction, 300 Bulgogi Grill, Fairbanks, 189 Buschmann, Peter, 230 bush Alaska, 52–53, 179, 308, 310–311 bush pilots, 310, 321 Buskin River State Recreation Site, 145 Caines Head State Recreation Area, 116 Call of the Wild (London), 276 Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, Ester, 200 Campbell Tract/Campbell Creek Science Center, Anchorage, 77 Canada, traveling through, 12–13 Canyon Market and Cafe, Glitter Gulch, 154–155 Cape Fox Lodge, Ketchikan, 209 Captain Patties Fish House, Homer, 132 Carl E. Wynn Nature Center, Homer, 134–135 car rentals to accommodate special needs, 46–47 insurance, 12 questions to ask, 293 See also under names of individual cities car seats, 33 Castle Hill, Sitka, 250, 250 cell phones, dead zones, 100 Centennial Park campground/RV park, Anchorage, 65 Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Homer, 133–134 Chair Five Restaurant, Girdwood, 85 Challenge Alaska, 46 “Cheechako,” 53 Chena Hot Springs, 198, 201–202 Chena Lake Recreation Area, 186–187, 198 Chena River, 178, 197 Chena River State Recreation Area, 185–187 Chief Shakes Tribal House, Wrangell, 225 children Art for Parks backpack program, 117 cruise lines’ programs and activities, 20, 26–28 Kids in Nature sailings, 24 passports for, 12–13 playgroups, Anchorage, 77 recess in Alaska, 4 recreational vehicles (RVs) and, 293–296 special events with appeal for, 319–325 with special needs, 45–47 things to think about before traveling with, in Alaska, 307–309 See also Junior Ranger programs Chilkoot Horseback Adventure, 283 Chilkoot State Recreation Site, 288 Chilkoot Trail, 285, 315 Chilkoot Trail Outpost, Skagway, 279 Chugach Eskimos, 93–94 Chugach National Forest office, Girdwood, 84 Circle, AK, 180 Circle of Safety, 311 Clam Gulch, Kenai Peninsula, 123–124 Clausen Memorial Museum, Petersburg, 236 Cliff House B&B, Kodiak, 143 Clippership RV, Anchorage, 297 clothing, 29–32, 43 Coastal Classic train, 101–102, 102 Coastal Cold Storage, Petersburg, 235 coffee, 68, 247 colonists, New Deal, 91 Colony Days, Palmer, 323–324 Colony Kitchen, Palmer, 91 combat fishing, 80, 116 construction season, road-tripping in, 11, 291 Cookie Jar, Fairbanks, 188–189 Cook Inlet, 49, 93 329 Index

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