Alaska



Alaska By:SG I am visiting Alaska. Did you know its nickname is land of the midnight sun? Well it is. The motto for Alaska is "North to the Future". I dont know what it means though. It became part of this country in 1784. It was the 49th state to join our country. The state flower of Alaska is called forget-me-not. I never heard of it before but I cant wait to see one, as well as the state bird the Willow Ptarmigan. Those are some basic facts about Alaska.

In Alaska around 1880 gold was discovered by Chief Kowee, Joe ,and Richard Juneau. Awhile after that Juneau becomes Alaska first capital and still is today. Another interesting fact that happened in Alaska is that a tidal wave came on the shore of Alaska and whiped out alot of Alaska. Shortly after that disaster the City of Douglas unified with Juneau and formed a borough of Alaska. The gold rush in the 1870's was when people found alot of gold while mining in the caves of alaska. In 1741 explorers from alaska wanted to make a russian route to Russia. That is some of the interesting facts about this state.

I am going to Alaska because i have always wanted to go there and after i read all the history it sounds fun to go there on a cruise. I heard there are alot of places to snowboard there and i would love to snowboard. I always wanted to see all the snow animals there in cold climates.I love to hunt i dont hunt much but i always wanted to hunt cariboe and other snow animals. Places in Alaska where i want to go are "Wrangell-St. Elias National Park" to see whats all there. I also want to go to Fairbanks to see the "Golden Heart of Intieror." I seen pictures of "Glacier bay" and its full of glaciers! The forth place on my list to go to is the capitol Juneau. One last place i would like to visit is" Denali National Park."

Itinerary

Wednsday june 30 traveling

Today i will in a plane on my way to Seattle.That is my first stop to change planes. Then i will be on my way to Chicago for my second stop. After that i will be changing planes and then straight to Alaska. It will take along time to get there but i will take entertanment like my PSP and i pod. Thursday July 1 Juneau Alaska
 * Thursday July 1 Juneau Alaska

I will be at Juneau on this day. Which if you didn't know is Alaska capitol. Then I will be unpacking at my hotel. Also I will be looking all around at the sites and things like that. **

** Friday july 2 Wrangell st. natoinal park

On this day I will be out of town to see Wrangell St. National park.It is going to be awesome. There is going to be animals there from the artic and from the sunny parts of Alaska. Also they will tell me facts about the animals and the location in alaska they come from and other interesting facts.**


 * Saturday july 3 Fairbanks **

**This day i will be going to a place called Fairbanks. I am going there to see a very famous statue called "The Golden Heart of Interior." People say its very cool and im really lucky to be able to see it in person they also say i should take alot of pictures of it**


 * Sunday july 4 and Monday july 5

On these two day which i hope have good weather i will be going to a beautiful place called Glacier Bay. It has huge Glaciers and Ice Bergs. I always wanted to see this site ever since i heard of it a couple of years ago. People say there are tons of glaicers. Also they say its really cool and you'll never see anything like it.**

** Tuesday July 6 Denili **

**This day i will be going to a national park called Denili. It will have alot of really cool sites to see. Im going to compare it to the other national park im seeing. I heard that this park is not as big as the other one. I think i will love it. Also i will also love all these amazing sites im seeing in Alaska.**

**Travel plans**

**Leaving from Harrisburg PA. Departure date: 6-30-10 Departure time: 12:40 arrival 9:46 pm American Airlines Flight number 3730 425 7017 layover city and state:Chicago IL and seattle WA Lenght of trip:13 hours and 6 minutes destination: Alaska

Returning from Juneau Alaska Depature date: July 6 2010 Depature time:6:00 AM arrival 10:05 AM American Airline flight number 6872 1152 3731 Layover city: Seattle WA Chicago IL Length of trip: 12 hours and 5 minutes Destination: Harrisburg PA

Car rental** **Name of rental company: Hertz Type of car: SUV because i need room. Model: Toyota RAV4 because it 4 wheel drive for the snow. Weekly Rate: $822.58 unlimated miles. pick up vehicle in Juneau 6-30-10 10:00PM Return vehicle in Juneau 7-6-10 5:30 AM**

** Hotel **

**I. Best western hotel a.2358 Mendenhall loop road b.unknown c.$161.95 d.free breakfast**

Pre-Trip Planning

**1. Feed fish 2. feed turtle 3. take dog to kennel 4. make sure all lights are off. 5. lock my bike up. 6. lock all windows. 7. lock doors. 8. call some faimly members. 9. make sure people check on house. 10.lock all car door**

**Estimated costs**



Hotel all week-$971.76 Food- $532 Entertainment-$1,200 Shopping-$1,000 Air Fare-$3,006.40 Car Rental-$822.58 Miscellaneous-$1,000
 * Gas- $1,000

Travel Information **

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