Scott_J Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Alaska: Salty Dawg Saloon/Homer Chilkoot Charlie's/ Anchorage Skinny Dicks Halfway Inn/ on the Parks Highway The Neon Coyote/ Homer Mooses Tooth/Anchorage The Fairview Inn/Talkeetna The Islander/Big Lake Humpies/Anchorage The Great Alaska Bush Company/Anchorage Mother Load/Hatchers Pass Crazy Horse/ Anchorage The Elbow Room/Dutch Harbor Mr. Whitekey's Fly By Night Club/Anchorage I have only named a few of the spots to hit. I left out the places with the highest assault spots, but they are easy to spot. Lets got some Fairbanks hot spots listed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Harris Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Sisu, is the Last Vestage Vaudeville House and Saloon still there in Nome? It's been a long time but it was a decent place. Also why would anyone go to Dutch Harbor unless they were crabbers / fisherman? Is there anything worthwhile on the island? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_J Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 Dan_Harris said: Sisu, is the Last Vestage Vaudeville House and Saloon still there in Nome? It's been a long time but it was a decent place. Also why would anyone go to Dutch Harbor unless they were crabbers / fisherman? Is there anything worthwhile on the island? Naw, but in the "old days" there were a few climbers that were crabbers. The Elbow Room is so small that every one takes turns getting drunk. hahahahaha...last I heard they were enlarging so more could get drunk at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I like the bar in Carl's Bayview Inn, just a few blocks from the Elbow Room. More room to move, often a band to dance to, more pool tables, and I can stumble up to my room with out going back out into the cold. Dutch is beautiful...I like the eagles that perch on the steeples of the Russian Orthodox church and all over the hill sides. Sport fishing is good there, too. I did some halibut fishing on the same boat with the current world record holder for halibut caught on a sport line. Kayaking is good there, too. Lots of islands to circumnavigate and fun passes to cross. You can climb glaciated volcanos on nearby islands in the 5,000 to 7,000 ft range and soak in hot springs when you're finished. And don't forget the huge all-you-can-eat seafood buffet at the Grand Aleutian...is that on Tuesday or Thursdays....I forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Harris Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 You are right about the bald eagles. Beautiful. I saw 6-7 of them in a row perched on power poles. My time in Dutch was while I was working oil exploration ships and it was before I got interested in climbing. Maybe I'll have to go back. The take off and landings at the airport are an quite an experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Yeah they are. The inverse of the normal takeoff/landing rule holds true in Dutch. There, the bigger the plane the more exciting the takeoff or landing. Bars for road trips: Ole's Big Game Bar in Paxton, NE Last time I was there they had champagne on tap. just a hop and a skip from Cabela's flagship store in Sidney, NE...another "don't miss" destination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummox Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 is it a roadtrip if you fly? shit. i aint been driving in alaska for longtime. how bout some bars i have a chance to actually see? like terminal gravity in enterprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonanon Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 If you’re on the way to the Wallowas and someone says “you just HAVE to try the burgers at the Lostine Tavern,” take it from me - you don’t. OTOH, passing up the chance to mow at Terminal Gravity in Enterprise would be a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 The Drake/Canmore The Canmore Hotel/Canmore - to score Friendly Mike's/Chilliwatts Mugs N Jugs/Lillooet Slack Alice's/Penticton Barley Mill/Penticton Casper's/Chetwynd Gold Bridge Hotel/Gold Bridge Troller/Horseshoe Bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Here's a pretty good list from this web page: (thanks dkemp!) make sure you check dkemp's reviews....there are a few sinkers in there. Trailhead Cafe, Gold Bar Red Barn Texaco, Monroe Copper Creek Inn, Ashford Stehekin Restaurant, Stehekin Model T, Hoodsport Tijuanas; Monroe Taquitos Taloucas, Monroe The Dutch Cup, Sultan Sultan Bakery, Sultan The Bushwhacker, Port Angeles Rhodes Greek & Italian, Sedro Wooley Three Rivers Inn, Sedro Wooley Tumwater Inn, Leavenworth Backcountry Cafe, Darrington The Log House Inn, Marblemount Buffalo Run, Marblemount The North Fork, Deming Milano's, Glacier The Raindrop Cafe, Forks The Glacier Brewhouse, Anchorage, AK The West Rib, Talkeetna, AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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