If you do get to head up that way, take some time to visit Alaska while your up there:
http://www.santaclaushouse.com/ (I lived just down the road from here)
http://www.alaskaknottyshop.com/ (They have * great * ice cream and lots of stuffed animals)
http://www.denali.national-park.com/ (go up pre-season and drive back to Wonder Lake)
http://www.skinnydicksak.com/ (say hi to Dick for me)
http://www.chenahotsprings.com/ (there are those who feel it's a blessing to conceive your children under the northern lights -- watch out for them in the winter!)
http://www.alaskanturtle.com/ (best prime rib I ever had -- be careful, though the portions are very large)
http://www.alaskayellowpages.com/Tac...re/Info_33171/ (get a big wedge of the best pies -- we road snow machines up to the store, well worth freezing your butt off for a wedge).
http://www.manleyroadhouse.com/ (Another great place to visit)
http://www.alaskatravel.com/seward/k...ox-island.html (Fox Island is where I took my now wife on my home leave from Europe).
http://fairbanks-alaska.com/alaskaland.htm (pretty cool theme park and all you can eat salmon / steak).
These are just a few. Seriously, you can spend months up there and not see 1/10th of what's there.
BTW, pick up the Alaskan Milepost (
http://milepost.com/). It goes mile marker by mile marker of what's up there to see.
Heavy sigh. Did I say I miss it?
