Category Archives: Wasilla Alaska

Going Rogue at Lake Lucille Alaska

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I just finished reading Sarah Palin’s new book “Going Rogue”.
On page 232 talking about nice hotels on the campaign trail she says “In Wasilla we have the Best Western Inn on Lake Lucille. We have used it for years, for evereything from town hall meetings to the Wasilla Warriors high school prom. It has a gorgious view of the lake backed by thick forested parklands and jagged peaks, and it’s only a few doors down from my home”
How interesting!! When we were touring thru Alaska we stayed at that very hotel ‘Best Western Lake Lucille Inn”.
Yea, thats the place to stay in Wasilla

Yea, thats the place to stay in Wasilla

Indeed it’s a beautiful hotel. It has been completely renovated, recently. It has all the amenities of a nice mid-level (AAA – 3 star) hotel including three telephones and a refrigerator in every room, Wireless internet thru out the hotel including the Lobby and the Lounge. Speaking of the Lounge, they offer couple of complimentary drinks for each room or one can order a bottle of wine for the room and get a complimentary cheese and crackers tray. The mangement really tries hard. I saw the house-keepers all wearing a badge saying “I care”. They said it was a new Best Western propgram; but I could see they really care. Deluxe continental breakfast was on the house. I started to chat with the Breakfast attendant and in the conversation she said “We are in people pleasing business”. What a philosophy!! I thought.
Alaska is ones in a life time destination for most tourist but if we do make it up there again, we will be sure not to miss this hotel. As a matter of fact we might even add a day to our itinarary, just to enjoy this hotel. In the mean time we are telling all our friends and club buddies about this fabulous place.
Sam Mature

Exciting Rafting Trip in Alaska

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This summer while in Alaska I planned a pretty exciting rafting trip for myself and my boyfriend. We had done some research on Alaska waters, and are both avid rafters from the “lower 48” (which is what Alaskan’s refer to as the continential United States). We decided to go for a slow moving river, primarly class 1-2 as we were unaware of the enviroment we would be rafting in.

We opted to run the Little Susitna River which is a 82 mile run if you do the whole thing, we had a total of 3 days so we decided to do 42 miles, instead of the whole run. We put in at Mile 57 of the Parks Highway and pulled out at Burma Landing by Port McKenzie in the Matanuska Valley.

was it really this calm?

It really was this beautiful!

While on our journey we got to see plenty of wildlife and soak in the serene soroundings that the grand state of Alaska has to offer. We quietly watched a momma moose and her calf drink from the river bank, once she seen us she slowly backed up and walked along the river we were floating. The birds were unreal on this trip, I wasn’t aware of how many different birds Alaska had-so if you are a bird watcher, you could be in for a big treat! Never did actually see a bear but on one of our lunch stops we came across a nice set of tracks just to remind us that we were not alone in this quiet, ever so peaceful surrounding. All in all it was a great first rafting trip there in Alaska, that place has so much adventure built into its terrain. I highly recommend a trip to the Last Frontier if you want to get your soul out of society.

Wan Eaple