willi,rw, and chas 's alaska trip interested me enough to spend time
looking at options. alaska has a "public cabin" program that might suit
a group and make the trip even less expensive than the "inexpensive"
rafting/camping trip willi, rw, and chas developed...

http://www.nps.gov/aplic/

anybody tried it? in nc, the only thing i know of is the swan cabin
above santeetlah creek in graham county... $25 a night for 10 in a
primitive camping cabin.