Jeff Miller wrote:
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.


I looked at them. They do get booked up well in advance. Some of
the cabins you can drive to but as I remember it, most require a float
plane to access. Although the cabin rentals are cheap, the real cost is
in getting to them.Some of them are on lakes and a boat is required.

Although Alaska seems so remote to us, there is SERIOUS combat fishing
during the Salmon runs on rivers that are easily accessed. No matter
how good the fishing is, I don't want to go to Alaska and be involved in
something even approaching this:

http://www.crystalglen.net/Fishing/alaskacrowd.htm

I'm up for another trip to Alaska and nothing seems to be falling in
place. Do some exploring and see what you come up with. At least from
Denver, there are still "cheap" flights to Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Willi