Name:   copperline - Subject:   Alaska Date:   9/18/2016 12:09:21 PM

Tell your wife that AU crazy people fit right in up there in Alaska!   Nobody will even notice!

Hey, its a great place to visit whether you go by boat, bus, train or RV.   Totally different to be on the edge of such large wilderness areas.  The trick, for me at least, is to get away from the crowds and see the countryside upclose... and quietly.

The small cruise lines, and plenty of off-boat excursions, would probably be a good compromise.

Be sure and take your fly rod.  You won't regret it.   One friend of mine booked his trip to one of the Orvis lodges in the back country.  Fly in by float plane, eat like a king, fish your heart out and  land fish the size of a whale.   His wife was completely happy with the comfortable accomodations, and he got to fish along side a grizzly bear.