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Made a trip to Alaska recently. We flew from Columbus, OH to Pheonix, AZ then onto Anchorage and took a bus up to Denali National Park. Spent 1 day on the 92 mile road trip to the "End of the Road" at Denali. What an interesting tour. Saw grizzlys, caribou,dall sheep, moose and seveal species of birds. We then took the Wilderness Express out of Denali to back to Anchorage, nice scenery on the way. We stayed at a bed and breakfast in Anchorage; Highland Glen Lodge. It was the most glorious housing possible. The breakfasts were absolutely out of this world. Can't brag enough on them. Cliff and Sheila, our hosts, were so accommodating, they even gave us transportation to the car rental. Also helped us decide where we wanted to go to see the sights. Rented a car and went down to Seward along the arm of one of the inlets. Saw lots of glaciers along the way. After the night back in Anchorage we went back down to Portage Glacier and toured the glacier via boat. It was amazing. Wish we could have spent more time in Alaska. The flight home was rather uncomfortable as we flew from Anchorage to Chicago, IL in a cramped plane. We were very disappointed in the position of the seats as my knees almost touched the seat ahead of me and I am only 5ft 2in. All in all, we enjoyed ourselves.