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Locations:
• Anchorage
• Denali National
Park
• Seward
• Juneau
• Sitka
• Petersburg
• Ketchikan
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Sitka
Sitka
was the capital of Alaska when it belonged to Russia, and it still has
some traces of its Russian history.
I really liked the Mojo Cafe (203 Lincoln Street) - good scones, tasty hummus/veggie sandwich. Just a really nice place to hang out, one of my favorite spots in Alaska.
I stayed at the Sitka Hotel, which I didn't like. Smelled way too strong of room deoderizer and the room had a really bright harsh overhead light. Has an elevator but it was out of order while I was there. The Victoria Restaurant at the hotel was OK.
While
I was in Sitka, I visited:
- Russian Bishops House - Interesting building, I liked to see how it was constructed.
- Alaska Raptor Center - Treatment center for injured birds. They have a flight training room - it was cool to get a close up view of flying eagles.
- Sheldon Jackson Museum - very large collection of Alaska Native objects.
- Sitka National Historic Park - totem pole park and site of a battle between Tlingits and Russians in the early 1800s.