Great Links!
SOME GREAT LINKS
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Here are some great and/or interesting links discovered while surfing the net. I think the interests here are pretty obvious and if you have similar ones, please send an e-mail listing them.
The links are organzied in a general fashion with (hopefully) related ones grouped together. Except for the miscellaney of odd ones that have been accumulated...mostly for the pure fun of it. Give 'em a try!
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ALASKA
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- Alaska Travel You can get the Official Alaska State Vacation Planner here. It is free and beautifully laid out.
- Ketchikan, Alaska The home page. Check it out.
- Eagle Station Interesting site. Good pictures and a slide show to boot!
- Juneau Library Cam Along with two live shots, some very nice photos of Juneau and the surrounding area.
- BLM Live Cam BLM in Fairbanks, AK webcam. Some great photos in the archive along with a current view of the Chena River.
- AlaskaOne Travel Some good pictures and information.
- Glacier Bay Tours Not just Glacier Bay, but all over SE Alaska. These folks can get you up close to the glory of Alaska.
- Juneau Area Photos Pat Costello is a marvelous photographer. I recommend you visit this site and take the time to go through all his photos. His colors are rich and the scenes he's selected are killer!
- Alaska Railroad Here's a great way to get around and see the countryside in comfort.
- Spirit Walker Expeditions Inside Passage Kayak Trips/Adventures.
CANADA
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- Explore the North Good resource of links and information for Canada's Northwest and Alaska.
- A Bicycle Trip Across Canada, both astounding and beautiful.
- A Webcam of Banff and the Bow River Valley from Sulphur Mountain. It's one of my favorites to visit.
- Travel Alberta Surf this site. It'll give you a nice tour of the Province and ideas for stuff to do.
- Victoria, British Columbia Just about the most livable and lovely city I have ever visited.
- Canada's National Parks Here's the main page for Canada's National Parks. They are amazingly diverse and beautiful. Dive in and sample!
- Great Photos to pour through!
- More great Photos.
- Even more great Photos.
- The Yukon The home page. Not only nicely laid out with great photos, but useful too.
- Northwest Territories The home page. Some nice photos and things to do.
- Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada The Town's Home Page. Some nice Photos and good information.
- Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada A guide to both Inuvik and the general area surrounding it.
- The Dempster Highway Which goes (roughly) from Dawson City, Yukon to Inuvik, NWT.
- Another Dempster Highway Site Done on a Motorcycle.
- Another Dempster Highway Site Done on a Moped, of all things!
- North to Alaska Interesting site. Useful highway information for the Yukon/BC/Alaska region.
- VIA Rail Website A great way to see Canada (Or anywhere, for that matter.)
- Canadian Pacific Hotels Some of the places we stayed. To wit: The Palliser, Banff Springs, Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Park Lodge and The Empress.
- Sea Kayak with the Orcas What I am dying to do!
CALIFORNIA
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- Monterey city Stuff about the area.
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Absolutely worth the visit and price of admission. These people are doing great things!
- Casa Munras Hotel This is where we stayed in Monterey, a lovely city. Great Hotel although a bit snooty around the edges. Enjoy the flowers on the grounds. The Bouganvillea is amazing.
- The Golden Gate Bridge from the folks responsible for it. Very nice site, great pictures, history and, A Virtual Walk across. Worth it!
- Muir Woods This is a lovely National Park barely an hour north of San Francisco. Despite the crowds, it is a wonderful walk and the deeper you go the fewer the crowds, until there are moments when it seems you have this Old Growth Redwood Forest to yourself. Another site with nice pictures is ARAMARK's, the park consessionair.
- Useful Highway Information From the California Highway Dept.
GANNETT PLACE NAMES
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GENERAL TRAVEL
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- Virtual Reality Panoramas This is really an interesting site. If you have QuickTime and a fast computer, there are 360° views of beautiful areas such as Glacier National Park, California Highway #1, Banff and Lake Louise, Mt. Ranier and many more.
- GORP Great Outdoors Recreation Pages. For those of you that love the outdoors.
- Let's Go! Put out by Harvard College students. Offers great, money saving travel tips and information.
- Route 66 The Mother Road. Click on this and take a trip back to when travel was a more intimate and adventurous endeavor!
- Route 66 The National Association. Click on this for more information and photos.