Kenai River is one of the most famous fly fishing destinations in Alaska. The river is easily accessible by road, and draws thousands of fisherman. The salmon runs are the main attraction on the Kenai every year as King Salmon, Pink Salmon, and Silver Salmon, all make their runs up the river offering some exciting fishing.

The Kisaralik River is true wilderness. The best way to fish Kisaralik is to float it, and there are many guides that offer float trips. There are no lodges on the river, and you will rarely see other people. Five species of salmon can be caught on the Kisaralilk, along with Rainbow Trout, and Greyling.

Aniak river is the furthest north that you can fish for Alaska’s Rainbow Trout, and there is also a large King Salmon run every year. Fish numbers are very high and a float trip up the Aniak is a great fishing experience.

Denali National Park – Come to see the tallest mountain in North America and stay for the most diverse and majestic assembly of all of nature’s mountain creatures in one beautiful location.

Glacier Bay – I didn’t know what a fjord was until I saw this attraction. A fjord is like a canal or trench left by retreating glaciers and some of them are even wide enough to take a boat through giving you some great face-time with blocks of ice (glaciers, really) that are a lot older than civilization as a whole.

Kenai Fjords – Nestled deep in the space between massive, glacial bodies you will feel like you are in a veritable, frozen palace with icy walls reaching up all around you.

The Tongass National Forest – Great for a hike and even a good bike ride, these timber-producing woods provide quaint and pristine scenery showing you a side of nature and the wilderness many city slickers might not have known could exist.

The Grizzly once ranged from the Sierras of Mexico to the Arctic Circle, but now is holding out in small pockets in Wyoming and Montana. North of the Canadian border, inland Grizzlies are plentiful and along the British Columbia and Alaskan coasts and islands lives the Grizzly’s first cousin, the behemoth Brown Bear.

The Brown Bear is essentially a salmon fed Grizzly and where an inland bear may top the scales at 400 pounds, the largest Brownies on Kodiak Island can reach 1500 pounds. During the salmon spawns, the browns congregate at the streams, gorging themselves on one of nature’s finest fares. The best places to view Brown Bears in Alaska are areas on the Katmai peninsula, Kodiak Island and the McNeil River. There are many operators offering bear viewing trips and due to the nature of the beast, an expert should be in attendance.

Before the snows of winter begin to fall, it is best to get the engine and brakes of your car checked out. If gone unchecked, it could lead to the automobile stalling. Because colder weather is quite hard on car batteries, you should have the battery checked the make sure that it has enough juice. Both the heater and the defroster should be checked-up on, too.

Fuel de-icer should be purchased and kept in the vehicle to keep fuel lines from freezing. The fuel de-icer should be poured into the gas tank at least once a month in the winter. Windshield wipers should be replaced when winter begins. Blades that have rubber work well when clearing away heavy snow. It is also important that your tires are safe, as well. ‘All Weather’ tires should be used in winter that have the right amount of pressure and inflation.

For starters, avoid stalling car maintenance when it is due, and until it is time for a tune-up, take care of the jobs that are easy to perform. Flush out the cooling system, and exchange the coolant, in addition, exchange the wiper blades for the windshield, and fill up the washer reservoir with proper windshield fluid. Service the car battery. Replace it if it is older than 4 1/2 years old. As the temperature drops, the air in tires will increasingly become lower and lower. To help prevent this as long as possible, check the pressure of the tires with a tire gauge, and do the same for any spare tires, and equip the trunk with proper tire-maintenance equipment. Check to make sure that the defroster and heater, plus lights are all functioning correctly. To prevent moisture from freezing the gas lines, fill the gas tank. Last, but not least, have the car brakes serviced, and fill the car with a fully equipped winter kit.