Tours and Registration
Please register online at http://www.regonline.com/pnwerevents or download the registration form and fax it to (907)465-3234, or mail it to:
Pam Varni
Alaska Host Committee
State Capitol, Room 3
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
If you have been confirmed on a tour and will be unable to attend, please contact (907) 465-3800 to cancel so we may give your place to another attendee.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
10 am – 9 pm 26 GLACIER CRUISE & CRUISE SHIP RECEPTION
Ride the Alaska Railroad or a motorcoach between Anchorage and Whittier and cruise on Prince William Sound on the 26 Glacier Cruise. A reception will be held on the Princess Cruise vessel. Motorcoach back to Anchorage.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
10 am – 2 pm CITY TOUR & SHOPPING
Ride a trolley for a City Tour of Anchorage, visit the Alaska Wild Berry Products Company and see the chocolate waterfall and have lunch at Sourdough Mining Co. The trolley will then take you Downtown to do some shopping at Nordstrom’s, Fifth Avenue Mall, and Native gift stores. You can walk back to your hotel or call the Alaska Host volunteers for mini van ride back.
10:45 am – 3 pm WATERPARK - Youth Program – A motorcoach will take visitors to the H2Oasis Indoor Waterpark (5th largest waterpark in North America). A lunch will be served at the waterpark.
6:30 – 8:30 pm FUR FASHION SHOW & RECEPTION – Hotel Captain Cook
Monday, July 23, 2007
9:30 am – 3 pm ANCHORAGE ZOO & COASTAL BIKE TRAIL- Youth Program
Attendees will board a motorcoach to the Anchorage Zoo and later take a bicycle tour on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. A box lunch will be provided to everyone on the tour.
1:30 – 3:30 pm ANCHORAGE MUSEUM & ULU FACTORY TOUR
This tour visits the Anchorage Museum as well as making stops at two unique stores; the Ulu Factory and Oomingmak (Qiviut) Cooperative.
7 – 9 pm ALASKA RECEPTION AT ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER
The Alaska Native Heritage Center is a gathering place that celebrates, perpetuates and shares Alaska Native cultures. Since opening in 1999, the Center has become Alaska's premier interactive cultural destination.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
9 am – 5 pm MAT-SU VALLEY TOUR
On this full day tour, you’ll take a motorcoach to the Mat-Su Valley and visit sites such as the Russian Church and cemetery in Eklutna. You will also visit the Reindeer Farm in Palmer and have lunch at Lake Lucille. You may also have an opportunity to visit local farmers who produce record setting produce such as cabbages over 100lbs.
1:30 – 5:45 pm ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE (NORAD) TOUR
Attendees will board a motor coach from Elmendorf for a tour of the Air Force Base, the C-17 Simulator, the Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR) Air Operations Center, and AWACS with briefings from each agency.
9 am – 2 pm LUNCH & A HIKE - Youth Program
Join us for a hike up Flattop Mountain. Flattop is Alaska’s most visited peak. We will ascend the 1.5 mile, 1,350 vertical foot trail to the summit where we will enjoy panoramic views of Mt. McKinley to the Aleutian Islands. The hike up takes about an hour and 1/2 and we will have lunch at the top!
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
9:45 am – 2:30 pm IMAGINARIUM SCIENCE & DISCOVERY CENTER - Youth Program
This Youth Program Tour visits the Anchorage Imaginarium Science and Discovery Center where attendees can see turtles and tortoises, an alligator, a bearded dragon iguana, and two large boa constrictors! There is a sea cave to climb in and explore! And the Galaxy Room with its dazzling projected displays of our Galaxy and the Aurora Borealis! Later we head to Seavey's Wildride Sled Dog Show for action packed entertainment!
1:30 – 3:30 pm Port of Anchorage Tour
Visitors will board a motor coach to view port operations, the docks, future ground development, container ships and how petroleum products are handled. The tour of the Port of Anchorage includes a briefing on project development.
10:30 am – 3 pm CROW CREEK MINING, WILDLIFE CENTER - Lunch at Alyeska
This tour will take you to the site of the Crow Creek Mine, where gold nuggets can still be found. Lunch will be held at the Alyeska Ski Resort before heading to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. At the Wildlife Center, you’ll see grizzly and black bears, moose, elk, caribou, foxes, eagles and owls.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
6 am – 7 pm PRUDHOE BAY TOUR*
A chartered jet will take invitees to Prudhoe Bay, for a tour of BP’s facilities.
*This tour is by special invitation only.
9 am – 5 pm TALKEETNA TOUR
On this tour you’ll board motorcoaches and head to the quaint town of Talkeetna. While in Talkeetna you will experince Mahay’s Wilderness Jet Boat Adventure on the Susitna River. During your two hour cruise you’ll have a chance to get off for a short nature walk. Lunch will be served during this outing.
There is no Youth Program this day.