Sorry I have to tell ya that The Birdhouse Bar burned to the ground
several years ago. Last time I was in the area they had not rebuilt it
nor were there plans to do so.

The Whittier trip is great, now that they have opend the train tunnel to
allow  cars/trucks to drive through the tunnel.

And you are dead on about the mosquitoes. If some Buhach can be found in
Anchorage or Fairbanks, it's a good thing to have. When burned it makes
a good  pyrethrims smoke that mosquitoes cannot handle at all. A little
burned in the ol' Westy will keep them out for hours.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Birmingham, AL
Chuck Mathis wrote:

>  Whittier is a neat side trip.
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>Don't
>miss the Bird House or Portage Glacier.
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>When you head up toward Fairbanks there are more unique hole in the wall
>kind of places and characters than you'll find in most other places.  Use
>plenty of bug repellant.  You can hear the mosquitos coming about a half
>mile before you can see them!
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>Chuck
>'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'
>
>on 8/8/03 2:16 PM, Automatic digest processor at LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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