The Alaska Travelgram Extra Column - March 15

It's been a busy week out shopping for sunglasses and snow shovels. That's the schizophrenic nature of spring in Alaska: glorious in the sky above while we trudge through the snow below. The good news is it's a G-r-e-a-t ski year! Ya! 

On the travel front, we've got all sorts of deals: inside, outside and all around Alaska!! First, tho', a big shout-out to radio co-host Erin Kirkland, who brought her pack of Tiger Scouts over to the Channel 11 (KTVA) studio for a tour. OMG--WHILE I was doing my broadcast. A RIOT!! Check it out on her blog, AKontheGo.com .

Over at KTVA, they call me a travel guru (blushing). HAHA. Same at the Alaska Dispatch. That's right: "Travel Guru". Whoa.  Check out this week's column where I talk about my very own Top 10 vacations in Alaska. No, really! I even count 'em down backwards! 

By the way, here at Chez McMurren, NOBODY calls me "travel guru". They call me many things…but nothing to do with a deity, or royalty or anything even REMOTELY like that. And the dogs just want to go for another trudge…in the snow. HA

Here we go:

1. See Alaska's Glorious National Parks: 2-for-1! No kidding. Lots of great deals--and EVERYTHING is 2-for-1. 

2. KTVA Video: Trim 40 percent off your tickets from Anchorage to Seattle or Portland. TOP SECRET. Well, OK. It's more like "hidden in plain site". Still, $377rt is a LOT less than $616rt. Wouldn't you agree? 

3. KOAN Podcast: Kirsten Dixon (Winterlake Lodge) in the studio: Chef, Innkeeper and now…new Grandma!! 

4. Visit Anchorage: We're Wild About Winter! Yup, we're wild, all right!! And it's winter! BREAKING NEWS: We're in-it-to-win-it for the SNOWIEST ANCHORAGE WINTER ON RECORD!! 

5. Alaska Air Club 49 Deals to Chicago! Plus, deals to Hawaii, Arizona and MORE! 

6. It's the DEAL SHEET from Gray Line/Princess/Westmark!! Scoop 'em up while they're hot: Denali, Fairbanks, McKinley--and more! 

Don't miss the Alaska Travelgram radio show on Tuesdays, 2-3 pm on 95.5FM FOX NEWS KOAN in Anchorage. Also on 1020AM in Anchorage (much better signal on the FM dial). Watch the Alaska Travelgram TV show (five minutes of fame)  every Wednesday at 5:00pm on KTVA, CBS 11 in Anchorage. Check out our weekly column in the Alaska Dispatch. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (the Social Network!). 

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