My Alaska Trip - Part 2: Our little wilderness

It is warm and sunny in England. The third day in a row. Nevertheless I decided to spend some time at the computer and write the second part of my little Alaska travel journal. But it will be a short one.

Tigger Lake. On Thursday, June 4th, I started my trip north. The destination for today and the next week was Healy, 12 miles north of the entrance to the Denali Nationalpark. But on the way there I had to stop at "our little wilderness" at Tigger Lake in Talkeetna. Approximately 2 hours north of Anchorage (by car) on the George Parks Highway you'll come to a juction. Turning right here will bring you to Talkeetna. After ca. 10 Miles on that Talkeetna spur road you need to turn right into the non-paved Whigmi Rd which will make another right turn into S Tigger Lake Rod. And here you are, the corner lot is our wilderness.



Our plan is to build our B&B and some little cabins for further guests there. Yes, we have visions and we need them ;o) If you look the address up on google earth or google maps you won't be able to find neither Tigger Lake Road nor the lake itself. Whigmi is a path without name. By the way, do you know what Whigmi stands for? What Have I Got Myself Into!
The gravel pit on google earth is starting to overgrow with trees and bushes. If you want a closer look just click on the pictures below.



5 out of the 8 lots are already sold. But non of the other owners started to build a house there. These are difficult times, also here in Alaska.
It was very quite there at the lake. I saw a lot of moose droppings and mosquitos. Two families stopped by and used the puplic access for there day trip to the lake. It is stocked with rainbow trout and they went fishing there. And there is also a very nice and unusual geocache hidden somewhere.


I spent some time there walking around, looking at the lake and the lot and imagined our future home. In my mind I already made plans for the house, the driveway and a path to the public lake access. As I said: it is a challenge, but also a great opportunity for our visions.

After three more miles you'll come to beautiful downtown Talkeetna.


Talkeetna is a very small, charming and busy little town. In the summer it is a real tourist attraction. This is where all the Mt. McKinley expeditions start. The normal tourist can go on a boot tour on the three rivers there or take a flightseeing trip around the mountain. What we really like about it is that most people living there during the summer also stay during the winter. All the little stores are open, there is a very active artist community which organises exhibitions and festivals. Further there is enough snow in the winter, but the temperatures are not as extreme as north of the Alaska range. And if we want to go shopping: Wasilla with all necessary stores is only a little bit more than 1 hour away.
So, hopefully one day we will live there, too. Until then we will visit as often as possible.