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From the Great Plains to the Last Frontier, family adventure lodges we love The Perfect 10 Susitna River Lodging, Alaska By Kris Capps
A friend's mid-September wedding was being held at Susitna River Lodging—a cluster of four cedar-sided, two-bedroom cabins and a main building with a wraparound deck, all tucked into a birch forest near Denali National Park. Just before the ceremony, my husband turned and experienced another only-in-Alaska moment: flower girl Sophie Anton, age six, jumping up and down on a juicy dead salmon that had washed up on the riverbank (under threat of having to take a bath, she finally abandoned tickling it with her bare toes).
Sportfishermen come to catch rainbow and Dolly Varden trout, Arctic grayling, and five species of Pacific salmon; kids love the half- and multiday whitewater rafting trips offered on the Class II-III Chulitna River and adults get a thrill on the Class IV Talkeetna River. Experienced backcountry skiers can have a field day on McKinley's Ruth Glacier, less than an hour's flight away. Viewing the raw, jumbled power of the Alaska Range was enough for us, though—that and tickling dead fish with our toes.
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