The modern log cabin is tidy, lovely and totally authentic. And, often, you can find one where you can spend the night! |
Authentic cabins -- with full baths -- are all over Alaska. |
You Can Do It! Stay Overnight In A Genuine Alaska Log Cabin. Rates Are Very Reasonable
Log cabins exist all over Alaska's road system, built by hard-working, talented modern log builders. Unlike many of the log cabins of yore, these new cabins have been crafted at a slower pace than the desperate end-of-the-summer dash of the early gold miners and trappers.They are esthetically pleasing, nicely chinked, and decorated with attractive, Alaskan-style furnishings.
As a traveler, you'll be getting the best of all worlds.The people who built the cabin took their dreams to fruition. And, you're getting to reap the benefits.
Refurbished trapper's cabin in Talkeetna. |
Cozy cabin table. |
A substantial modern rental cabin. |
In many places, you can rent a cabin that's in somebody else's yard. Usually they have a larger cabin, and your cabin is smaller.
In Hawaii, this type of arrangement is called an "Ohana," which refers to "family" or "close friends." In Alaska, the term "Ohana" isn't used, but it's the same idea. You'll be able to incorporate your life, in some small way, into the lives of real Alaskans. Doing this, you'll be able to imagine (without all the work!) what it's like to actually be an Alaskan. It's a good deal, for the cost of a night's stay!
This cabin's in somebody's yard in Talkeetna. |
Of course, the tough stuff: the lengthy winters, and lack of work, the cars that won't start, the looking for, and dragging in the logs... None of those things are part of renting a cabin in Alaska in the summer.
But you can talk to the cabin owners (who are most often also the cabin builders) about what it was like; what challenges they had... and how they started their business and wound up where they are today. It's a meaningful two-way street, renting a cabin in Alaska for the night!
Cabin for rent overnight in Talkeetna, Alaska. |