Schussing the Far North: Alaska’s Best Skiing and Riding for Families
Eager to experience the activities for which Alaska is famous? Try these options for Alaska’s best skiing and wintery family fun, the way the locals do.
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Erin Kirkland is author of the Alaska On the Go: Exploring the 49th state with children guidbook series and is publisher of AKontheGO.com, Alaska’s only family travel resource. She appears regularly on KTVA 11 Daybreak (CBS affiliate) in Anchorage, and writes a weekly column for the Alaska Dispatch News in addition to freelance assignments that take her across Alaska.
A resident of Anchorage, Erin has built solid relationships among the Alaska travel and tourism industry and is well-respected for her expertise related to 49th state products, services, and destinations for children and families. Her writing style is fresh, compelling, and splashed with humor. Always on the lookout for new experiences that reflect the essence of Alaska, Erin is constantly flying, floating, driving, or riding the rails of the 49th state with her husband and teen son.
Erin is the co-chair of the Family Travel Association’s Media Center, helping to provide a platform for networking and professional development of all FTA media members. Connect with her at erin@familytravel.org.
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Alaska Beyond Magazine – Small Ship Cruising
Articles by Erin Kirkland
The Alaska Experience: Risk or Real Life?
Any wilderness experience includes some risk, especially an Alaska experience. But how far is too far for visitors not accustomed to wildlife or weather, mountains or machines?
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When Travel Is Different, Understanding Gets You There
Travel is different with MJ. He is 22 and until recently had been in residential treatment for a laundry list of developmental and mental health issues. And now he and his family are figuring out how to establish a traveling relationship.
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