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This two-hour experience is much more than a meal, combining a tasty meal with tons of local flavor. You’re dispatched from your hotel and brought to this corner of the Southeast Alaska rain forest, where you can take a nature walk to Salmon Creek Waterfall, where you can see the namesake salmon spawning and the old shaft from the historic Wagner Mine (you can even pan for some leftover gold).
You’ll also, no doubt, smell your feast being prepared: Alaskan-caught wild salmon grilling over an open, alder-wood fire. The all-you-can-eat meal will also include baked “Cheechako” chicken (“cheechako” is a term reserved for newcomers), pasta primavera, baked beans, wild rice pilaf, fresh salads and corn bread. Wash it down with lemonade, coffee or tea—or pay a few dollars extra for beer and wine, including some locally made ales.
As though blueberry cake weren’t enough for dessert, you can finish off your meal with perhaps the greatest, yet simplest, delicacy of outdoor dining: roasted marshmallows, which you can prepare yourself over the crackling campfire. The lush scenery of Southeast Alaska’s rain forest is the perfect after-meal compliment, along with the folk music performed by local musicians. While you won’t be taking home a doggie bag, as it were, you can get a souvenir picture taken with Mac, the resident Alaskan malamute dog.
The Gold Creek Salmon Bake can also be combined with two other Alaska Travel Adventure day trips: its Historic Gold Panning Adventure and the Whale Cruise.
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