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In honor of Alaska’s frontier heritage, there are several vacation packages that can get you out to Denali National Park to experience all the wonder for only a few nuggets. Denali Park Resorts are offering a sourdough special, in honor of all those escapees that survived on sourdough bread as they moseyed out west—they carried the bread starter around their necks—delicious. Apparently, to this today, old time Alaskans are still known as “sourdoughs.” Thanks to the special lodging deal, staying in the middle of the action won’t cost you too much bread (ha). Rates start as low as $128 a night during the summer season.

If you aren’t a fan of sourdough, you can celebrate Alaska with cupcakes instead. The state is celebrating its 50th birthday this year, and the resort is also offering a second night at one of four lodges for only $50 in honor of the state’s anniversary.

Overall, we’d jump on this special. It fits all of our good promotion criteria. It’s in a unique place that you can brag about to anyone, it has a catchy name with an interesting story behind it, and when you return you’ll have a lot of moose and bear photos to upload to the Jaunted Flickr Pool. Don’t worry, you can thank us when you get back.

Related Stories:
·Denali Park Resorts [Official Site]
·Denali National Park [Official Site]
·Alaska Turns 50 Can't Quite See Russia Anymore [Jaunted]

[Photo: Kyle and Kelly]