ALASKA home surrounded by birch trees

Open to offers for swaps or points. We are especially interested in Italy, France, England, or Ireland for late summer/early fall 2019 (could be simultaneous) and other North American or European destinations from 2020 on (could be nonsimultaneous or simultaneous).

Our home is well equipped for a pleasant stay in Alaska, offering you space in which to relax when you come home after an excursion. There is plenty to do around here in all seasons, but some guests have been so enchanted with the peacefulness of our setting that they have spent lots of time sitting at the windows or on the deck reading, listening to bird sounds, and watching for moose who may wander into the yard. We have wireless internet and a medium-sized LCD tv, plus lots of Alaskan videos and other DVDs for your leisure time.

Denali National Park is a spectacular place, but not the only scenic spot around. Go another direction from Fairbanks to visit a hot springs resort with cutting edge geothermal technology powering greenhouses plus a large building made of snow and ice and maintained by energy generated by the heat of the water. Or take a short walk through the woods from our house to visit a research station with caribou, reindeer, and muskoxen. Our house is surrounded by miles of hiking trails leading in all directions. If you come outside of the summer months, you stand a good chance of seeing the aurora borealis (can't be seen in the summer because the sky never gets dark enough!). Fairbanks is fun all year round.

Our frequent travel makes nonsimultaneous exchanges a strong possibility even though we do not own a second home.

We are not opposed to having older children here, but the two bedrooms, each with a queen bed, are on separate floors, so probably only smaller families with somewhat independent children would be comfortable here. That said, a family with a son and a daughter, both of college age, had a fine time here with the help of a comfy featherbed on the floor of the third bedroom which is used primarily as a quilting room. The house is not suitable for children under ten.