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There’s one thing you can say about the Alaskan State Fair and it’s that they have some pretty big Cabbages. This isn’t meant in any way to be an insult, but a compliment. See up in Alaska they like to grow the Giant Cabbage and enter it into the annual Giant Cabbage Competition at the fair every year. People from all over Alaska weigh in their giant veggies and the hobbyist or farmer with the biggest Cabbage wins the blue ribbon and envy of the other contestants.

It’s held every year around the same time in late August to early September in Palmer, Alaska. For visitors coming in from out of state it can be quite a trek to get to Alaska, let alone the fair, but there are a variety of ways to arrive in style. You can get around the immediate area of the fair via the Great Alaskan Trolley Company that offers a daily shuttle during the run of the fair. If you happen to be in Anchorage at the time of the fair you can take a train ride down to the South Palmer Station. The ride will give ample opportunity for reflection as it takes about two hours to get to the fair.

Don’t worry about food at the fair as you will encounter a wide range and variety of offerings. Besides the traditional funnel cake the different concession stands have Mexican foods, like tacos, and burritos and Alaskan influenced foods like Reindeer Polish Sausage and Beer Battered Halibut. Or you can buy some gold in the form of Alaskan gold nuggets, which are really tasty batter fried cheese.

That’s not all that goes on this fair. Other than the Giant Cabbages you can get to the fair to check out the Backhoe Rodeo, or the Diaper Derby or the Great Alaskan Husband Holler. Wives can certainly pick up a few tips from watching that contest!

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Together with last minute flights, last minute hotels are big business nowadays. The idea is that you take a room that would otherwise be empty (often because of cancellations), and in return you get a steep discount. However, as ever, it’s a case of buyer beware.

It can be a very common experience to arrive in a hotel and find that there’s actually no-one in it who didn’t come on a last-minute travel deal. This is either because the prices the hotel is trying to charge normal customers are too high, or because it’s a terrible hotel. To avoid these places, check whether the hotel you find a last-minute deal on is otherwise fully-booked or at least busy - if not, you should probably stay away.

Even in good hotels, though, you might find yourself stuck with the one bad room that they haven’t been able to shift - the one that smells funny, or has a view of a brick wall outside the window. While this isn’t generally so terrible, you should at least prepare yourself for this possibility.

It’s also quite likely - though not inevitable - that the cheaper hotels will be nowhere near the city centre, leaving you to commute by public transport each day if you want to see the sights, or else hang around in the suburbs. You should consider the costs of transport before you book, as a slightly more expensive hotel that is more central can often save you more than it costs.

A final thing to be aware of is that you can often get a good discount by booking a last minute flight and hotel as a package deal through the various agency websites. If you are doing this, though, make sure that you don’t let the savings pressure you into taking a bad flight or a bad hotel just because the other half of the deal seems so good.

John Gibb is the owner of Last Minute Travel Tips, For more information on last minute travel check out http://www.Last-Minute-Travel-Information.Info

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