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Jul 26, 2007 - Seward to Houston, AK ~ 179 miles

But we're only traveling up to Houston today for a restful evening at Riverside Camper Park. ... Houston has a grocery store, restaurant, Laundromat, gift shop, inn with food, pay phone, and a post office located in the grocery store. ... Homesteaded in the 1950s, incorporated as a city in 1966, Houston is a popular fishing center for anglers on the Little Susitna River. ... Along the way, the Little Susitna matures from the fast flowing glacial river to being slower and wider with gravel and riffle areas near Wasilla and Houston. ... After hooking up the trailer and loading the SUV on it, Socks and I were off to Houston. ...

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Jul 7, 2006 - Houston Alaska

Houston, Alaska Houston, we have landed, and land it was, wet land but a place to stay is all we wanted. ... And we still have more vacation to go! Houston is a very small town 60 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska. ... The town of Houston is set in the middle of Mat-Su Valley and was nothing until the railroad came through in 1917 and then the town began to boom. ... Willows is about 20 miles north of Houston and it too has a very good salmon river. ... Wasilla, 15 miles south of Houston, is the fastest growing community in Alaska. ...

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