Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast - The Stahl House Executive Lodging, Vacation Rental, and Relocation Housing

An Anchorage Alaska Bed & Breakfast

Welcome to the Stahl House

If you wish to believe the parts about the sled dogs and snowmobiles, then Alaskans will be more that happy to regale you with tales of ice worms and snow snakes, igloos and polar bears. If you ask them they’ll even tell you about fur trout and moose holders. Just be ready for the real treat when they hand you an oosik (just a piece of ivory?) and a poem to read called ‘Ode to the Oosik’. That alone will be enough to enthrall you with the lengths these Alaskans will go to, just to delight themselves at your expense. (The part about the tide is true)

On a more sincere note… this home, The Stahl House, was inspired by the late Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Dale Stahl. He was the father of David, your host, and he was also the loving husband of Marie, the owner of this humble dwelling. And before you meet them they would like you know a couple of things that might endear you to this wonderful servant of God, who died of cancer over 25 years ago… and to his former home, Alaska.

When Colonel Stahl retired from the Air Force at Elmendorf Air Force Base here in Alaska, his troops thought so highly of him that they gave him a bronze engraved gold pan with an inscription that looked like this… On the top there were two silver leaves – the insignia for Lieutenant Colonel – and in the middle there were five stars. This is what it said:

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To Kenneth D. Stahl

Who In Only 20 Years Excelled To The Rank Of Lieutenant Colonel

But To Those In His Command Excelled To The Highest Rank As A Gentleman And Friend.

…five star General.

GOLD FEVER/REMEDY
A refrain from Robert Service’s Spell Of The Yukon drifts now across my mind: “Some say God was tired when he made it, and some say it’s a fine land to shun. Maybe, but there’s some as would trade it for no land on earth, and I’m one.” Obviously, I’m also one, and I have difficulty just trying to say how I feel about even one little corner of this land called Alaska - but, let me try.

My mind takes me from my temporary hospital bed to a certain little stream flowing through its picturesque little valley -- hurrying through a deep, rock-sided gorge here, meandering at a lackadaisical pace through the wide meadow there, and then hurrying on again to greet the great tide.

This particular stream, like many of her sisters, reveals to the man who asks her searchingly, the man who really digs her, those tiny little flakes and nuggets for which other men, perhaps not so patient and gentle as I, those who have scrabbled, mucked and even died because of Gold Fever.  But happily the latter is not the case in my little valley, brought to life by my little stream.  No!  I go to her, not to rape and rob her of the wealth she possesses, but to find the remedies for much of life’s fevers which would beset me.  I go to her not alone, but with my dear little family and perhaps a friend.  Much of our time there is spent communicating our thoughts which could not, or would not, be uttered elsewhere.  Her soft music provides the just-right background for a peaceful kind of seeking, finding, sharing.  She laughs with us as we gather around the old pan or the sluice box to marvel and rejoice when particles of her golden trove are freely given up, rewarding us for spending our pent-up energies probing into her restless, frothing waters or scratching at her sides.

KENNETH DALE STAHL
Lt Col. (Retired)
25 January 1975

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So, you see, there’s no fever when one is with her, but truly a remedy from the fevers set upon us by the world in which we live.  As she calls my thoughts to her, my present fever subsides, I am determined to leave my bed behind to go to her again and again with my family and friends, knowing I’ll come away just a little healthier and perhaps wealthier, determined to share these treasures with those who don’t know my little stream and her remedies to the world’s fevers.

This is a place where you can relax and refresh yourself from the rigors of business life in comfort and simple luxury. Then… when you’re ready, and you’ve taken in all the rest and sustenance you require, you can venture out and experience this great land, ‘the land of the midnight sun’…Alaska.

This home is placed on the southern tip of Anchorage between the highway that takes you to Seward and the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet – and therefore very close to the rest of Alaska. In fact, the Alaskans living outside this modern sprawling metropolis we call Anchorage, would boastfully tell you, “The only good thing about Anchorage… is its close proximity to Alaska.” And so, in The Stahl House, you will find yourself:

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Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast - The Stahl House Executive Lodging, Vacation Rental, and Relocation Housing