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Article: A Vacation in Paradise.(traveling in Hawaii)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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Hawaii is one of Alaskans' favorite fall and winter destinations.
September brings thoughts of colder, shorter days; another long winter; and Hawaii. With sun, sand, water-and only a five-and-a-half-hour, nonstop flight away-Hawaii is Alaskans' winter destination of choice.
"To walk in Alaska (during winter), you have to wear boots and layers of clothing. But in Hawaii, you can be halfway out the door before you realize you forgot to put on your shoes," says retiree Carlene Knoppe, who with husband Will spends December through March in Hawaii.
For others, Hawaii provides a shorter break, based on school-year calendars. "Thanksgiving and the ...