Juneau-brewed Alaskan Amber is a bargain, so it won't cost you much to buy a few rounds for your new friends: local fishermen and fanatical Scandinavian bird-watchers. Which is why you hit the Pitch & Roll, a well-appointed wedge of a room overseen by a guy wearing naval epaulets. While the scenery is spectacular, the weather is usually less so. The round-trip takes seven days on the Tustumena, the working ferry that carries people and cargo to and from villages along the peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. Homer to Un Alaska, The Gulf of Alaska, and the Bearing Sea, Alaska The Pitch & Roll on the ferry vessel Tustumena Three hours later, when Lou is busting your balls and you're laughing your quite comfortable ass off, you'll start to wonder if you might be sitting in the middle of the least-profitable liquor store on the planet. And then Frankie strolls out there and hands everyone custom-made Lou's Pub & Package ass cushions. But it'll start to make sense when the after-work crowd descends on the concrete patio tables outside. And the thing is, the first time you walk through that door and Lou barks at you to hurry up and order, the only thing you think about is leaving. When you put a bar inside a liquor store, it's like you're inviting customers to leave by reminding them they can just as easily buy a bottle of Jack and drink at home. *OK, so technically, Antarctica isn't part of America.
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