The Flattop parking lot is closed? I haven't heard that. Was actually thinking about hiking it tomorrow (if the weather's as nice as it was today).

Where's Prominence Point and Bodenburg Butte? You're making me feel like an outsider in my own town!

(Careful about those twilight hikes through Bicentennial...might get mauled by a bear, especially if you're in a bike race...)

Also, with tourism numbers down, there are fewer RVs on the roads. Thus, the drive to Homer can be done in a little over four hours now.

The road to Exit Glacier's only a couple miles long. The rental car companies don't care about those. They want you to stay off of the long gravel highways (Denali, Dalton, Dempster, etc.) to save wear and tear on their cars. A couple miles isn't going to hurt.