Moose Pass: Trail Lake Lodge Restaurant (August 2008)

We ended up eating dinner here unexpectedly en route from Homer to Seward. Just 5 miles outside of Seward, we encountered a terrible car accident, and were told the road would be closed for two hours. Rather than wait in traffic, we turned back and made the (?) 20-mile drive back to Moose Pass. This was the ONLY option along the road between the Portage area and Seward. Unfortunately, we arrived just after the normal closing time (the bar/restaurant normally closes at 9:00 pm, which seems really early!), but they agreed to stay open because so many other “stranded” travellers were looking for a way to pass the time and a place to get a bite to eat. The only options for food at that hour were of the fried variety, but “any port in a storm”; this motel/bar/restaurant ended up saving our night. It would have been a good choice even if we weren’t stranded. While I didn’t see the motel rooms, the building itself seemed clean and well-maintained, and it was perched on the edge of a lake with seaplanes.