Since a picture is worth 1000 words, I could literally just post pics and not type a single word and you would know how much this stop meant to us. First things first, we pulled into Mariner Park at the […]
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What we’ve been waiting for: FISHING!!! (Talkeetna)
Get comfortable, grab a drink, this is a good one! If you were to ask Mark what he was most looking forward to in Alaska, he would answer two things: bears and fishing. Most of our journey to this point […]
Denali after 20 years
20 years ago, we honeymooned on an Alaskan cruise and then stayed in riverfront cabins outside Denali National Park. I knew I should have brought that photo album on the trip, but unfortunately I didn’t. We were really looking forward […]
Nenana… a town of character. And characters.
We’ve officially been as far north as we planned for this trip. On July 10, we started heading south on the Parks Highway. We had one more night to “kill” before our reservations started in Denali National Park so without […]
Fairbanks, the Interior
Because our campsite at Chena Lakes is truly awesome, spacious and comfortable in trees and close to both a lake and the river, we decided to commute 15 miles into Fairbanks instead of camping in the city. The first night, […]
Santa and the North Pole
That’s right, the North Pole! Technically a suburb just south of Fairbanks, it’s a town of about 2,200 people, and the home base of Santa Claus. We settled into a beautiful campground in the Chena Lakes Recreation Area, just outside […]
Top of the World Highway
From Dawson City, we drove the Top of the World Highway through fog and limited visibility. We did see a few caribou cross the road in front of us. Through the fog, it was like ghost caribou coming across the […]
Eureka on the Klondike Highway
We veered off the Alaska Highway for a popular detour called the Klondike Highway that later connects to the scenic Top of the World Highway. The drive from Whitehorse to famed Dawson City was 330 miles, which we have come […]
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is the capital of the Yukon Territory, named because the froth of the river rapids looked like white horses manes. Definitely the “big city” of the area, the population is 30,000 and they even have a Walmart (not a […]
Welcome to Yukon
Knowledge is power! I read that today’s drive was one of the smoothest of the highway. Of course, I didn’t share that with Mark, just told him that I was driving today and he could watch for wildlife for a […]