Our first view of Denali came from more than 50 miles away as we were traveling south on the Parks Highway near Nenana from Fairbanks. Even though Denali is nowhere […]
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Fairbanks
Fairbanks is the largest city in the Alaskan Interior and marked the most northerly point of our Alaskan journey: 119 miles/192 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks probably has the […]
The Haines and Alaska Highways
We knew it was going to be a long day of driving to get through Canada in one hit from Haines to mainland Alaska. During non-COVID times we’d probably have […]
Haines
It was an early start for us out of Juneau: check in at the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) terminal was 6AM for our departure to Haines at 8AM. It […]
Juneau
Juneau is the capital city of the state of Alaska and has the honor of being the second-largest city in the United States of America by area. Juneau was named […]
Sitka
Fairytale beautiful. That’s how Lisa aptly described the quaint fishing enclave of Sitka, located on the western edge of remote Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. If you love the outdoors, […]
Fish Happens
Most tourists travel to Sitka to fish. Fishing was definitely on my list of things to do. If you do a web search for “Sitka fishing charter” Google will return […]
The Inside Passage
I’d heard of Juneau before. It’s the capital of Alaska. What I did not know until a couple of months ago is that Juneau – and the entire southeastern portion […]
Bellingham
The drive from Leavenworth to Bellingham was very picturesque, the towering peaks of the Cascades rearing up alongside the highway as we crossed over to the coastal side of the […]
Leavenworth and Freund Canyon
I have to give kudos to Lance Munselle for putting us onto the quaint mountain town of Leavenworth tucked away in the towering mountains of the eastern Cascades. Our ultimate […]
To Leavenworth
It’s a long way from Santa Rosa to Leavenworth. 842 miles/1355 kilometers to be exact. After disembarking from Grandpa Greg’s house last Friday we made our way north with a […]
Goodbye California!
In early March at the dinner table we broke the news to Lilia and Max: we’re moving. Moving to Australia. The initial reaction was lots of excitement: they only know […]