I’ve crossed a lot of country borders in my years. Generally the occasions have been reasonably uneventful (except for that one time I wasn’t allowed to board a US-bound plane […]
Alaska
The Glenn Highway and Tok Cutoff
Following another round of COVID tests in Anchorage on our way north from The Kenai Peninsula, we officially marked the beginning of our very long drive back to California to […]
Breweries of Alaska
In honor of my map of Australia’s best bakeries – the creation of which took many thousands of calories – we’ve decided to create a sister map of Alaska’s best […]
The Kenai Peninsula
Our decision to spend the Independence Day long weekend in Anchorage had us thanking our lucky stars again as we motored south out of the city towards the Kenai Peninsula. […]
Independence Day in Anchorage
We made a conscious choice to spend the Independence Day long weekend in Anchorage, figuring that all the locals would head out of the city to enjoy the outdoors for […]
Talkeetna and Surrounds
On our way south from Denali National Park we stopped off for a hike in the lesser-known Denali State Park alongside the Parks Highway. It had rained earlier in the […]
Denali National Park
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 […]
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, […]