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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]