Earlier we shared that we upgraded the axles on the Mini-T (our Imagine 17MKE travel trailer). Dave was concerned on the uneven wear on one of the trailer tires and we made an appointment in …
If you remember, in the last blog I mentioned we needed special footwear for our next stop. Yep…we needed micro spikes, which are metal spikes attached to a rubber harness that is stretched over the …
Whittier was our last stop on our tour around the Kenai Peninsula. Everything we read said to be tolerant of the persistent rain in the Kenai Peninsula. Just do what you want to do in …
Seward is located on the east side of Kenai Peninsula, on Resurrection Bay. I thought we could just drive around the bottom from Homer. Nope…those darn although beautiful mountains are in the way. We had …
Our trip to Kodiak was made possible by Brenda and Dave’s generosity. They drove us to the Anchorage airport, almost an hour away from our camp and picked us up on our return. Tks D&B! …
Homer is very dog friendly! Finally, a great stop for Murphy. There was a beautiful overlook right before we got into town. Helen and her camera lens went “off trail” to get a great shot …
Is it Sunday already? Wow…what a week, especially for Greg & Helen. They were able to fly to Kodiak Island and spend a few days with Greg’s cousin. We are publishing a separate blog just …
As we left our northernmost stop of Fairbanks and headed south, traveling back the way we came on the Parks Highway, it was a beautiful day, with a clear blue sky. And not long into …
It was a bit tough going from almost a week in the wilderness of Denali to the “big” city of Fairbanks. Fairbanks is only a little over a 2 hours drive north of Denali National …
We saw Denali again! First on Friday morning and then again early on a crisp Monday morning. It was 43°, but with the wind chill it was 34° And this is their summer! So majestic …
First, the fire crews did an exceptional job and opened Denali National Park on July 10th, just one day before our reservation. Yay! And second, we saw Denali! But first, a big thank you to …
When you think of Valdez, what do you think of? Is it the destructive 1964 Good Friday earthquake, measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale and the tsunami that followed which caused the Army Corps of …
Oh no…another wildfire. We needed to revise our route again. Instead of going northwest to Fairbanks, we are headed southwest to Valdez, with a stop in Glennallen. Since we are traveling during the 4th of …
Well, for this blog I had a hard time deciding on which photo to use for the feature photo on the top of the blog. We had our first bear photo opportunity during our drive …
From Whitehorse, Yukon, we had planned to take the Klondike Highway northwest to Dawson City, Yukon – home of the famous Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890s. However, due to an uncontrolled wildfire, we …
What is a sign post forest? Well, back in 1942, during the construction of the Alaska Highway, U.S. soldier Carl K. Lindley was spending time in Watson Lake, British Columbia recovering from an injury. He …
Yes! We snagged two of the 10 hard-to-get first come first serve campsites at the glacier made, Azure-blue Muncho Lake. We arrived at 10:45 am (after a stop at the Testa Lodge to buy …
What is so special about the Alaska Highway, formerly known as the Alcan (Alaska-Canadian Highway)? For many years, there had been talks between officials in United States and Canada about building a road connecting the …
Our next stop was Calgary. Time for the big city! I had no idea how big Calgary was, with a population of 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. We were staying in an RV park …
As the weather is warming, we are ready to head to Alaska and drove through Montana heading northwest. I am amazed at the vastness of Montana’s landscape. I now understand why it is called “Big …
I have a feeling you know what Sturgis, SD is famous for, so why is this one of our stops, you ask? Well, we were having an intermittent problem with our F350 truck since Holland, …
At the end of Part One, I mentioned we did all those activities and also had some good eats. Thanks to recommendations, we were able to add a few “foodie” places while in the area. …
I think I need a vacation after this year’s road trip. I am still amazed at how much there is to see and do at almost every stop. Since I wrote a mid-week blog, I …
Did you know? The Badlands got its name from French explorers who called it “bad land to cross” and the Dakota Indians labeled it as “land bad.” Understandable based on the topography, but it is …