One of the experiences that Keenan wanted to have in Alaska was to see a glacier. We booked an excursion aboard the Ptarmigan to sail to the Portage Glacier. What a site! We were able to get in pretty close and see it up close. Heard and saw some calving Read more…
Had a beautiful sunset upon our arrival into Anchorage overlooking the bay. We pulled into our “campground”, the Creekside Inn and RV Park which sits right on a major thoroughfare and it was loud. Not ideal, but we didn’t stay around the Busse Bus too much so it worked, plus Read more…
One of my favorite parts of having the kids visit us was that they got to see us tear down a site, travel between locations and set up at the new RV park. Keenan got a little work done during traveling down to Anchorage while Bear got in a nap. Read more…
What a beautiful day for a hike! We decided to do the Mount Healy Overlook Trail which is rated as “strenuous” with a rise of 1,700 feet and it’s 2.7 miles one-way. It got a little chilly and windy at the top of the overlook but it offered a great Read more…
So here’s an example of how the facts that I learnt in history are no longer true. Mt. McKinley is not called that anymore. It has been returned to its’ original name, Denali, meaning “great one”. Denali is the tallest peak in North America standing at an incredible 20,237 feet. Read more…
Ariana was able to join us in Alaska to experience this beautiful state of our union. We enjoyed a paddleboat ride where we witnessed a few of the standard fare of the area. Alongside the paddleboat a seaplane landed and took off showing off the maneuverability needed to use this Read more…
Less than 2% of the population in the world can state that they have been north of the Arctic Circle. I guess we are now in the minority. We booked a plane excursion up to Coldfoot that left at 7:30pm. Still hard to get my head around it being light Read more…
The Alaskan (Klondike) Gold Rush came about 40 years after the rush in California. Miners came by the droves to stake claims and make it rich but the majority didn’t. However many towns became established during this time for support systems and transportation hubs. Katrina, Keenan and I went out Read more…
Keenan arrived on Saturday at 2am. I lost the straw pull between Katrina and myself, therefore I went to get him. His bags took forever to get, you would think that at that time of day and very few flights in/out it would be faster. Nope. We got back to Read more…
The Riverview RV Park in Badger, Alaska just outside of Fairbanks is a nice place to stay. Good thing because we had eight days booked here. Time to catch our breathe, stock up on supplies, and wait for the kids to come join us for a week. It is very Read more…