Go Anywhere and Everywhere your Heart Desires!
If you drive a little out of downtown Fairbanks, you may stumble upon some interesting places. We drove to the University of Alaska campus and stopped at their museum. It has typical native Alaskan artifacts and other stuff we have[…]
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Fairbanks is not a large town, but it certainly feels very spread out. The local Army base, Fort Wainright, takes up a huge amount of land and over 18,000 soldiers, dependents, and civil service employees call it home. The entire[…]
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After our few inspirational days at Denali, we hooked up and headed north to Fairbanks. We only had 120 miles to cover, so we left mid morning and made a stop along the way at the Tatlanika Trading Company. It[…]
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Alaska is definitely the last frontier, which is a slogan you can find printed on shirts, postcards, and many souvenir items all across the state. It is beautiful, scenic, inspiring, and huge. I have never been anywhere quite like it[…]
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We finally made it to Denali National Park, home of North America’s tallest peak, Mount Denali. Denali is named from the Athabascan Indian word meaning “high one”. The park attracted nearly 600,000 visitors last year during their four months of[…]
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The small village of Talkeetna is the hub of many tourist activities. The location has access to rivers, trains, trails, and gorgeous views of Mount Denali and the Alaska Range. The residents even elected a cat for Mayor, but he[…]
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So mom saw a commercial on TV about a jet boat that goes upstream and gets very close to some class VI white water rapids in a narrow canyon with a 90 degree turn. The rest is history. This was[…]
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A one day tour of Barrow is all you need to get to know this little village and the people who fondly call it home. Alaska Airlines and Ravn Airlines are the two commercial airline companies that will get you[…]
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How can we spend time in Alaska without stepping foot on the most northern point in the United States? We knew the answer to that question and booked a short trip to Barrow, whose name recently changed to Utqiagvik. Don’t[…]
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Hey y’all, we’ve completed two months of full time travel, and our third month of being “homeless”. Hooray for us! I gave you a breakdown of our June expenses in a previous post that you can read here if you[…]
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