First off, let us say, “Go-o-o-o Giants!” Quite fun to come home to your home team playing so well. Our surprising allergic response to the unusual amount of dust, pollen, and other particulate matter, seems to be the only negative to coming home. We had no personal experience of intense hay fever before….Ycch! All we Continue Reading »
These last 4 months of travel, above and below the Arctic Circle, have been remarkable for amazing sights of wildlife (Dall Sheep below in Tombstone NP Canada, Yukon Territory), tidewater glaciers, Northern Lights, and lots and lots of water. Query: Our favorite place among ALL of the beauties in British Columbia, and the Yukon and Continue Reading »
Is there such a thing as too many glacier photos? After three plus months way north, my mom more or less told me it was time to “move on” to other topics. But, but, but….Mt. Robson, the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies is just too splendid not to show in our feature image. Jasper Continue Reading »
At the start of our trip we stated we were at the real “Mile Zero” for the AlCan Highway based on the theory prevalent in Weed, CA: Hwy# 97 in Weed runs north as Hwy # 97 through Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska, and parts of it are referred to by all Continue Reading »
Change of plans. Travel fatigue kicked in at 3 months, instead of at the 13 month mark, like our last road trip. Is it because we couldn’t get satisfying access to a massive world heritage site we drove past for days and days, with few photos, and mediocre views, after steep hikes on rough terrain? Continue Reading »
If you aren’t a long distance backpacker, climber, or kayaker, you can only touch the edges of these parks. Even a coastal assault does not provide easy access to the park interiors. Furthermore, taking hikes up slippery and steep, scree filled faces, from the perimeter roads, and then being able to see one small glaciers Continue Reading »
AUGUST 28. We left sunny Valdez during the last few days of the Fishing Derby, crazy with happy anglers pulling the last Silver Salmon and Halibut of the season. One hour later we were on the Worthington Glacier at Thompson Pass. On the Eastern side of the Pass, one hour later, Summer was over, and we Continue Reading »
Most of us following the news in 1989, learned a lot about Prince William Sound, and the oil tanker Exxon Valde-e-e-e-e-z. That was a pronunciation hint just in case you gave it the standard Spanish pronunciation or you weren’t paying attention to one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. It was the largest U.S. Continue Reading »
Besides our amazing U. S. Constitution, the National Park Service might be our second greatest American contribution to the world. Not only does it steward priceless lands like Kenai Fjords National Park, but also makes them accessible to the public, and provides education to enhance our enjoyment. Kenai (pronounced like ‘be my’) NP protects the Continue Reading »
Do you recall the goofy Holocaust Deniers who profess that Hitler didn’t really kill 6 million Jews. “It is all propaganda!”, they say. We are wondering if we should form a ridiculous organization called, “Denali Deniers”, to reflect the mass of propaganda suggesting you can view the 20,000 foot Mt. McKinley during the summer…just to Continue Reading »