With the realization that we would be arriving in Washington for Labor Day we chose to stay planted as close to the Canadian Border as possible so we could hop into Vancouver for a day on the holiday weekend. It was a good plan; dodge the weekender crowds at campgrounds...
No way were we going to take the trailer down 60 miles of rutted and washboard dirt road, so instead we found a nice free campground right outside of Chitina to call home base. From here we took the truck into the National Park to visit McCarthy and Kennecott. It...
Valdez Alaska. Known for the oil spill even though the oil itself never touched a beach in the Valdez area. This place is all about oil, oil, oil. That big oil pipeline ends here, where it is fed to those enormous oil ships which haul it down to the West...
The original plan was to stay a whole week in Seward, but after talking with others that have spent time there and work over the Internet, we decided to stay undecided. See, when a cruise ship comes into port – and they do daily in Seward – the thousands of...
Upon arriving in Homer we drove straight to our designated campground at Mariner Park. It is not much more than a gravel lot at the beginning of the Spit but not only was the location great for an easy jump into town or the Spit itself, the view stretched across...
After leaving the Kenai area, the plan was to spend a week somewhere between there at Homer where we would again spend a week. We had a few options, the first being Ninilchick where we stopped in to the Old Village to peak around…
We met back up with the Malimish and UpInTheAirstream families at the Anchorage Moose Lodge for a few days of relaxing while we awaited the mail to be forwarded. As it turned out, this Moose Lodge was a very happenin’ place, with patrons at the bar from open to close...
After leaving Nancy Lake Rec Area we rolled to Palmer where our first choice of boondocking location fell through. I mean, it was possible to camp there but it was cramped and nothing to do outside the trailer. The Knik River Public Use Area was down the highway a few...
Most of our time in Fairbanks – only a few days – was spent catching up on work and laundry. We did get out for only a single day out on the town, most of which entailed the drive up to Chena Hot Springs and the Ice Museum. Later that...
