Final Frontier Juneau to San Jose June 11, 2017 Miles Driven: 2 (+1,607 miles in the air) Sunrise (Juneau): 3:52am / Sunset (San Jose): 8:28pm Latitude: 58.30N to 37.33N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 0 I’m home now, having taken two 2-hour flights down from Juneau connecting through Seattle. What a marvelous adventure. I…
Month: June 2017
A Hammer and A Whale Haines Junction to Juneau June 10, 2017 Miles Driven: 173 (+80 miles on the Alaska Marine Highway) Sunrise (Haines Junction): 4:40am / Sunset (Juneau): 10:01pm Latitude: 60.75N to 58.30N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 The road leading over the pass from Haines to Haines Junction was spectacular. No,…
Bouncing Along Frost Heaves Tok to Haines Junction, Canada June 9, 2017 Miles Driven: 299 Sunrise (Tok): 3:25am / Sunset (Haines Junction): 11:39pm Latitude: 63.34N to 60.75N National Parks Visited: 1 (Canada) Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 We bounced our way back to Canada. Till now I haven’t spent much time talking about the frost heaves up…
Black & Blue Wrangell – St. Elias National Park to Tok June 8, 2017 Miles Driven: 374 Sunrise (Copper Center): 3:58am / Sunset (Tok): 11:37pm Latitude: 61.96N to 63.34N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 0 After I posted last night, while I was sitting outside on the quaint motel deck enjoying the midnight sun…
Switzerland. Anchorage to Wrangell – St. Elias National Park June 7, 2017 Miles Driven: 308 Sunrise (Anchorage): 4:27am / Sunset (Copper Center): 11:23pm Latitude: 61.22N to 61.96N National Parks Visited: 1 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 0 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is larger than the country of Switzerland and higher. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s as large…
Mush! Denali National Park to Anchorage June 6, 2017 Miles Driven: 261 Sunrise (Denali): 3:20am / Sunset (Anchorage): 11:30pm Latitude: 63.11N to 61.22N National Parks Visited: 1 (same one as yesterday) Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 We whirled around the track at lightning speed, our 8-dog team pulling the driver and the two of us through the…
Pups! Fairbanks to Denali National Park June 5, 2017 Miles Driven: 172 Sunrise (Fairbanks): 3:20am / Sunset (Denali): 12:00am (i.e. the next day) Latitude: 64.84N to 63.11N National Parks Visited: 1 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 0 With a belly full of the most marvelous mashed potatoes and buffalo meatloaf wrapped in applewood smoked bacon (and topped with…
Christmas Deconstructed Beaver Creek to Fairbanks June 4, 2017 Miles Driven: 325 Sunrise (Beaver Creek): 4:40am / Sunset (Fairbanks): 12:18am (i.e. the next day) Latitude: 62.38N to 64.84 National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 3 Picture this: Santa has just awoken from his long winter’s nap. Hungry, he eats his jolly, toy-making elves. Those elves…
Beringia Whitehorse to Beaver Creek June 3, 2017 Miles Driven: 300 Sunrise (Whitehorse): 4:38am / Sunset (Beaver Creek): 12:04am (i.e. the next day) Latitude: 60.72N to 62.38N National Parks Visited: 1 (Canadian) Wacky Roadside Attractions: 2 “First I’ll tell you that it is long, long, long ago. Lots of dangerous animals lived here long ago,” said…
The Pile of Brochures Watson Lake to Whitehorse June 2, 2017 Miles Driven: 295 Sunrise (Watson Lake): 4:21am / Sunset (Whitehorse): 11:18pm Latitude: 60.06N to 60.72N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 3 The women working at the Watson Lake Visitors Center are incredibly helpful and quite talkative. When we first went in yesterday, we…