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…
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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…
… And a Porcupine Fort Nelson to Watson Lake June 1, 2017 Miles Driven: 317 Sunrise (Fort Nelson): 4:11am / Sunset (Watson Lake): 10:44pm Latitude: 58.81N to 60.06N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 4 Bears, moose, caribou, stone sheep, wood bison… and a porcupine (which was rather annoyed with us when we tried to…
Chainsaws, Taxidermy and an Old Bridge Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson May 31, 2017 Miles Driven: 305 Sunrise (Dawson Creek): 4:25am / Sunset (Fort Nelson): 10:06pm Latitude: 55.76N to 58.81N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 They sound like the makings of a horror movie, the items in the title, especially if you consider…
Bears! 100-Mile House to Dawson Creek May 30, 2017 Miles Driven: 467 Sunrise (100-Mile House): 4:54am / Sunset (Dawson Creek): 9:32pm Latitude: 51.64N to 55.76N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 Bears! Today Nicole and I spotted our first bears – a black bear mama and her two cubs. Also, we spotted a moose…
Into the Wilds Bellingham to 100-Mile House May 29, 2017 Miles Driven: 325 Sunrise (Bellingham): 5:13am / Sunset (100-Mile House): 9:11pm Latitude: 48.75N to 51.64N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 2 To calm any worriers out there, tonight’s hotel is quite nice. It has the standard run-of-the-mill amenities. The roads here are…
Mount Rainier National Park Portland to Bellingham May 28, 2017 Miles Driven: 402 Sunrise (Portland): 5:28am / Sunset (Bellingham): 9:01pm Latitude: 45.38N to 48.75N Sites Visited: 1 I write to you tonight from an adorably sketchy hotel, well, at least that’s how I have termed it. Most of you know that I’m a glass-half-full kinda…