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…
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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…
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…
Devils Postpile National Monument & Yosemite National Park (briefly) Bishop to San Jose August 14, 2016 Miles Driven: 310 Parks Visited: 1.5 You will have to forgive me. After 16 states, 22 sites, 7,892 miles, and 23 days, I just plain fell asleep working on the blog. Coming home after a vacation is always bittersweet. I can tell you…
Cedar Breaks National Monument Cedar City to Bishop August 13, 2016 Miles Driven: 509 Parks Visited: 1 It was a perfect end. Well, I’m not quite home yet, but it was still perfect. I almost didn’t go too. But as I said yesterday, always take the option to interact. So, tonight, even though I was tired,…
Pipe Spring National Monument & Grand Canyon National Park Kanab to Cedar City August 12, 2016 Miles Driven: 251 Parks Visited: 2 Some days, you just have to slow down a bit. Now, I don’t mean to say that I didn’t visit two sites today. In fact, I did and I am quite tired. Rather, I…
Colorado National Monument & Arches National Park Grand Junction to Kanab August 11, 2016 Miles Driven: 494 Parks Visited: 2 So is the entire state of Utah a National Park or Monument?! If not, why not? Having just driven from the northeast to the southwest regions of the state, I don’t think I was without spectacular…