Our 6-month adventure continues as we transition to Kodiak Island Alaska for a week of exploring the island and parts of the lower Kenai Peninsula. This blog post will cover this area of Alaska: Day 1: Transition to Homer to Catch the Ferry to Kodiak (day 114 of the overall trip) We are heading to Kodiak Island for a few days and that requires another ferry ride. First, we have to drive from Girdwood to Homer [...]
Our 6-month adventure continues as we transition to Girdwood Alaska for a week of exploring the northern portion of the Kenai Peninsula and areas within 1.5 hours of Girdwood. This blog post will cover this area of Alaska: Day 1: Transition from Seward to Girdwood (day 104 of the overall trip) We have a mere 1.5-hour drive from Seward to Girdwood so we have time to kill today. With an 11am check-out and a 4pm check-in, [...]
Our 6-month adventure continues as we transition to Homer Alaska for a week of exploring the southern portion of the Kenai Peninsula. Wasila to Homer We will spend the next few weeks in an area of Alaska known as the Kenai Peninsula. This area is a large peninsula that juts out for 150 miles and is below Anchorage. The waters of Cook Inlet are to the west and the waters of Prince William Sound are to [...]
Our Alaska travels are going to shift gears with multiple long-term stays. Our first stay is in the city of Wasilla, a suburb of Anchorage about an hour to the north. It is the fourth largest city in Alaska with a population about 9000. Wasilla's claim to fame is that it is the home of Sarah Palin who served as the Mayor of Wasilla before becoming the Governor of Alaska and then chosen by John [...]
Our 6-month adventure continues as we leave northern Alaska and begin to meander south. Having just gotten back from our 3-day trip to the Arctic Ocean, we will be in Fairbanks for 2 more days. This is unusual for us in terms of how we normally plan trips. We hit several "re-plan portions of the trip" that aren't worth explaining - and that meant a 2 day hole to fill late in the plan. We're headed [...]
Overview This is part 7 of our 6-month journey to Alaska and back. This post covers the incredibly fun 500-mile trip up on the Dalton Highway to the Arctic Ocean from Fairbanks and back. Nancy and I don't typically do tours and much prefer to travel by arranging our own logistics. However, we made an exception here for a number of reasons. This can be a challenging road and has a reputation for giving you [...]
Overview Our 6-month adventure continues with our journey from Haines to Fairbanks Alaska. Finally, we are going to escape being in contact with the world of cruise ship travel on the coast, head into the Alaska interior and travel up to Fairbanks. Day 1 - Transitioning from Haines to Tok (day 37 of the overall trip) Haines to the Yukon Boarder Crossing It is tough to leave the rental house in this tranquil setting [...]
Overview Our 6-month adventure continues with our journey from Bellingham north to Juneau on the Alaska Ferry. Part 1 - The trip to Key West is located here. Part 2 - Cross Country to Bellingham Washington is located here. The third part of our trip involves finally arriving in Alaska and a few days of exploring Juneau. When we leave Bellingham, we travel northward for about 38 hours between Victoria Island and Canada before [...]
In our part one post we covered the first leg of our Key West to Deadhorse Adventure which took us from our home in Virginia down to Key West and Back. The second leg of this adventure covered in this post takes us from Virginia out to Bellingham Washington where we will catch the Alaska Ferry up to Alaska. Normally, we don't travel cross country at this pace, but the wedding described in first post [...]
We are finally off and running on our six month adventure that takes us from the southernmost tip of the continental US in Key West all the way to the Artic Ocean in Alaska. This post covers the first leg of the journey which takes us down to sunny Key West and back home - where we retrieved the Brown Beast for the remainder of the journey. It was packed for Alaska sitting in the [...]
