The Alaska Ferry Inner Passage to Haines and Skagway- Our 6-month Alaska Road Trip Part 4

Overview Our 6-month adventure continues with our journey from Juneau to Haines and Skagway, the end of our time in the area known as the inside passage of Alaska. This post covers the Alaska Ferry trip from Juneau to Haines, the ferry to/from Skagway and time spent in both communities. DAY 1 - Transitioning from Juneau to Skagway (day 33 of the overall trip) Ferry From Juneau Alaska to Haines Alaska We need to be [...]

By |2022-06-26T16:30:58-05:00June 21, 2022|Alaska, USA Travel|0 Comments
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The Alaska Ferry Inner Passage to Juneau – Our 6-month Alaska Road Trip Part 3

  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 [...]

By |2023-08-03T15:17:19-05:00June 14, 2022|Alaska, USA Travel|10 Comments
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Our 6 Month Key West to Deadhorse Alaska Road Trip Part 2

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 [...]

By |2023-08-03T15:11:57-05:00June 3, 2022|Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, MIssouri, Montana, North Dakota, Road Trips, USA Travel, Washington|0 Comments
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Our 6 Month Key West to Deadhorse Alaska Road Trip Part 1

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 [...]

By |2022-07-19T13:49:02-05:00May 25, 2022|Florida, South Carolina, USA Travel|3 Comments
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A Whirlwind 18 Day Wisconsin Road Trip

Overview Prep work and planning for our upcoming Alaska Adventure is finally done and we now have time to start blogging again on some of our past adventures. This Wisconsin trip we did a few years ago is one of our all-time favorites. We did such a variety of activities and we came away feeling we only touched the surface and will need to go back and fill in some of the gaps in the [...]

By |2023-05-26T09:54:58-05:00April 7, 2022|Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Road Trips, USA Travel, Wisconsin|0 Comments
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Our Upcoming 6 Month Key West to Alaska Road Trip

Background We have always dreamed of an Alaska road trip but given its distance from our home and the geographic size of this destination, we intentionally left this off the plate until we had time to do it right. So now that we're both retired and have more flexibility, it was time and as a result, we have put a travel framework in place where we will leave in the spring and return home just [...]

By |2023-05-25T07:49:21-05:00February 9, 2022|Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, MIssouri, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Road Trips, South Carolina, South Dakota, USA Travel, Utah, Washington|22 Comments
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A Whirlwind 2 week Oregon Road Trip Adventure Part 2

Overview of the Oregon Road Trip Part Two This is part two of our 3,248-mile 13-day road trip we did in Oregon in 2013 that covers a great deal of the state and really gave us a flavor for its diversity of geography and culture the state has to offer.  This post picks up in Burns Oregon and continues all the back to Portland. Part one can be found here. Oregon Road Trip Overview [...]

By |2023-12-19T08:26:48-05:00January 1, 2022|Oregon, Road Trips, USA Travel|1 Comment
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A Whirlwind 2 Week Oregon Road Trip Adventure Part 1

Overview of the Oregon Road Trip Part One. There have been times when we only had 2-3 weeks to travel. My Wife Nancy and I like to pick a state / area of North America and do what we jokingly call a "reconnaissance" trip where we spend our time moving rapidly from area to area. This gives us a good feel for what we might want to do when we come back and revisit an [...]

By |2023-12-19T08:28:29-05:00January 1, 2022|Oregon, Road Trips, USA Travel|0 Comments
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Stops 23&24 – Gatlinburg, TN & Roanoke VA (The 2021 10 Week Road Trip)

This is STOPS 23 and 24, the final 6 days  of our ten week cross country fall adventure in 2021!  Here is a link to our previous stop in Fairhope AL & Gadsden AL. The Drive from Gadsden, AL to Gatlinburg, TN It is hard to believe that our 10 weeks of travel are almost over and we are heading to our final portion of this trip.  We are very excited we will be 4 [...]

By |2021-12-08T15:24:20-05:00December 7, 2021|Tennessee, USA Travel|0 Comments
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Stops 21 & 22 – Fairhope, AL & Gadsden, AL (The 2021 10 Week Road Trip)

This is STOP 21 and 22, the 62nd, 63rd and 64th days of our ten week cross country fall adventure in 2021!  Here is a link to our previous stop in Natchez, MS. The Drive from Natchez, MS to Fairhope, AL As we leave town to begin today's drive, we stop to buy gas, however, Harrison's card is declined.  Since this card is with the same bank dealing with Nancy's compromised card and 72 hours have [...]

By |2021-12-08T15:22:07-05:00November 30, 2021|Alabama, USA Travel|2 Comments
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