Yesterday we flew from Anchorage across Cook’s Inlet to Port Alsworth, which is within the Lake Clark National Park. It was a gorgeous day and we FINALLY got to see Denali from the plane! Yesterday’s snowstorm left a glistening layer… Read More »A Visit To One Man’s Wilderness
Following our funky stop in Chicken, AK, we proceeded to North Pole, AK – “where the spirit of Christmas lives year round.” We chose not to get hooked on the kitsch, but rather focused on the more esoteric businesses. The… Read More »Snow In August
Top of the World Highway and Chicken, AK – July 27 to July 30 The trip from Dawson City, YT to Chicken, AK includes a 108 mile stretch of highway – known as the Top of the World Highway –… Read More »Funky Chicken
You ask, we deliver! Several of you have asked us to provide a visual of our trip route. I finally figured out how to use MapQuest to accomplish this, however it only allows 26 entries – A through Z (although… Read More »Where in the World are Mary and Vernon?
Many of you may be wondering why in the world we decided to make a nearly 5,000 mile overland trip with a group of people that we had never met before we took off on this trip. Good question! In… Read More »Caravan (Group) Travel 101 / Advantages and Disadvantages
Yukon Territory – Larger than Life We entered Yukon Territory at Watson Lake, home of the Sign Post Forest. There wasn’t a lot going on, but we learned all about the Aurora Borealis and visited the Sign Post Forest where… Read More »Last Stop In Canada
Northern Rockies -July 14-20 Our time in northern British Columbia prepared us for some of the exciting things to come – abundant wildlife (moose, caribou, bison, sheep and bear) raw natural beauty and wonderful people we met along the way.… Read More »Nature And Wildlife
Edmonton, AB – July 9-10 We bade farewell to our new friends, Ted and Dona Dumont, and headed for Edmonton, Alberta. It was a long drive through beautiful, bright yellow canola fields. We met up with more fellow Airstreamers, Darlene… Read More »First Moose, No Life
Saskatoon (Joni Mitchell’s hometown) July 7-8 We had an easy drive from Regina to Saskatoon where we were met by more fellow Airstreamers Dona and Ted Dumont. They did not only meet us and lead us to our campground, but… Read More »The Ring Dance
Winnipeg July 3-5 After we squared away the nail in our tire in Winnipeg, we went to the Canada Museum for Human Rights, which was an incredible experience. In addition to the beautiful building in which the museum is housed,… Read More »Brutal Lessons