Alaskan Road Trip – Day 29

We leave the incredibly scenic and beautiful region of the Canadian Rockies and begin heading south, where we finish our final leg of this epic journey.  The one thing we will notice is that the environment will change rather quickly. The plan for today: Curbside…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 30

We enter Montana and will spend the rest of our return journey from Alaska driving through the States. Our plan for today: Gibson Park Montana Veterans Memorial Great Falls Dam View The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 31

Today is our 31st day of travelling.  It is hard to believe we have been gone for an entire month. Our journey home will include these stops: Lewis and Clark Caverns headwaters Heritage Museum Gallatin Art Crossing Sculpture Park and tour the town for more…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 32

Rattlesnakes are plentiful in the area we are going - I absolutely hate snakes! Today will also be our last camping location; I suspect we will miss this aspect of our trip the most. Today's itinerary: Devil's Canyon Overlook Two Eagles Interpretive Trail Ewing Snell…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 33

Today we will pack up our campsite for the last time on this trip.  From now on, we will be using motels.  We need to cover distance, and setting up camp every night takes time; time that we could be driving and looking at sites.…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 34

We are in some incredibly picturesque territory now.  Our trip homeward from Alaska has this really beautiful section that we will be exploring. Itinerary: Days of '76 Museum The Brothel Deadwood Adams Museum Adams House Sanford Lab Homestake Needles Eye Tunnel Doane Robinson Tunnel and…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 35

On this Friday, we are heading east to get home.  We need to be home in time but also want to see as much as we can. Our sites: Museum of Geology South Dakota Air and Space Museum 1880 Town Skeleton Man walking Skelton Dinosaur…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 36

After 36 days of travelling, we deserve some candy.  We will need it after today's big walk. The plan: Sioux Falls Sculpture Walk Old Courthouse Museum Pettigrew Home and Museum Cathedral of St. Joseph Queen Bee Mill Ruins Minnesota Welcome Centre Henderson Hummingbird Garden Minnesota's…

Alaskan Road Trip -Day 37

It is a day of looking at beautiful things while spending all this time with my beautiful wife.  Art, both by Man and by Nature is what we are seeking on this 37th day! Itinerary: Sculpture and Art Tour Dr. Evermor's Sculpture Park Olbrich Botanical…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 38

What do tanks, jail, and gardens all have in common? They are what we are seeing on this, the 38th day of our trip to Alaska and back: Anderson Japanese gardens Cantigny Park The Morton Arboretum Old Joliet Prison