Alaskan Road Trip – Day 13

It is a light day for stops: a hike and the insatiable need to do laundry. Today's itinerary on our way to Alaska: Laundry Sign Post Forest Watson Lake Visitor Centre Faro Visitor Centre and a hike from there Lapie River Bridge Little Salmon Lake…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 14

We are firmly in Yukon on this day.  Our plan is to reach Dawson City, where we will enjoy a couple of days of exploring this historic city.  Not too many stops, but tomorrow, the fun begins. The plans: Tage Cho Hudan Interpretive Centre The…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 15

Today we will strike it rich!  Our trip to Alaska will pay for itself. Our visit to Dawson City will go as such: Dawson City Information Centre Walking tour of Dawson City Dredge No. 4 Tour Discovery Claim Self-Guiding Tour Panning for gold Cemetery visits…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 16

Sixteen days of travel and exploration, and we will finally step foot in Alaska.  It has already been a long journey, but we have barely begun. The itinerary for today: Explore the very remote, and very much abandoned ghost town of Forty Mile Heritage Village…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 17

Our first full day in the great state of Alaska.  It is a big one, but not as big as tomorrow! What we are doing today: Cobb Lake Scenic Viewpoint Copper River and Wrangell Mountain Range Scenic Viewpoint Matanuska Glacier viewpoint Matanuska Glacier Tour!!!!!!!!!!!! Lake…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 18

Today is why we choose to drive to Alaska.  We will be exploring the shore of this state on a boat cruise.  It is the BIG DAY! Kenai Fjords Tour Mural tour of Seward Lowell Creek Waterfall - at this point, we are the farthest…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 19

Our plan was to take a boat cruise in Alaska, a dream of my wife's.  That done, we simply do not have the time to explore this region any longer and need to get home.  Today, we start heading back. Itinerary:

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 20

We leave the Alaskan State and are back in Yukon today.  Today, we will camp at a site where we need to ensure we are surrounded by electric fences. Our sites: Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Centre Canada/USA International Border Marker Beaver Creek Visitor Information…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 21

Assuming we survived the night and were not eaten by bears, we plan to continue in Yukon and to see these sites: Thechal Dhal Visitor Centre Spruce Beetle Trail Kluane National Park and Reserve Visitor Centre St Elais Convention Centre Rock Glacier Trailhead Million Dollar…

Alaskan Road Trip – Day 22

It is Saturday, July 22, and we will be resting our weary heads in Whitehorse.  But not before we do a bunch of sites and explorations! Places we will see: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre Yukon Transportation Museum Mural tour of Whitehorse Whitehorse Rapids Miles Canyon…