Alaskan Brown Bears (Grizzly Bears) are the attraction at Katmai National Park. Brooks Falls is the number one place in the world to see them. Wild bears gather at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, to feast on salmon. When the bears are at Brooks Falls, they are focused on one thing (food). Actually, bears …
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Halibut Cove is one of a kind. In all our travels we have not ever been to any place like this. Our visit was wonderful. At Halibut Cove there are no cars or roads. Halibut Cove is located 12 miles south of Homer on the south side of Kachemak Bay. Halibut Cove is located between …
Homer is the furthest southwest point in Alaska that we can go in our RV without getting a very expensive ferry involved. The Homer Spit is south of Homer. There are roads in Alaska, south of Homer but, these roads are not connected to the road system on the Alaskan mainland. In some cases, they …
Alaska’s playground is the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Peninsula is the place Alaskans go to play. It is a very popular place, especially among Alaskans. In our travels from state to state, we often see RVers who are visiting different states. In Alaska, most of the RVs we see are from Alaska. My estimate is …
It is beautiful in Whittier (Alaska). I was going to say prettier in Whittier to make it rhyme but resisted the temptation. It is not always beautiful in Whittier, you have to time your visit. First, you need to visit in the summer, and you have to visit on a good day in the summer, …
Russia sold Alaska to the United States for one simple reason. Russia sold Alaska because Russia needed cash and the United States had cash. Although Canada would seem to be the logical choice, for Russia, selling Alaska to Canada wasn’t an option. Russia didn’t want to sell Alaska to Canada. Canada was part of the …
There are many large, dangerous animals in Alaska. We have seen large dangerous animals frequently on our route here in Alaska. In Denali National Park, we really started seeing how wild Alaska can be. At Denali, we saw numerous Grizzly Bears. Sometimes they were really close to us. Three of the following pictures of mom …
Denali is huge, more than 20,000 feet tall, and most visitors to Denali National Park never see it. Did we see it? How can you be sure to see it during your visit? No reason to be coy, you already know that we saw Denali during our visit based on the above picture. The big …
We didn’t see any sunsets in Fairbanks. Actually, we haven’t seen a sunset since we were in Canada. The sun did set when we were in Fairbanks but, we didn’t see any sunsets in Fairbanks. We didn’t stay up late enough to see any sunsets. If you stay awake until the wee hours of the …
What are the Amazing State Park Passes that we love to use? How did we get them? What is the cost and what are the benefits? Which ones are the best? This post is updated from the previous July 2020 post. South Dakota I also qualify for different state programs. South Dakota has discounts at …
Where is the end of the Alaska Highway? I guess it depends on who you ask. The southern end of the Alaska Highway is in Dawson Creek. The northern end of the Alaska Highway isn’t so easy to define. One thing is sure, the border from Canada into Alaska is not the end of the …
On our Alaska trip, we crossed the Yukon on the Alaska Highway. It has been a wonderful drive on a horrible road. This road has always been horrible. Much of it is a nonstop pothole. This section of the Alaska Highway crossing the Yukon was the hardest to build and the hardest to maintain. Every …
After three hundred miles we are still on the Alaska Highway heading west from Fort Nelson and climbing into the Northern Rockies on the Alaska Highway. The road is getting steep and there are more scenic views of mountain tops covered with snow fields. Wild animals along the road are more numerous and bigger. Views …
After crossing Alberta and northern British Columbia we are now going north on the Alaska Highway heading to Fairbanks. So far the road is great. The Alaska Highway starts in Dawson Creek and connects Canada to Alaska. Before the Alaska Highway, the only way to get to Alaska was by plane or boat. The acronym …
