Dec 12
The biggest savings on my 8 week trip from Seattle to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean came from camping, or more specifically free camping in Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia. I only spent $150 in camping fees in 8 weeks, with half of this spent camping at festivals. These are some of my top tips …
Oct 10
The Denali Highway should not be confused with Denali National Park. The Denali Highway does not run directly through Denali National Park, nor directly to the entrance of the park, but on a clear day you can get incredible views of the Denali Mountain (aka Mt. McKinley), the highest mountain in North America from the …
Aug 18
When I was in Hyder, Alaska on the far southeast panhandle, I met some really nice people at the top of Salmon Glacier. I shared some tips on Driving the Cassiar Highway route south and they shared some great tips on visiting Alaska. One tip they said was to make sure I camped at Deadman …
Aug 09
The thing about traveling to Alaska is that many of the interesting things to do and see along the way are down dead end roads. I had read about Atlin in the tourist literature available at nearby tourist centers and the Milepost guidebook and it sounded like it was interesting, but decided to go there …
Jul 17
Badlands National Park is such a wonderful spot in South Dakota. Did you know there is now free Badlands National Park Camping? Here’s the best time to visit Badlands National Park and the story of my night at the free campground along with pictures to inspire your trip to the Badlands. This post contains affiliate …
Mar 21
It took a couple hours of driving to the Azerbaijan/Georgia border. The Azeri official recognized the Odyssey Overland group since another group had just passed this border a couple weeks ago. He asked if the group was going to Armenia. Azerbaijan and Armenia hasn’t been on good terms since 1919 and there are some disputed …
Mar 18
Mon, Sept 30, 2013 We had a 9:00 departure from Lhasa. It took nearly an hour to get out of the sprawling city and then we entered the Tibetan plateau. It had rained pretty hard in the city overnight and that meant there was fresh snow on many of the peaks of the plateau…absolutely gorgeous. …
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