Dec 20
It was mid-August and I was starting to drive home to Seattle after my long journey up the Dempster Highway, I wasn’t looking forward to 30+ hours of driving to get home. I stopped into the main Yukon visitor center in Whitehorse to pick up material for my drive south along the Alaska Highway. I …
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 …
Dec 03
I was returning to the lower 48 states after my road trip to Alaska, coming south on the Alaska Highway. If you know anything about driving in Alaska and Yukon, other than in the Kenai Peninsula and around Anchorage, the traffic is light. But coming south to Dawson Creek, BC was quite a shock. All …
Nov 11
The Taylor Highway and the Top of the World Highway stretches 171 miles from Tetlin Junction, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon. The highway is paved in Alaska, but the driving the Top of the World Highway (Yukon portion) is gravel. This highway is great for views and unique experiences in Chicken and Dawson City – …
Oct 31
These are my favorite photos of Alaska Fireweed, taken on my trip to Alaska in summer of 2019 The best time to see Fireweed blooming is in July. By early August, most of the Fireweed was bloomed all the way to the top and some were starting to seed. Leaves of the Fireweed also turn …
Oct 31
The Alaska Highway, aka the Alcan Highway, was built during WWII to connect the 48 states to Alaska, which wasn’t yet a state. It was over 1,700 miles when completed, but now it is closer to 1,400 miles due to rerouting. The miles of the Alaska Highway stretch between British Columbia, Yukon, back into BC, …
Oct 13
I traveled on the Dempster Highway from August 10 to August 15, 2019. This is my Dempster Highway blog. Click this other post for things to see and tips on Driving the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk. Saturday I arrived into Dawson City in the afternoon, after a rough start in Chicken, AK (too many PBRs) …
Oct 13
Driving the Dempster Highway is one of the great North American adventures as you drive all the way to the Arctic Ocean, in the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk (lovingly referred to as “Tuk”, pronounced “tuck”). I was driving the Dempster Highway from August 10-15, 2019. I had originally planned to visit around July 18 to attend …
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 …
Sep 29
Whittier, Alaska is a strange place. With history as a portage for native people and fur traders, the village started as a military base in world war 2 and is only reachable by boat or car/train via a tunnel. I wasn’t originally planning on visiting Whittier as it involved yet another dead-end drive , it …
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