Seward, Alaska
July 22-25, 2018 It was a beautiful day to drive to Seward from Homer. The air distance is only 68 miles, but the driving distance is 170 miles of fjords, bays, and mountains. Seward is 127 miles south of Anchorage Read more…
Homer, Alaska
July 18-21, 2018 The drive from Kenai to Homer along the western shore of the Kenai Peninsula was spectacular. Homer is located on the southwestern Kenai Peninsula on the north shore of Kachemak Bay, 226 miles south of Anchorage. It Read more…
Kenai, Alaska
July 17, 2018 The Seward Highway links Anchorage with Kenai via the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet with the base of the Chugach Mountains to the north and the Kenai Mountains to the south. The Kenai Peninsula features beautiful Read more…
Anchorage, Alaska
July 12-16, 2018 Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city and is located on the state’s south-central gulf coast. It sits at the head of the Cook Inlet on a peninsula between the Turnagain Arm and Knik Arm, with the rugged Chugach Read more…
Denali National Park and Preserve
July 7-11, 2018 We knew that the mountain Denali was sometimes visible from the road from Fairbanks so we kept our eyes open and the camera ready during the 123-mile drive. We got lots of pictures of bugs on the Read more…
Fairbanks, Alaska
July 3-6, 2018 Alaska Highway, Milepost 1523 The Alaska Highway from Tok to Fairbanks was not only scenic, it was informative as well. We stopped at a scenic viewpoint to take pictures of the Alaska Range and found panels on Read more…
Top of the World and Taylor Highways
July 2, 2018 The Top of the World and Taylor Highways connect Dawson City, Yukon with Delta Junction, Alaska, the historic end of the Alaska Highway. They make up the Klondike Loop. The route saves the traveler from backtracking Read more…
Dawson City, Yukon Territory
June 29-July 1, 2018 Klondike Highway, 323 Miles To get to Dawson City, 330 miles north of Whitehorse, we left the Alaska Highway temporarily and began the Klondike Loop. We soon came to an overlook for the Five Finger Rapids Read more…
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
June 25-28, 2018 Alaska Highway, Milepost 918 This travel day was a pretty one as these three photos show. The city of Whitehorse is on the upper reaches of the Yukon River and is the capital of the Yukon Territory. Read more…
Watson Lake, Yukon Territory
June 24, 2016 Alaska Highway, Milepost 635 Watson Lake is a small community of 1,563 just north of the British Columbia-Yukon border. It calls itself the “Gateway to the Yukon”. Watson Lake is a communication and distribution center for the Read more…