Category Archives: Travel

Days 34 (Aug 1) and 35 (Aug 2) were devoted to activities in and around Seward AK. Saturday was a free day as far as the caravan schedule was concerned. So…we ran down the road a bit and checked out … Continue reading →

Day 33 (Friday July 31) was devoted to an all day boat trip to view some of the Kenai Fjords National Park. We departed the RV park about 0900 for an 0930 underway time on the Coastal Explorer which is … Continue reading →

Today was Neil’s trip to Katmai National Park for bear watching…but more on that in a bit. First off…let’s talk about those Kilcher’s from the Alaska The Last Frontier reality show. Now if any of you have watched it…they sort … Continue reading →

  Got a couple good things to tell ya about today. First up is a couple of photos from the past couple days that Neil finally got off his phone for me…so I can now post them for ya. You’ll … Continue reading →

Caravan day 29 (Monday July 27) was devoted to the 230 mile transit from Anchorage AK to Homer AK. The transit was down the eastern edge of the Turnagain Arm which is part of the Cook Inlet (hey, I only … Continue reading →

Days 26 (Friday July 24), 27 (Saturday the 25th) and 28 (Sunday the 26th) were devoted to activities in and around Anchorage. Friday we took in BAT to get an oil, oil filter and fuel filter change. In addition we … Continue reading →

Days 24 and 25 (Wednesday and Thursday July 22/23) were pretty much devoted to transiting from Fairbanks down to Alaska with a stop overnight at Willow AK right near Talkeetna. Wednesday morning the weather was pretty clear albeit a bit … Continue reading →

Days 21 through 23 (Sunday July 19 to Tuesday July 21) were devoted to Denali National Park. Sunday we drove the 128 miles from Fairbanks to Denali Park AK which is just outside the entrance to the park. Denali National … Continue reading →

Day 19 (Friday July 17) was one of the days we were especially looking forward to…our visit to Gates of the Arctic National Park and Anaktuvuk Pass up at the north end of the Brooks Range of mountains here in … Continue reading →

Day 16 (Tuesday July 14) our scheduled activity for the day was a ride on the riverboat Discovery III…which Connie thought was cool and Neil thought was way, way over the top. It’s like Disneyworld of the North with the … Continue reading →