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Alaska Beach Life in Kasilof & Homer
We had a lofty goal to drive 520 miles from Valdez to Homer, on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, in a weekend. Saturday was particularly long with a couple of planned stops, but there was no shortage of awesome views. This is the Matanuska Glacier from a pullout. We stopped for lunch in Palmer because they were having their Colony Days Festival. We learned that the difference between a reindeer and a caribou is whether or not a leash is involved. We had a reindeer hotdog, but I thought it would be strange to put a photo of it next to the reindeer, so here’s a picture of…
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Beautiful Valdez, AK
We had read/heard from many other RVers that the town of Valdez is a favorite. We can’t say that yet since it was only our second stop, but I do think it will be hard to beat. It’s one of the prettiest places we’ve been. First, the drive into Valdez is spectacular! You go over Thompson Pass, one of the snowiest places in Alaska, which averages 700 inches per year. Valdez is the snowiest city and gets 300 inches per year. After the pass, you drive through Keystone Canyon along a river and roadside waterfalls. The town is on the Prince William Sound and there are 360-degree views of the…
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Glacier Hiking At Wrangell-St.Elias National Park
One of the things that Michael wanted to do most in Alaska was to walk on a glacier and I think that the Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park might be the only place to do that without a tour. WSE is the largest National Park in the US, the size of 6 Yellowstones, and has 9 of the 16 highest peaks in North America. It’s the most remote place that we’ll be visiting in Alaska and getting there was part of the fun! First, we drove to the town of Chitina, a few hours from anywhere you’ve ever heard of. Then we traveled one of the most infamous…
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Alaska Bound: British Columbia & Yukon
We crossed into British Columbia on the 2nd weekend of May. BC has chain laws from Oct 1 – April 30, so we started our trip north through Canada as early as we could. There are plenty of worthy stops and side trips along the way, but because we wanted to maximize our time in Alaska, we spent most of our weekends behind the wheel. The first day of our drive took us through the Fraser and Thompson River Canyons. We stopped at the Dugan Lake Recreation site for the night. Then continued driving through small First Nation and logging towns of central BC to our first workweek destination of…
