After our epic time in Homer, we wanted to try one more place on the Kenai Peninsula, the town of Kenai which is on the Cook Inlet. It was a short 82 mile drive northward. There was an Elks Lodge…
Homer
We made our way from Seward back to Anchorage to drop Janelle off at the airport for her return to the East Coast. Since we were back in a major city, we spent a couple of days refreshing our tanks…
Seward & Kenai Fjords National Park
After departing Denali National Park, our second big destination for Janelle’s visit was Kenai Fjords National Park. Janelle is our resident coastal ecologist. When I mentioned Kenai Fjords as a possible destination, her enthusiasm was immediate! So we set off…
Denali National Park
Big destination #1 for Janelle’s visit, was Denali National Park. We headed here from Talkeetna to take advantage of the camping reservations I had made back in December. This is the ONLY reservation we had made in advance. We arrived…
Fetching Janelle
The time had come to head to Anchorage to pick up Janelle, our youngest daughter. She has always wanted to see Alaska, and Mom and Dad being there (in an RV with an available over-the-cab-bed) was too much for her…
Copper Country
It’s time to explore Alaska! Let’s go. We had no specific plans and no reservations. It’s still early in the season so it turns out you really don’t need reservations right now. We pulled out the map and decided to…
Adventures along the Alaska Highway
The last post discussed the realities of driving the Alaska Highway. Let’s now show you some of the fun we had along the way! Admittedly, we came through this section of the world faster than we would have liked. But…