We surprised ourselves by spending two weeks in Fairbanks. Two weeks! The town had all the major shopping outlets you could need (Costco, Walmart, Safeway, Fred Meyer). We picked up an Amazon order at the UPS store. And we got…
Navigating Wildfires
Checking on the status of wildfires around us has become commonplace on this summer adventure. One of the hot (pun intended) topics of discussion at the RV Rally was the status of the two wildfires happening between our rally location…
Rendezvous Under Denali
How do you summarize an amazing five days of camaraderie, excellent weather, and serendipitous surprises? It’s going to be tough to do in this blog post. If you recall, I mentioned the RVing to Alaska Facebook ground we belong to…
Palmer – Wasilla
Our time on the southern coastline of Alaska was done (for now). We set our sights north and headed to the Wasilla/Palmer area, about 40 miles north of Anchorage. We found ourselves another stellar Elks Lodge in the Palmer/Wasilla area.…
Bore Tide at Turnagain Arm
The time and date dependent destination I mentioned in the blog post about Whittier was Turnagain Arm. It was only a short distance away from Whittier. I feel obligated to insert a geography lesson at this point. My apologies, but…
Whittier
We had some time to kill before our next date-dependent destination, so we decided to spent a few hours in the town of Whittier, Alaska. I had heard of Whittier through various news stories and anecdotal accounts from others. What…