Adventures including visit(s) to National Park Site(s)
Again, finally, after almost 11 years We’ve been wanting to return to Medora, ND, since we first visited in October 2014. Then we had a day and a half to visit the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt NP. Most of Medora was “closed”. Seriously. Just the Rough Rider Hotel, one Read more
Arriving via two 45-minute Alaska Seaplanes flights Our flights from Sitka to Juneau and on to Skagway (in a Cessna Caravan 208) felt like a sightseeing trip, flying mostly over the mountains on a beautiful day. Gail even sat in the co-pilot seat, for the 1st leg. On the second Read more
Beginning of our last week in Alaska, on-our-own Gail woke up about 2:30 am and looked out the window, expecting it to be “just dark” as on previous nights. NO! All kinds of lights on the shore. So she opened the door to get a better picture, and scared the Read more
On the Admiralty Dream We arrived in Juneau and got to our hotel after 10:00 pm on Friday. Thankfully the Welcome Breakfast on Saturuday (for the next phase of our John Hall’s Alaska Tour) was late enough, we could get a decent nights sleep. Juneau Saturday After breakfast, we had Read more
Wrapping up our Alaska Land Tour Over the last 3 days we drove back through Anchorage to Seward (with stops), took an 8.5-hour Cruise in Kenai Fjords National Park, drove back to Anchorage (with stops), said Goodbye to 9 of 25 of our group, and flew to Juneau with the Read more
And, no, we did not see The Mountain Apparently, only ~30% of visitors to Denali National Park actually see The Mountain. We were not among them. On top of that, Mark got a bad, bad cold (flu?) and went to bed Sunday before dinner and spent Monday mostly sleeping. Anyway… Read more
And a Polar Bear Plunge But first, Friday getting from Kennecott to Fairbanks We left Kennicott early Friday, for our flight back over the Wrangell Mountains…a little cloudier than Wednesday, but still gorgeous. After a visit to the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Visitor Center in Copper Center, a little hike, Read more
The journey and the destination Wednesday we took off about 8:45 and headed up the Glen Highway to Glennallen in the Motorcoach. Nice! It even has a coffee station! First stop was sundries shopping at Fred Myer in Palmer (hilarious). ~90 minutes later we took a break at the Matanuska Read more
And what a way to kick it off! After meeting our fellow travelers and tour guides at a Meet & Greet Dinner at Hotel Captain Cook (with views of the Cook Inlet and Chugach Mountains, ditto for our room), we shuffled off to prepare for an early start the next Read more
And…a Check Engine Light! Camped just 2 nights in Bakersfield before driving north on 99 to Visalia, where we spent 8 nights. That is 3 more days than originally planned, due to that Check Engine Light on Friday afternoon. At least it didn’t happen on a long drive, or towing, Read more