Monday, August 8, 2022 we were on a mission. One of the highlights of visiting Glacier National Park is to drive on the Going-to-the-Sun Road. I had done so when I visited here several years ago while working in Montana and I really wanted Cindy to experience that drive as well. There is ONE big …
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When we arrived at Under Eight Flags Campground the previous day, the campground manager gave us some information on a nearby grocery store and Truck/RV Wash (both Nomad and Voyager were filthy from our drives through Canada and Alaska). She also told us about the Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park and their hoodoos (a tall, thin spire …
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Friday, July 15, 2022 we arose early, tore down our set-up and drove 253 miles from beautiful Valdez, Alaska to…well whatever Tok (pronounced “Toke”), Alaska might be described as. Most notably, Tok is the first larger town you come to after crossing the border into Alaska and the last one as you leave Alaska to …
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 was mostly a down day for us. We made a trial run into Valdez to see where the cruise would leave from and where we could park. We then just drove around the small coastal town to see what it looked like. Oh, and we found a laundromat so we could …
Monday, July 11, 2022, we left Palmer, Alaska to drive 257 miles over to Valdez, Alaska. This drive was supposed to take about 4 1/2 hours but between the drive through the mountains being a “slow go”, the weather (cold, rainy and foggy in many places) and the construction along the way it ended up …
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On Thursday, July 7, 2022 Cindy and I drove down to the Kenai Fjords National Park to go on a 10am ranger-led 3-mile round trip hike to the Exit Glacier. The glacier is derived from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska. Back in the spring of 1968 a mountaineering party was the …
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Friday, July 1, 2022 was our last day in Denali National Forest. Even though we had taken the guided tour bus trip when we first arrived, we decided that before we left we wanted to drive some of it ourselves. We left the campsite around 6:30am to drive 13 miles into Denali (the maximum distance …
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Thursday morning, June 30, 2022, we arose early (for us, lol), had a large, nutritious breakfast (thanks Cindy!) and headed out to the Denali Visitor Center to go on a three-mile long Ranger-led hike in the park. One of the things we really enjoy about visiting our national parks is taking part in hikes and …
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022 after Cindy was finally able to book us new reservations at a new site thanks to the City of Anchorage cancelling our stay with almost no notice, we decided we would do a 2 1/2 mile hike around Horseshoe Lake in Denali National Park, not far from our campsite at Riley …
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Sunday, June 26, 2022 was a day of mostly rest for us after the long Saturday on the Denali Wilderness Tundra Tour, even if it was by bus, lol. We did a small amount of walking/hiking around the Riley Greek Campground where we were staying, but not much. Monday, June 27, 2022 was our morning …
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