Category: Alaska

All that needs to be said about this video that was posted on YouTube in late June is that it was shot in an Anchorage backyard. If this doesn’t bring a smile to your face and warm your heart a little, you must be having a really bad day....

Denali National Park is currently testing a hybrid bus that could replace the park’s fleet of 110 diesel-fueled buses. The 230-horsepower hybrid bus, painted white and sporting scenic views of Denali on its sides, went into service in the park last week. The hybrid buses run cleaner than the...

As much as I love traveling, I love getting home too (though I could easily have delayed the arrival home from New Zealand for another month or so 🙂 ). The trip from Anchorage to Whitehorse yesterday was fairly complex, and not an itinerary you’ll find on any travel-agent...

I asked for grizzlies for our tour into Denali National Park today, and did Mother Nature ever deliver! I lost count, but our driver/guide said that she thought we saw 9 – the sleepy guy yawning below being the best. We not only got great grizzlies, though, we also...

There’s been lots of variety the past couple of days, touring Fairbanks and then making our way to Denali National Park by train.We began the tour of Fairbanks with a stop at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Museum of the North, a look at the Trans Alaska Pipeline...

Diamond Tooth Gertie’s in Dawson City was fun as always, even though almost everyone left after the first show. Maybe they just figured that after watching Barry performing on stage, everything else would be a let-down! 🙂 Yesterday morning, we began our adventure across the Top of the World...

Airlines, along with banks and government, are favorite targets for people in general to vent about. In the Yukon and Alaska, however, we have airlines that people brag about, despite the fact that the airlines have, at times, some of the toughest weather conditions on earth to deal with....

The Anchorage city police have had enough of people being bad neighbours, and have started billing them for their ignorance. Some problem homes in Anchorage are getting 90 or more calls by police a year, according to Anchorage police Sgt. Denny Allen. After the 8th callout in a year,...

Getting off the usual tourist route seems to be less common each year, so I really enjoying hearing from people who are doing it. In the last couple of days, I received 2 emails that point to images I’d like you to see. First, “SueT”, a frequent poster on...