Anchorage-Skagway-Whitehorse – back home
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...
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On the road – Seward
Today was the day that my folks boarded the Celebrity Millennium for their cruise to Vancouver. It rained, of course, but the drive down the Seward Highway, with a stop at Portage Glacier, was beautiful anyway. Back in Anchorage, I had a very nice evening with Doc & Monika...
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On the road – Anchorage
Rain, rain, go away – I don’t think I’ve seen it rain this much since I left Vancouver 20 years ago. Yesterday we came down from Denali to Anchorage – luckily the rain stopped for a bit while we were at the Iditarod headquarters at Wasilla so the puppies...
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On the road – grizzlies & The Great One!
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...
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On the road – at Denali National Park
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...
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On the road – Top of the World to Fairbanks
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...
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On the road – Dawson City, Yukon
Here it is near the end of Day 3 of the trip already. We’re not off to a great start but things seem to be improving. The first day in Whitehorse was so cold that we cut the city tour short because many people had just had enough of...
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Off the deck, on the bus!
Just a quick note before I head to the airport to meet the New Zealand group that I’ll be guiding around the Yukon and Alaska for the next 11 days. This photo shows the deck I’m currently building – I’d hoped to get it finished yesterday, but missed by...
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The trip to Telegraph Creek, BC
Time does fly this time of year! It’s way over a week since I said I’d tell you more about my trip in to Telegraph Creek, BC, and the Glenora Guest Ranch. A few weeks ago, Ben Smith emailed from the UK, looking to set up some interesting things...
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Yukon & Alaska airlines
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....
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