The Legend of the Fireweed In speaking with a school teacher (at my Paint-a-Scarf class), she told me that Alaskans watch the Fireweed like a hawk. Apparently, it is a great predictor of winter's arrival. She told me that once...Read More

I DO love my flower pics... Anyone who knows me, knows that I love taking pictures of flowers. The flowers of Alaska are absolutely gorgeous! And I really didn't care if they were native wildflowers or planted in a garden....Read More

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Well, bears anyway. And lots and lots of other animals. Full disclosure: I did not take most of these pictures. Everyone on the tour shared their photos with the tour wagon master and...Read More

If you are ever in Stewart, BC... If you have a couple of hours and if you have your passport, head west to Hyder, Alaska. Up the road (about 23 miles), back to British Columbia... at the end of the...Read More

Salmon and glaciers and bears, oh my! There were a few folks on the trip who were grumbling about stopping in Stewart. It is a small detour off the road home, and we are all anxious for the trip to...Read More

On the home stretch... We are definitely on the downhill side of the trip. We stayed one night each in Teslin, Nugget City and Dease Lake. Basically just stopping points to rest and refuel for the final push home. I...Read More

Its definitely a sailor's town! Every day we were in Skagway, there were at least two cruise ships in port. Disney, Princess, NCL, even some cruise line called Silver Seas. Never heard of that one before. And people, there were...Read More

Throwaway Days If there is such a thing in Alaska. Its just that everything is SO FAR AWAY. And we may not be on the most efficient paths. The caravan is arranged to maximize the experience and to see as...Read More

Sightseeing Cruise = Cold, Wet, Rainy And stormy, don't forget stormy. Stormy enough to have to cut the cruise short and go to Columbia glacier instead. We really didn't get to see the glacier, it was very foggy. It was...Read More

Glaciers, mountains and lakes, oh my! Warning! A lot of pictures! And these were just the glaciers we could see from the road! Lakes! Mountains! And don't forget the waterfalls! And the salmon were running! I think these are pinks!...Read More

A visit to the Anchorage suburbs... In our one day in Palmer, we (OK, Larry) wanted to go to the Musk Ox farm. I should know better, we had a good time. Musk Ox are basically ugly cows. But they...Read More

Home to Musk Ox, Hatcher Pass and the Urgent Care It was a really short trip from Kenai to Palmer. It felt like we were going backward, because we retraced some of our steps, Palmer being a suburb of Anchorage....Read More

What Can I Say About Kenai? Hmmm, we didn't do a lot in Kenai. There are two towns nearby, Kenai and Saldotna. We visited the Elks Lodge, went out to dinner, Walmart and such. I found a great quilt shop...Read More

This is going to be a long post! OK, just a lot of pictures, but still! I can't tell you that we did anything special in Homer. Visited a winery, did some touristy things. Drove around A LOT! Homer's claim...Read More

Some of the best (read easiest) access to a real, life glacier! Fantasy RV Tours arranged for all who wanted, to take a hike with a real, life ranger to get up close and personal with Exit Glacier. You can't...Read More

A three hour tour... actually it was eight hours, and totally worth it! And just what is a fjord? I have heard the term used about Scandinavia, but never about anything in North America... so I looked it up. From...Read More

Three days, four nights... Seward was our first peek at coastal Alaska. The eagles are more plentiful. The scenery is changing. Its getting more, well, coastal. A lot of it reminds me of the Mendocino / Ft. Bragg area of...Read More

Thank you, Google? You know when you take pictures with your Android phone and Google thinks it knows better? This thing called the Google Assistant that lives in Photos? It takes your photos and tries to make them better? Well,...Read More

 This is #5 of things to do in Anchorage, according to TripAdvisor. This was so fun! The artist and her husband host these classes in their cabin in Anchorage. Beautiful property, by the way. First, there is a video and...Read More

We are at the halfway point of our tour! More  beautiful scenery on the way to Anchorage. And more great memories. Anchorage is where we stayed our last night in Alaska before we got on the ship for our anniversary...Read More

Dinner and a show, in Denali! From the web site: Join our heroine Fannie Quigley and an unforgettable cast of characters in this true-to-life Gold Rush tale of adventure in early 1900s Alaska. It's a great mix of colorful storytelling,...Read More

Found on an incredibly winding road, up to a restaurant and inn. I totally believe the one with the mosquito!                       

Eight hours on a bus... But it was worth it. I'm not sure Larry agrees with me. They told us it was a refurbished prison bus. Larry wasn't built to sit on a crowded bus for any length of time....Read More

Just WOW! Two days, three nights in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Denali (f.k.a. Mt. McKinley) is the highest point in North America. So high it makes its own weather. We have been to Denali before, on...Read More

Gold Dredge #8, Fairbanks, Alaska This tour was a lot of fun and very informative. The Alaska pipeline runs through the edge of the property, so its a good opportunity to share some information about that too! The technology is...Read More