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Tod day I left McCarthy I headed back up into Canada to make my way back to Haines Alaska so I could catch the ferry down to Juneau. I...

This park sits at the southeast corner of the Alaska "mainland" up against the Canadian border. It is home to rugged snow capped peaks...

Today was a six hour boat tour through Kenai Fjords National Park which was created in the early '80s. It is home to the largest...

After getting turned around yesterday midflight due to zero visibility, Sunday we made it into both parks and they definitely did NOT...

My flight today into Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks unfortunately had to abort about half way across the open ocean due to zero...

The two northernmost parks in Alaska, Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley, are only accessible by bush plane. First it requires getting...

The drive from Anchorage heading south along the Cook Inlet is absolutely stunning, especially so on a summer evening. The first little...

With a couple days in the Anchaorage area before heading up to the Village of Kotzebue for a flight into Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk...

Things are just bigger up here, take moose poop for example.... And bug spray! Every single parking space at the university in Fairbanks...

Denali National Park is over 6,000,000 acres ( it's larger than several states including New Hampshire, Massachusttes, New Jersey, etc.)...

The second day got me up to Prudhoe Bay and along the way I got to see some of the iconic Alaska wildlife... The first caribou of the...

The second part of this adventure was to make it all the way up to the Arctic Ocean at Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay. 500 miles one way along...

After a day off in Fairbanks I headed up th Chena River northeast of Fairbanks, which was absoluutley stunning, to camp the night before...

After camping in a beautiful roadside pull off for the night I got up the next morning and headed for the border crossing up into Alaska....

Day 5 was a continuim along the Alcan through Haines Junction and on up closer to the Alaska border. The road from Haines Junction was...

On of the main attractions along the Alcan is the world famous Signpost Forest in Watson Lake. I had no idea it would be so big, it...

This section took me up to Dawson Creek, where the Alcan Highway officially starts, and on up to the Liard River Hot Springs which was...

The second full day on the road was spectacular (I have a feeling I'll be using that word a lot throughout this trip so again please bear...

"Big Blue" will be my home and travel companion for the next five and a half weeks. I'm a type A gearhead so hopefully that treats me...

I've had a dream of driving the Alcan Highway to Alaska and seeing everything that the truly last American frontier has to offer since I...