Relaxing in Madison, Wisconsin
After 10 days of solid driving (we left Anchorage, AK on Aug 15th and arrived in Madison, WI on Aug 25th) we made it to Madison. It was a long 10 days and the drive through the prairie-lands actually got…
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Anchorage, AK to Dawson Creek, BC
We flew into Anchorage from San Francisco on 14 Aug around midnight. First stop: long term airport parking to pick up Sterlin. The next day we started our trek in the general direction of Chicago. We stopped in Tok, AK;…
3 Days and 3 Nights in and around San Francisco.
We just couldn’t stay away! As mentioned previously we had to be back in SFO for fingerprinting. No choice really… so as we had to ‘interrupt’ our trip we decided to make the most of it. On Wednesday August 11th…
The next 6 weeks
So here we are in Anchorage, AK, from where we fly to San Francisco today Aug 11. We just missed the place too much to be away for so long…. Just kidding (although…). No, we need to go back there…
Denali NP and Kenai Peninsula – AK
After our ‘Dalton Highway’ adventure (and I have finally been able to add a photo album there, so you may want to check that post again) we started heading south. Let me add that for both of us this was…
WiFi Mecca
Finally achieved the ultimate in camping. To access email remotely through a Wi-Fi connection. Ha. Camping will never be the same again (this post was made from a campground).
Prudhoe Bay, AK
Just squeezing in a quick post before heading off to Denali National Park. The last week has been spent driving North, and I mean North. We crossed the Artic Circle (66Deg33′) and continued to a place called Deadhorse on Prudhoe…
Skagway to Anchorage, AK
Obviously we made it successfully from Juneau to Skagway. However, no more ferries for us (at least for a while). We plan to be land-based for the next few weeks. Skagway was quite the quaint little tourist town. We preferred…
Juneau, AK – continued
Hokey… we’re back. As said we were chased out of the cyber cafe by the fire alarm. Made one addition to that previous blog: a photo link of the Inside Passage. Juneau, Alaska’s State Capitol – a city that can…
Juneau, AK
We will keep this post very short (as internet and phone seem to be a real problem here). Just wanted to let you know that we touched down in Alaska. Took the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert –…
Host Olympic City 2010
Greetings from Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia. Crossed the border from the US to Canada on the 9th of July (Friday) and headed up to Whistler. Hiked a local trail with Dad where we discovered that there is no rainbow at…
‘Northern Exposure’
Hi All! Remember the TV show ‘Northern Exposure’? It was set in a fictitious place called ‘Cicely, Alaska’. Well, on July 8th we drove east out of Seattle on Hwy 90 for 80 odd miles to get to Roslyn, Washington,…
Mt Rainier, Washington (14,410 ft)
Thought I’d better send a quick post to let you all know that I was successful in my summit of Mt Rainier! I set off at 10:30am Monday from the car-park arriving at Camp Muir around 3:00 pm. After a…
Portland, Oregon
What a surprisingly pleasant and nice city! There’s a bit of a European feel to it. Lots of funky, trendy, leafy neighborhoods: Hawthorne, NW23 (reminded me a bit of Balmain in Sydney), Downtown. I loved the Japanese and Rose Gardens:…
Lassen Volcanic and Crater Lake National Parks.
After numerous previous trips whizzing up and down the I-5, we made the right decision to go a little inland and visit these two great national parks. Mt Lassen (10,457 ft) remains covered in snow, with the various lakes just…