Month: December 2022

Denali National Park

Alaska is home to many mountains. We’ve already posted about the Kenai and Chugach mountains, and the Wrangell and Saint Elias chains. Our next stop was the Alaska range, which forms a 600-mile-long arch north of all these. The tallest…

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Valdez

August 13 – 16, 2022. After McCarthy and Wrangell-St Elias, we drove to Valdez. Like us, you may be most familiar with the name Valdez from the oil spill in Alaska. In 1989 a supertanker, the Exxon Valdez, left the…

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McCarthy & Wrangell-St. Elias

August 11 & 12. After watching the surfers on the Bore tide it was time to leave the Anchorage area again and head to new adventures. We had two destinations in mind that were roughly in the same direction, Valdez…

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Nomad Life & Expenses November 2022

We spent almost the whole month of November in Austin, Texas house-sitting. I needed some more time to continue to catch up on the blog before we started really traveling again. We also had a few van projects and needed…

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Surf Alaska!

August 10, 2022. I’m sure that surfing isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Alaska. And while even in the summer it may be a bit cool for cutoffs and huarache sandals, there is…

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Kenai Peninsula Part 2

August 1 – 8, 2022 Alaska is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Opportunities abound to observe wildlife in their natural habitat and witness natural wonders. For a lot of money, there are tours and guides available to help you have a singular…

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