Blogs from Alaskan Highway, Alaska, United States, North America

I hope everyone enjoys joiningon our Adventure in Alaska. Getting all of our papers together today, and we are all zipped up and ready to go!!!... read more

July 11, 2011 – TESLIN, YK TO SKAGWAY, AK “ALASKA ISN’T JUST A PLACE YOU VISIT, IT’S A FEELING YOU EXPERIENCE, AND REMEMBER FOR A LIFETIME.” This was one of the most beautiful days on our trip thus far. The scenery was so dramatic words cannot do it justice and the camera just cannot capture the scope of its majesty. Once again we were blessed with beautiful weather – warm and sunny with clear skies, so we were able to see all the mountains along the way. Driving by the lakes the water was not only an interesting green colour from glacier water – but also still enough to capture some lovely reflections as well. Coming down into Skagway the highway has a long 9% grade for 11 miles. Halfway down we cross into Alaska and ... read more

Americans like to chat. It is not uncommon for them to strike up conversations with complete strangers. In Britain or Australasia you would be considered somewhat abnormal to behave this way. I like it. I suppose the theory goes that if you're still conversing after 5 or 10 minutes then there is a mutual agreement that neither of you are crazy?! Or possibly that both of you are crazy in which case you'll be lifelong buddies. Americans love to socialize. It is an endearing and largely inherent American character trait in the Yankee makeup. The problem I have with Americans abroad, and for that matter any nationality who speak English as a first language, is their general expectation of foreigners to automatically speak and understand English regardless of where they are in the world. Yes, it ... read more

Waiting on the ferry dock in Petersburg was a slim young woman and two little girls. We identified ourselves, hoisted our bags into her SUV and drove to the Nordic house B&B ( try to google them). Oh, it is so sweet! Beautifully decorated, with an enormous kitchen stocked with anything you might desire for breakfast. On the table was a plate full of homemade chocolate chip cookies( much better than the Doubletree Hotel), and a note book with all sorts of info about the town complete with menus from several restaurants. There was a comfy living room with two sofas and a well stocked library. The dining room table and the sofas looked out of large picture windows over a harbor. There are two telescopes for closer viewing of the eagles that soar all around. ... read more

Je pars d'Anchorage avec ma Beetle fraichement louee en direction de portage Glacier. Quand je consultais mon guide de voyage et qu'il parlait de "scenic drive" en direction de la Peninsule du Kenai, j'avais du mal a imaginer ce que ca voulait dire. Je comprend des que je sors d'Anchorage. La vue est magnifique; des montagnes a perte de vue, la mer et des lacs... C'est une route en plein milieu de la nature. Je m'arrete a plusieurs reprise pour admirer le panorama et croise un groupe de Texan tous etonnes de me voir faire ce voyage en solo. Ils me prennent en photo et repartent dans leur gros pick up. En arrivant a portage lake, on m'apprend a l'office de tourisme que le trail que je voulais faire est encore trop enneige et que sur ... read more

The ALCAN (Alaska Canadian Highway) is a long, laborious, sometimes tedious, sometimes gravel, always exciting adventure. The road bumps, twists and grinds through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory beginning at Mile Marker 01 (Dawson Creek). Along the way unbelievable vistas jump at one from every new bend in the highway. Massive mountains, sharp peaks, flat expanses, pristine untouched forests, beautiful lakes, roaring rivers and wonderful wild animals. Throughout our trip including British Columbia and Alberta, Canada we have seen animals up close, on the road going about their daily survival. We’ve seen black bear and black bear babies, grizzly bears (one actually stood up and looked at the coach in front of us), stone sheep, long hair goats, Dahl sheep, Elk and elk babies, buffalo and their young and caribou. We have fabulous pictures of ... read more