After taking a couple days to dry out and catch up on some rest, we headed to Homer Alaska. Homer is known for the "Spit", a piece of land that sticks out five miles from the peninsula, and the Halibut derby. We found a great camping spot on the beach at the end of the spit. We camped right on Kachemak Bay with a view of 5 glaciers across the bay. The first night we walked along the shore and saw a sea otter floating a few feet away. We had dinner on the beach and enjoyed the view. The next day, we took a sightseeing cruise. First we went to Gull island. There is a large rookery there with horned and tufted puffins, red-faced cormorants, several kinds of gulls and bald eagles. The boat took ... read more

We made another trip over the Top of the World Highway, from Dawson City on the banks of the Yukon River, back into Alaska. It is a mostly dirt road, with high climbs and decents, along with the requiste hairpin turns. One of the highlights of the road is the quaint town of Chicken. The town consists of three restaurants that are a must see for the ALaskan traveler. I drove the first half of the trip into Chicken, then we powered on into ALaska and half the way to Anchorage. The next day we finished the drive back to Anchorage. We are over 8500 miles now... The unique thing about the roads up here is the permafrost. There is a constant layer of ice (frost) over which the ground defrosts a few inches during the ... read more

There are so many things that I will remember about the Great Northern Arts Festival. The art was varied and impressive. We were able to watch the native artists working on beadwork,yarn, painting and stenciling. There were carving tents to watch the stone, antler and bone carvers. We were able to see several pieces in differnet stages of the creative process. Friday night we attended the ArtCirq. It is a circus performed by members of a small communtiy in Igloolik. It was very entertaining! On Saturday I attended a workshop on Digital Photography. I look forward to doing some unique things with the pictures form our trip.... read more

We set out on Weds. morning for the Dalton highway and Deadhorse/Purdhoe Bay. The highway is 415 miles of mostly dirt. If there was pavement, the dirt road was in better shape. It rained almost the entire way up, which made the roads really trecherous. We stopped the first night to camp at the Arctic Circle. But, just as we set-up camp a worker came along to trim the brush. This brought out so many mosquitos, we had to move. We camped by Prospect Creek (which has the record for the lowest temp. in Alaska). During the night, it rained and the camper started to leak again. You can see where this story is going... The next day, we had a blow-out 25 miles north of Coldfoot( The only gas station on the highway) several people ... read more

We left Anchorage and headed to Denali National Park. We went through the town of Wasilla, home to Sarah Palin. It is a very pretty town. We checked out the Iternod Museam. They had some very nice displays. I found a road that we hadn't heard about, Petersville Road. It was a 20 mile dirt road to an old roadhouse. It was a beautiful drive, but the road was pretty rough. On to Denali... We spent 2 night in Denali and went on a tour on of the days. We could not see Mt. McKinley due to clouds. However, we did see alot of wildlife. A Grizzly bear with 2 cubs, severval hers of dall sheep, 20+ caribou, A large male moose , bald eagles and a golden eagle. We backtracked a little to the ... read more