When you have a bad experience with your hotel room, getting comped breakfast is a no-brainer. But when breakfast is bad too, you know why you should not pick Hilton. (In my defense – it was literally the only place … Read More

We’ve lucked out with the weather until now – but this morning is grey and drizzly, which keeps us from catching a farewell glimpse of Denali as we head south on Hwy 3 towards Anchorage. With no major stops along … Read More

It will be a long day today, as we board the Kantishna Transit Bus in Denali National Park at 8:30am, together with almost 40 other visitors plus our driver, Barr. Barr has done this for the last 18 years and … Read More

It’s already time to bid farewell to Fairbanks, as we pick up our rental car and head out of town this morning. Just 15 minutes north of Fairbanks we stop along Hwy 2 North, at the Alyeska Pipeline Visitor Center, … Read More

Discovering Fairbanks starts with a short walk to downtown, where we stop at the Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center, with its exhibits on the people, land and culture of Interior Alaska. And the moose antler arch – a must … Read More

After 2 years of planning and 6 months after booking most of the trip, the day has finally come to get the Alaska vacation started! With Tina & Carly in tow, Kirk & I are heading to SFO, where we … Read More