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Alaska

Travel Itinerary: The Alaskan Coast in 11 Incredible Days

July 24, 2021

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We first went to Alaska in 1982 and swore we would return. Unfortunately, it took us 27 years to do so. This post provides: An overview of the highlights of the trip; The itinerary we used to pack as many experiences as possible into it; and Links to the posts that fully describe and give our […]

Filed Under: Alaska, Anchorage, Best Trips, Destinations, Featured-Trips, Glacier Bay, Homer, Itineraries, Itineraries, Juneau, Kenai Peninsula Tagged With: Alaska

Juneau Downtown Experience

August 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

While our trip to Juneau was broken up by a trip to Glacier Bay, we ended up with the equivalent of 2.5 days and three nights in the city. As always, we tried to make every minute count. Some of the highlights of our time in Juneau included: Walks around and learning the history of […]

Filed Under: Alaska, Cities, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hotels, Juneau, Learning, Restaurants, Sightseeing, Travel Tagged With: Alaska, Juneau, museums, restaurants

Juneau Salmon Experience

July 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Salmon is a reoccurring theme in Alaska. We fished for salmon in Homer, watched real anglers prepare for a week of “combat” salmon fishing in the wilds of the Kenai Peninsula, watched bears stalk and devour salmon at Brooks Camp on the Katmai Peninsula. And we ate enough salmon—grilled, broiled, pan-fried, hot smoked, cold smoked, […]

Filed Under: Alaska, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Juneau Tagged With: Alaska, Juneau

A Day at Alyeska

November 18, 2014 2 Comments

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We left Anchorage mid-morning for a leisurely drive down Route 1, an beautiful scenic route that goes along the coat of Turnagain Arm, which separated us from a parade of glaciated mountains. We were so enthralled with the scenery that we drove straight past the turn for the reconstructed town of Girdwood, which was relocated […]

Filed Under: Activities, Alaska, Destinations, Mountains, Nature & Hiking, Travel Tagged With: Alaska

Juneau Nature Excursions

July 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

Our previous blog on Juneau downtown, mentioned two out-of-town trips: a day trip down the incredibly beautiful Tracy Arm fjord and a shorter trip to the city’s primary nature destination, the Mendenhall Glacier. This blog discusses our trips to each. Tracy Arm Cruise We took a ten-hour Tracy Arm cruise with Adventure Bound Alaska. What […]

Filed Under: Alaska, Destinations, Featured-City, Juneau Tagged With: Alaska, Juneau, Mendenhall Glacie, Tracy Arm

A Return to Glacier Bay

July 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

We visited Glacier Bay National Park once before, 27 years ago, to be precise. That visit produced indelible memories of steep fjord walls, iceberg-clogged channels, close-up views of beautiful, blue-white tidewater glaciers, and especially the spectacle of calving—where what began as dull rumbles, turn into sharp cracks, loud roars, and visions of huge chunks of […]

Filed Under: Adventures, Alaska, Beaches & Coasts, Best Trips, Destinations, Featured-City, Glacier Bay, Hiking, Hotels, Hotels, Mountains, National Parks, Nature & Hiking, Sightseeing Tagged With: Alaska, Glacier Bay

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