After 3 nights of looking up from our campsite to the Mt Marathon trail, we finally decided it was time … Continue reading Day 29: Trails and Whales

A thick fog blanketed the harbor as we prepared for a day long boat tour of Kenai Fjords with Major … Continue reading Day 28: Kenai Fjords National Park Boat Tour

Seward is a cute little harbor town on a deep fjord carved out by glaciers. In fact, it is one … Continue reading Day 27: Exploring Seward

One of the things we’ve noticed is very few out of state license plates. There are lots of people that … Continue reading Day 26: Exit Glacier and Seward

We spent today exploring the sites around the point of Turnagain Arm. We started with a trip to the Begich, … Continue reading Day 25: Around the Arm

After a beautiful sunny start to our morning, we set out on a hike near Skilak Lake. The trailhead warned … Continue reading Day 24: The Road to Hope

A few things we’ve learned since we arrived in Alaska. The first is that they don’t use plastic bags (much) … Continue reading Day 23: Reflections at Ohmer Lake

Our guide suggested an 11am start time for our fishing charter today due to the tide schedule. The plan was … Continue reading Day 22: Fishing Cook Inlet

We started this morning with a walk down to the Kenai River, famous for the king salmon run that is … Continue reading Day 21: Moose Hunting

Our original plan was to fish for Halibut and King Salmon in Cook Inlet today but Gale warnings and small … Continue reading Day 20: Soldatna