Last stop in our 50th state – in the state “metropolis” … As I said yesterday, the rain and clouds had settled in and were still around when we got up this morning so we decided not to do the glacier walk – really too cold and wet to enjoy. […]

A bit off the beaten track in the wilds of Alaska ! We left Fairbanks just after 9.00am after waking to some wonderful news from another lot of our family travellers – in Iceland – Simon & Tracey. Simon announced he “had done a thing” – proposed to Tracey under […]

Back to explore Denali National Park Day 1 to Denali National Park After our stop in Fairbanks we head back toward Anchorage . However we have a couple of stops along the way. With the weather quite a bit better today, we looked forward to seeing a bit more scenery […]

So here we are in Fairbanks and we are Aurora Hunting ! The Road to Fairbanks Rain again greeted us as we setoff to our next stop in Fairbanks. Quite chilly also with the temperatures in single figures.Optimistically we stopped at both the south and north Denali “viewpoint” overlooks however […]

Our next stop is near one of the icons of Alaska – Denali National Park and the highest mountain peak in the USA. But first, the State Park ….. Again a bit of backtracking paths we have already travelled but hey, this is Alaska – it’s a different driving experience […]