Denali –The Great One

Long before we arrived in Fairbanks, we had been keeping an eye on the weather for our trip to Denali National Park. Of course we knew the forecasts were too far out to be of any consequence, but we watched …

A Busy Time in Fairbanks

The Ice Museum at Chena Hot Springs. It was a beautiful sunny day as we set up at the Elks Lodge on the Chena River. We watched as Fairbanksians perched themselves atop every type of floatation device known to man …

Fairbanks or Bust!

On our last day in the “Life After People” campground in Chitina, we spent the day cleaning Scoopy. She still hadn’t been caked in the infamous mixture of Alaskan mud and road grime, but we had a ton of dust …

Into the Great Unknown

What is it about driving to Alaska that seems so daunting? The distance is definitely a consideration, over 5,000 miles in Scoopy, and countless more on Toadie over 12-16 weeks. That’s a lot of travelin’ in a fairly short amount …