Category: Alaska Activities
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Ninilchik
All 3 of our campgrounds the past week have had great views, but Ninilchik Volcano View RV Resort is the best view yet. We have spent four nights here on the edge of a bluff. Across Cook Inlet is Mt iliamna (left of truck in photo above) and Mt Redoubt (between truck and trailer). Every…
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Puffins, Otters and Volcanoes
Our third day of the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival we took one of the festival boat trips. The boat enabled us to cover more of the bay than our kayak trip the previous day. We saw so many birds and otters! Plus, my arms were able to recover from kayaking. I’m glad we did both…
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Whales, Otters, and Birds
May 5 we headed south to Turnagain Arm, hoping to see whales chasing hooligan (small fish that spawn in May). That night, as well as May 6, we saw lots of people, gulls, and bald eagles catching hooligan, but no luck with the whales. May 7 we got up early and headed to Seward to …
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Grizzly, Porcupine, Ice Jam, and more
Today, we got a relatively early start to check out a Nenana River Ice Jam, then drive to Teklanika in Denali National Park. We have spent at least 4 hours at a Nenana River ice jam in the past 2 days. We are fascinated watching the dynamic process, with newly arrived ice crashing into the…
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Owl, Moose, and Caribou
We are enjoying viewing wildlife and scenery in and around Denali National Park. Snow is disappearing rapidly, though every few days we get fresh snow that doesn’t last long. We finally saw our first caribou of 2025, just above Teklanika River. There were 2 mature females. One of these had large antlers for a female,…
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27 Moose and Denali Alpenglow
We had a record moose day yesterday! We have never seen so many in one day. Our first moose was on Stampede Road just 15 minutes after leaving the house, and the last was on our road, 5 minutes from home. The other 25 moose were all in Denali National Park. Eleven were in sight…
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Aurora 2025
After days of snow and clouds the weather finally cleared. Even though the Aurora Forecast wasn’t great, I suggested we set an alarm to look out the windows just in case. We saw so much magenta this time. The northern lights were everywhere all at once, in all directions, as well as directly overhead. We…
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Tracks in the Snow
We have a new friend this year. It’s nice to watch a snowshoe hare hop about first thing in the morning while one relieves oneself in the privy. This morning it was snowing when I got up and the dusting of fresh snow added interest to the tracks on my walk. Notice the fresh snow…
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Day 14 Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
We started the day on the Alaska Marine Highway, then drove the Haines Highway until it intersected with the Alaska (Alcan) Highway, continuing from Haines Junction to Kluane Lake. We drove just over 200 miles after getting off the ferry, staying at one of our favorite places, Talbot Arm Motel in Destruction Bay, Yukon. We…
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Day 13 Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
Our second full day on the ferry, enjoying the scenery, seeing lots of birds, and saying goodbye to new friends as they disembark. We stopped at Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Petersburg today. I had to laugh when I woke up in port at Ketchikan and looked out the window. Raining, of course! Ketchikan averages 150 inches…
Me & C 