Category: travel

• Alaska Travel

  

  As we are packing to return to Alaska, I am also planning our 2025 budget.  It is much easier to anticipate what we might spend now that we are on our fourth season!  Last year, I tracked the cost of all our mini-vacations, from 3 to 10 days. It cost us $2630 to drive our…

  Melissa Rudacille

  March 29, 2025

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, travel, Travel to and from Alaska

  alaska, Alaska Wildlife, Arctic, aurora borealis, Copper River Highway, Cordova, cost per day, Dalton Highway, Denali Highway, Denali National Park, fishing, Grizzly Bear, Hatcher Pass, Russian River, Tangle Lakes, travel

• Coastal Alabama

  

  My side of the family met in Alabama this January.  We stayed near the beach in Gulf Shores for 4 days.  One day we all took the ferry over to Dauphin Island for lunch and to enjoy the Aquarium there. After the rest of the family left, C and I spent a couple more days…

  Melissa Rudacille

  March 5, 2025

  Birds, travel

  Alabama, Bird Watching, Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores, Retirement, travel