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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 16 Arrived in Healy Spring 2025
After 4085 miles of driving plus 3 lovely days on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry, we have arrived! The snow isn’t deep, and our little dry cabin is warming up at a reasonable pace. Top priority tomorrow is to drive 20 minutes to get water. Our 6-gallon aquatainers are completely empty (if we had left…
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Day 15 Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
We drove over 300 miles and saw lots of beautiful scenery, but I didn’t take photos. So except for the eagles below, the pictures on this post are from previous years along the same stretch of road Destruction Bay to Delta Junction. We slept in this morning then enjoyed a full breakfast at Talbot Arm…
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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…
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Day Twelve Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
We enjoyed our first full day on the ferry, starting with breakfast in the dining room. The beautiful views made up for slow service as far as I was concerned. (C was hungry and wished he had his food sooner.) Random notes on the ferry follow: One significant change is that WiFi is available. On…
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Day Eleven Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
We have driven over 3200 miles and now are sitting back and relaxing while traveling the Alaska Marine Highway. We saw a whale spouting within the first hour. We splurged on a cabin rather than camping out in a tent (duct taped to the deck), or rolling a sleeping bag onto a deck chair or…
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Day Ten Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
Over 3000 miles of driving done in 10 days. Just 1000 miles of driving plus 3 days on a ferry remain. We should arrive at our final destination on day 16. Today was a short day of driving (less than 200 miles) to allow plenty of time with C’s generous family. We have enjoyed visiting…
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Day Nine Travel to Alaska Spring 2025
Another 300 miles closer! This seems to be a good distance for us as we never need to rush, and we are done for the day shortly after we are eager to quit. We stopped at this same scenic viewpoint of the Columbia River when traveling to Alaska via the Alaska Ferry (Alaska Marine Highway)…
Me & C
Roaming: Shenandoah River to the Alaska Range
Me & C 