Tag: Dalton Highway

• 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

• Hatcher Pass and Eklutna Tailrace

  

  Our 6-day weekend was shortened to 4 days before we left, and then to 3 1/2 on our way back (doggone wildfires).  We had fun exploring and fishing in the Palmer area.  Our first night, we stayed at Matanuska Lake Campground.   Since the Palmer Musk Ox farm had 4 babies, we decided to take a…

  Melissa Rudacille

  July 1, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska, Wildlife

  Alaska Wildlife, animal tours, Bird Watching, Dalton Highway, Eagle Summit Wayside, fishing, Hatcher Pass, Maclaren Summit, Musk Ox, Palmer

• Dalton Highway,  Part III

  

  As we drove north for 500 miles we saw dramatic changes in scenery. The White Mountains were not all that impressive from the Elliot and Dalton Highways.   As we drove further, the geography became more interesting to me.  The Yukon River is nearly 2000 miles long, crossing all of Alaska and going well into Canada. …

  Melissa Rudacille

  June 8, 2024

  Alaska Activities

  Brooks Range, Dalton Highway, Yukon River

• Dalton Highway, Part II

  

  Everyone we met said the same thing about the Dalton,  “take your time”.  I would say we planned 5 days and they would relax a bit.  We only needed to average 200 miles a day.  Surely that would leave loads of time for fishing and exploring.  Actually it was barely adequate.  There was a lot…

  Melissa Rudacille

  June 6, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Camping in Alaska, Fishing in Alaska

  Arctic, Dalton Highway, daylight, fishing, lingonberries, travel, Yukon River

• Dalton Highway, Part I

  

  We had 4 wonderful (and tiring) days on the Dalton Highway.  We drove well north of the Arctic Circle on a quest to see wild Musk Ox.  Our trip deserves at least 3 posts, one on the animals,  one on the mountains and geography,  and one on time, distance, and sunlight.   As expected, we didn’t…

  Melissa Rudacille

  June 5, 2024

  Alaska Activities, Alaska Wildlife, Birds, Camping in Alaska, Wildlife

  alaska, Alaska Wildlife, Arctic, Bird Watching, Caribou, Dalton Highway, Owls, Wolf, Yukon River