In a place as rugged as Alaska, it seemed a real luxury to be able to drive our RV to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. We were excited for a nice “easy” ride all the way into the park. However, it turns out that just because there were roads leading to the park, it didn’t mean … [Read more…]
We flew out yet again to another remote Alaskan national park! This time we flew to the land of the bears and the famous salmon run in Brooks Camp. Our first stop was in King Salmon, AK and from there we took a 20 minute float plane ride to Brooks Camp. Cees was totally geeking out … [Read more…]
The last supper. Most days we eat 100 quesadillas and ice-cream, but sometimes we make the best RV food! This night we made pork chops and applesauce plus some potato wedges and fresh salad with homemade olive oil and balsamic dressing. The next day we flew out of Anchorage with Lake and Pen Air! They were … [Read more…]
Kenai Fjords is accessed in Seward, Alaska. When we rolled in, it was a cloudy, rainy city. We had high hopes that the weather would clear and we would have a nice open day in the park. That day never came. I guess we used up our good wether card in Denali! Our campsite for … [Read more…]
Denali is probably the most popular park in Alaska. This most likely has to do with the comparative ease of access. We could totally just drive up to the park–something that is pretty rare for these northern parks! When we roll up to a national park, our first move is usually to find a ranger and … [Read more…]
Alaska does not hand over her parks easily; you have to earn them. Getting to Kobuk Valley was a struggle. We stewed and stewed as to how we were going to get into the park. Kobuk Valley is just so far away from everything, that chartering a flight is very expensive. If you want to spend … [Read more…]
Getting into Gates of the Arctic NP is not an easy thing. Most people access the northern most National Park by chartering a plane and flying in. This can be pretty expensive – some of the flights we looked at were asking 3000 dollars! It was out of our price range for sure. SO, we … [Read more…]
The journey to Alaska is a long one when you’re going an average of 45 mph. That’s life in Vie! It took us 5 days of driving 10-12 hours per day to make it from North Cascades NP in Washington state to Fairbanks. It was a long road, but it really wasn’t as terrible or … [Read more…]
This is officially my favorite national park sign we have seen so far. We knew that we were in for a real treat, if this is what the sign looked like! (P.s. Eyespy Vladimir) I was still having a hard time doing anything super movement intense. My knee was messed up. Instead of trying to climb … [Read more…]
Before diving into Olympic National Park, we had to check out Seattle! It’s a nice place, but we had the worst time parking. After driving around for hours in the middle of the night trying to find a place to sleep, we weren’t planning on being able to go explore Seattle at all. We had no … [Read more…]