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Friday, July 17, 2009 – Anchorage to Seward The drive from Anchorage to Seward is stunning. Mountains right down to the sea. As a native of a peninsular sandbar that barely pokes up out of the Atlantic Ocean to create the Gulf of Mexico, I’m still in awe of mountains, cliffs, and fjords by theContinue reading “Skipping Stones”

Thursday, July 16, 2009 –Denali National Park to Anchorage After a week north of Anchorage, it was time to head south to the Kenai Peninsula for the second half of our trip. We went shopping in Denali Village so Aaron could buy an Ulu knife, and then we were on our way. The first stopContinue reading “The Backpacker”

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 – Denali National Park Wednesday was a pretty low-key day. We took a short hike from the Riley Creek Campground to the Visitor Center complex where we toured the Visitor Center and the Murie Science and Learning Center. It was a very nice walk, crossing a creek and with the AlaskanContinue reading “Midnight Golf”

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 – Denali National Park The RV convoy split up today. Part of the group wanted to see Fairbanks, so they took off in the morning with plans to stay overnight one night and rendezvous back at Denali on Wednesday. Chrissy, Delaney, Aaron, and I stayed back at Denali National Park. OurContinue reading “Smoke on the Whitewater”

Monday, July 13, 2009 – Denali National Park Denali is big. The namesake mountain is big, the other mountains are big, and the park itself is big. It is 66 miles from the Riley Creek Campground near the park entrance to the Eielson Visitor Center, and another 23 miles from there to the end ofContinue reading “The Big Five”

Sunday, July 12, 2009 – Talkeetna, AK Let me just start this post by saying I have the best wife who is the best sport in the whole world. Many of you will probably want to argue and I’m sure other wives are great, but mine really is the best sport and she proved itContinue reading “Mountain Mama”

Saturday, July 11, 2009 – Talkeetna, AK This was one of the most amazing days of my life. My wedding day, the days my kids were born, that day Delaney and I got up early in Yellowstone, Christmas Eve at Volcanoes National Park, and there are others, but enough of all that – this isContinue reading “Moose Dropping and Glacier Landing”

Friday, July 10, 2009 – Palmer, AK to Talkeetna, AK I usually get up with the sunrise, and that is a problem when the sun barely sets. Although I tried to let the sun rise a bit before I did, I was still up before everyone else. Everyone else except my grandmother,“Gami”, of course. SheContinue reading “Sled Dogs”

Thursday, July 9, 2009 –Anchorage, AK to Palmer, AK Ten people, four generations, two flights, four time zones, what could go wrong? Turns out, not much. The trip from Tampa to Anchorage on Wednesday, July 8 was uneventful so not much to write about here. We arrived in Anchorage Wednesday night, took a shuttle toContinue reading “Midnight Sun”

This was an epic, multi-generational family adventure. Ten people, four generations, and two RVs – is this an action/adventure, drama, horror, or comedy flick? Read on to find out! The ten people on this trip were my family of four, my parents, my paternal grandmother, one of my brothers, my sister-in-law, and my sister-in-law’s mother.Continue reading “July 2009 – Alaska!”