Category: Alaska

Thinking of going to Alaska? Here’s some advice. Go in the middle of September, drive down Highway 1 towards Seward and hang a right along the Kenai Peninsula to Homer. Yes, I know it’s after the Halibut season and the …

“A BK Big Fish,” I said to the cashier at Burger King. I was back in Seattle now, amidst tall buildings, cars, lots of people and fast food places of every imaginable kind, not to mention specialty coffee. Just the …

“Denali,” or “the Great One” in Athabaskan native tongue, was the ancient name for Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest mountain, 20,320 feet tall, which is located in the Alaska Range. Mt. McKinley National Park was established there in 1917 and …

The July day was clear with sunny, blue skies.  About 100 miles away we could see the magnificent, icy peaks of “The Great One” and couldn’t wait to arrive. Bill and I had no intention of trying to scale Mt. …

I’m unable to report on Hawaii because it’s very expensive to go there, especially if you’re driving.  The reason it’s so expensive is the only people who know the directions to get there are employed by airlines, who claim that …