Tonight is a Harvest Hosts night for us. We are overnighting in the parking lot of Alaska Botanical Garden, which means we went in this afternoon and enjoyed all the beautiful plants, flowers, and trails that this place had to offer. There are several different garden areas along a paved path, as well as some […]
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We are now in Palmer, AK. The holiday weekend seemed to sneak up on us and left us without any plans or reservations. Since we know that holiday weekends in some campgrounds can get a little rowdy – and that isn’t really our scene – we opted to go for an RV park. RV parks
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After our stay at Riley Creek Campground near the entrance of the park, we ventured further in the park road to Teklanika Campground. The only way anyone is allowed to drive their personal vehicles past mile 15 at Savage River is by staying in this campground, and there are very strict stipulations for doing so.
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We are so excited to be in Denali National Park! We have looked forward to this visit for a very long time, so when planning the trip we decided to book several nights in two different campgrounds in order to get a good feel for the different areas of the park. This post will chronical
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Well, we ended up staying in Tok an extra day and not leaving until yesterday. I think we both underestimated how tired we were from our trek through Canada. It was so much fun, but there was very little time for rest. We decided to be kind to ourselves and allow one more day before
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When we left Watson Lake on Sunday morning, we headed toward Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway. Our plan was to stop at Marsh Lake Recreation Site and Campground for the night, but we pulled in just as they were closing the campground. Apparently, a grizzly bear had determined that the campground was a great place
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We have been without cell phone service for the last few days, and therefore, we haven’t been able to post, so let’s get caught up! It has been an exciting few days! On Wednesday, we left the RV park in Fort Nelson pretty early, and got on down the road. The drive was stunning! It
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We made it! We spent the day today traveling the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, BC to Fort Nelson, BC! We have had some amazing experiences over the last few months and wouldn’t trade any of them, but the summer in Alaska has always been the goal for our year of travel and it feels
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After saying goodbye to Don and Kelly yesterday, we made a quick stop at the Canadian Tire in town to dump our tanks and do a little shopping. We had never been to Canadian Tire and we wanted to check it out anyway, and a free dump station is always a nice perk! From
The last few days for us have been pretty quiet. We are continuing to make our way north and have done a little bit of sightseeing, but haven’t been to any major destinations or done much hiking. When we left Crater Lake RV Park, we made our way to Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, OR,
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First things first, when we left the redwoods on Sunday, we headed north into Oregon to a Harvest Hosts location, Aranaway Farm. It was amazing. It was mostly a horse farm, but there were also a couple of cows and some sheep and a goat. Many of the animals had free reign of the farm,
Leaving Yosemite was sad, but we knew there were other adventures ahead. A couple of weeks ago, when we left the Central California coast, we knew we didn’t want that to be the end of our coastal adventures, so we started looking for some spots along the Northern California coast for after Yosemite. Those spots
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Wow! Yosemite is breath taking! Bear with us in this post as we run through the thesaurus of all words synonymous with amazing. No matter what words we use, though, it will never be enough to describe the reality of Yosemite. If you ever have the chance to go, jump on it! We spent a
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We are in Yosemite National Park! This is Jeff’s first visit, and while Heather was here as a teenager, she has always wanted to come back to experience it as an adult who can appreciate it a little more. It has been a much anticipated stop on this adventure and we were concerned for a
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Last Friday, we moved on from the California coast to Tule Campground on Success Lake near Porterville, CA. This location was not selected because it is a particularly beautiful area or because there is a ton to do or see here. To be quite honest, we had an extra week between the coast and Yosemite,