How much to visit all Alaskan National Parks
Traveling to the 8 National Parks located in Alaska has been by far the most challenging leg of this journey. Up front, you should know this is an expensive task…
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier Bay National Park is our final Alaskan park. It is located in the Southeast of Alaska so we began heading down to warmer latitudes just as the…
Denali National Park
Denali National Park, there is a reason this park is so iconic. The Northern Lights, dog-sled teams, and Mt. McKinley will draw more people annually than any other…
Fly to Katmai National Park
Lake Clark and Katmai National Parks Bush planes, by the time we reached the Lake Clark chapter there was nothing that could phase us. Ice climbing, small planes,…
A Budget Traveller’s Guide to Kenai Fjords National Park
Planning a great Alaskan adventure can be a challenge. There are so many things to do, especially in Kenai Fjords National Park, it can be hard to narrow…
Visit Alaska Gates of the Arctic
Standing in a desert, sand blowing off the tops of the dunes in the frozen breeze. Alaska is the last place you would expect to see a desert.…
Alaska Biggest National Park
Alaska, finally the chapter we have been waiting for so long, there is a reason why this distant place is known as The Last Frontier, it has the…
NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK HIKING
The Pacific Northwest is any outdoorsmans dream, beautiful mountains, cascading waterfalls, pristine lakes, untouched old-growth forests that have stood for hundreds of years, and a menagerie of natural…
Olympic National Park Hikes
Of the national parks that I have illustrated in the United States, I have to do justice and admit that the one that has dazzled me most because…
Those Who Wander in Mount Rainier
For those who wander in Mount Rainier, are you just passing by, or are you dreaming of going to America’s fifth national park, or are you a furry…
Five Senses of Crater Lake
I cross the border along a pine-kissed road Oregon, it reads, that much beloved sign Unassuming, stickers of every kind Signs of those who on this way bestowed…
Words of a Redwood Tree
Words of a redwood tree float through my ears They are not the letters we know, speak or write They do not know sadness, happiness, or fears No,…