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Kayaking at Bear Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park

on July 14, 2017July 14, 2017By David Goldstein

We got our first taste of sea kayaking--and checked another national park off our list--on a spectacular guided excursion with Seward tour company Liquid Adventures to Bear Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park on June 23, 2017. After meeting our guide, Libby, and getting outfitted with drysuits for protection against the near-freezing water,…

Glaciers and Wildlife in Portage, Alaska

on July 14, 2017July 14, 2017By David Goldstein

The route from Anchorage to Portage, on the Seward Highway along the northern shore of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful and scenic drives in the state (if not the entire country). The mountains of Chugach State Park rise steeply from…

The Alaska TourSaver 2017: Well Worth the Cost

on June 28, 2017January 25, 2026By Cheryl

Is the Alaska TourSaver Coupon Book worth the purchase price? The answer depends on the kind of travelling you are doing, the places you are visiting, and the kinds of activities you are planning, but for us, we have definitely gotten our money's worth out of the book -…

Riding Alaska’s Hurricane Turn, the Last Flagstop Train (VIDEO)

on June 20, 2017January 25, 2026By David Goldstein

https://youtu.be/ibuYWwo9JU0 Riding the Alaska Railroad's historic Hurricane Turn Train is an authentic Alaskan experience quite unlike anything else in the state. Departing from Talkeetna, about 130 miles south of the entrance to Denali National Park, the Hurricane Turn leaves modernity behind as it travels 57 miles northward through the backcountry…

Touring Denali’s Wilderness on the Kantishna Experience (VIDEO)

on June 12, 2017January 25, 2026By David Goldstein

http://www.reservedenali.com/tours-shuttles/the-denali-tour-experience/

https://youtu.be/DIkat2azOXs Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve is one of the crown jewels of America's national park system: six million acres of virtually untamed land, bisected by one 92-mile-long ribbon of road that passes through low-elevation taiga forest to high alpine tundra. Two-thirds of this area, added by the Alaska National Interest…

Glacier Point Wilderness Safari (VIDEO)

on May 29, 2017June 20, 2017By David Goldstein

https://youtu.be/K23VX4SDIkg The first "big excursion" of our 2017 Alaska trip was a guided journey by boat, on foot and by canoe to the Davidson Glacier, a few miles south of Haines. Cheryl found this tour online, and as soon as we read the description along with all the 5-star reviews on…

Hike to Smuggler’s Cove in Skagway, AK

on May 27, 2017May 27, 2017By David Goldstein

Skagway, once a Klondike gold-rush boomtown, today thrives mainly on tourism. We'd been here twice before on Alaskan cruises, so we'd done many of the day excursions in the area. After spending all day yesterday exploring the downtown Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park on three ranger-led tours, we were…

Laying Low Before Heading North

on May 1, 2017May 1, 2017By David Goldstein

In the almost two months since we left the Los Angeles area, we’ve been on a steady march up the West Coast. The longest we’ve stayed in any one place during that time was one week, and many of our stays have been only two or three nights. We knew that we needed to be near Seattle for a flight back to Dallas for a few days in early May; we chose that location so that after we returned, we’d be ready to cross the Canadian border for our summer trip to Alaska.

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