Mt. Denali Glacier Landing: Video
Last day in Alaska, spent it on a glacier in Denali National Park.
I grew up before cell phones and the Internet (thank God). I spent most of my youth outdoors and once I had a bike I found freedom. My kids (both adults) also grew up mostly offline and definitely pre-social media. I made sure they spent time outdoors as much as possible. Fishing. Hiking. Exploring. Camping….
There are a lot of reasons to visit Fairbanks, the second largest city in Alaska and gateway to the Arctic. For this post, I’ll focus on some of the cool places you can see in this city as Seen on Atlas Obscura. Atlas Obscura lists 12 sites in and around Fairbanks. here’s some of favorites…
The Romans believed it to be an end of the known world. The name Finisterre in latin means “Land’s End.” I spent three days there because I misread a bus route, but came to fall in love with this little fishing town at the end of the earth. I was living in Spain at the…
My first of seven guided trips in Alaska was a deep sea charter for halibut, king salmon and rockfish out of Homer, which is a fishing town; both commercial and sport fishing. Homer looks, sounds and smells like a fishing town and is the self-proclaimed halibut capital of the world. Snowgoose II I charted the…