The last 24 hours of my Alaska Expedition was surreal. Note: This is not the last post about Alaska, just the last chronological post of the trip. plenty more to come … The Last Night (June 23) I drove from Fairbanks south to Talkeetna where I met up with my old Navy buddy and shipmate…
Stage 2 was the middle part of this trip and kicked off in earnest at Talkeetna. Here are some of the highlights and links to related posts and videos. Side Trip & Misadventure Before heading to Talkeetna, I spent the day with my Navy buddy Huck and we had a nice lunch in Wasilla and…
Took off from Talkeetna float plane dock for a day of fishing a glacier fed creek and lake outside Denali National Park. (GPS tracks at end of post). This was a fishing, not catching day (only day I didn’t get fish) but it was still an amazing day, thanks to both the guide and the…
Took off from Talkeetna float plane dock for a day of fishing a glacier fed creek and lake outside Denali National Park. We had a 25 minute flight out to Chelatna Lake (62.516, -151.475), where the pilot landed and we departed for our fishing in one of the most secluded areas ever. there was no…
At more than 9,446 sq mi 24,464 sq km), there is a lot to see in Denali National Park and Reserve. There are also many ways to see it from hiking, climbing, fishing or by air. Part 2 by Air and Up Close My old Navy buddy Huck came up from Wasilla and joined me in Talkeetna for…
Denali National Park and Preserve is a little smaller than Belgium and bigger than the US state of Connecticut. I was able to see and experience Denali NP from the air, from the water and from the land. All in all I spent five days in the Denali area around Talkeetna of which three days…
Just got back home after 3 amazing weeks… drove more than 3,000 miles, more than half on gravel, dirt or rock roads and spent about 50% of the time staying in off-grid cabins (with indoor plumbing). Saw old navy buddies for the first time in 40 years and caught up on old times and life. …
This leg of the trip centers around Denali using the town of Talkeetna as my basecamp for close to a week. Denali National Park and Preserve encompasses 6 million acres of Alaska’s interior wilderness. Its centerpiece is 20,310-ft.-high Denali (fka Mount McKinley), North America’s tallest peak. Fishing Two days fishing including a fly-in trip to…
Four months from today I head out on the first of several travel expeditions that this blog will report about. Up to now I have been writing about past trips and excursions as well as smaller current trips. This trip is totally DIY and broken up into four stages: First: Kenai Peninsula Second: Denali Third:…
