What is it about the icy granite massif that this park is named after that makes it irresistible to humans? Is it simply that at 20,310 feet tall, on a clear day, it’s visible up to 200 miles away?…
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We’d read that the 135-mile Denali Highway was mostly unpaved and due to the limited services available we would need both spare tires and extra food. Plus, cell phone coverage is also non-existent. These kinds of descriptions are enough…
An Ode to Richardson's HighwayOn Richardson’s Highway, where the wild winds call,Through the heart of Alaska where the mountains stand tall,The pavement unwinds in a ribbon of dreams,Past valleys and rivers and ever-clear streams.Rugged purple-blue mountains whisper tales from…
Pine and deciduous trees line the Alaska Highway (Highway 2) from Tetlin National Wildlife Preserve into Tok. A few people we’ve talked to have complained about the lack of views and it is true that even at a lot…
Extra, extra, read all about it – Heigels cross the border into Alaska! Big news today. I could have told you it was also the day we pulled over in Burwash Landing to see the world’s largest gold pan,…
From the town of Whitehorse, we continued northwest towards the Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Canada specifically to see ovis dalli, otherwise known as Dall sheep!…
It’s embarrassing to admit that while Doug’s first thought when someone mentions the Yukon is the classic Jack London novel “Call of the Wild” about an adventurous dog who becomes a sled dog. Mine is the little miner named…
We got an early start the next morning. As we left Dease Lake, the clouds lifted and the brilliance of these giant, deep blue and white marbled peaks of the Stikine Range and Cassiar Range was revealed. We saw…
The day before we’d started the drive northbound up the Cassiar Highway (Hwy 37) but stopped to camp at Meziadin Lake (prior blog post here). Meziadin Lake Provincial Park, Lake and Campground lie east and just slightly north of…
My stepdad, Darrel used to say, “Sometimes you’re the windshield and sometimes you’re the bug!”. Most days we’re the windshield but every now and then things go wrong.…
Did you know that the oldest and largest aviati
