We got up bright and early from our night at the Dredge No. 7 Inn. A dredge is a piece of equipment that sits on water and processes sand and rock for gold. The historic dredges were very large – they almost looked like hotels with large mechanical appendages on both the front and rear. Today, there … [Read more...]
No place like Nome
Posted on July 4, 2014 · 1 Comment
You can’t be a Wandering Alaskan if you don’t wander. In addition, I really should wander in my home state a lot more before I wander outside. I have done pretty well in the last 24 years, managing to wander in almost every nook and cranny this great state has to offer. There are only a few places … [Read more...]
Dempster Highway (Inuvik)
Posted on October 12, 2013 · 488 Comments
Anchorage, Alaska to Inuvik, Northwest Territories - Canada (Round Trip) View Inuvik 2013 in a larger map … [Read more...]
Your zipper is down and I can’t help but smile
Posted on October 10, 2013 · 474 Comments
(A post-trip blog: the Denali Highway, Alaska) I love Talkeetna. It is such a quirky Alaskan town. Aside from having a cat for a mayor, good taste in beer, and priorities consistent with mountain climbing, the people just know how to enjoy life. I have always thought if someone wanted to get a … [Read more...]
I woke up in a trailer…
Posted on October 10, 2013 · 9 Comments
(A post-trip blog: the Denali Highway, Alaska) It was cold the night before. The campground was filled with tons of hunters roaming (and shooting) on the landscape, and the overall wet conditions prompted us to look for shelter. The RV shelter in the campground had a little trailer … [Read more...]
The trail of tipped bikes
Posted on October 2, 2013 · 9 Comments
(a post-trip blog: the Denali Highway, Alaska) It rained all night long. In the morning, I put all my heavy motorcycle gear on under the boughs of a tree. This was an attempt to minimize how wet I would actually be when I was finally riding down the road. Even though I had heated gear, it was cold. … [Read more...]
Blogging by headlamp on the Denali Highway
Posted on October 2, 2013 · 31 Comments
(a post-trip blog) The Denali Highway was the first road access to Denali National Park and opened in 1957. Less than 15 years later, a major paved highway would eliminate the need for this 135 mile dirt road. Today, it serves as access to valleys and mountains along with three large river … [Read more...]
Carved by the tires of other travelers
Posted on August 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
(Belated post - catch-up) We left Eagle Plains not sure if Michael still had a job. We had built in four days extra in case the road was difficult, and we ended up being on the road an extra six days! If you are going to do this road, make sure you have wiggle room in case it goes south. Even so, … [Read more...]
Mozzies, lorries, backhoes and bulldozers
Posted on July 15, 2013 · 1 Comment
*Pictures to come later Back in Fort McPherson… We were hopeful. We woke up to the news that the road was finally open. Now the pressure was on the ferry men to get the boat going. We could see the traffic starting to stack up on the other side of the banks. This was wonderful! The banks had … [Read more...]
FM4
Posted on July 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
We spent the day watching the ferry men ram the log-jam with the ferry. We think, but are not entirely sure, that the road may be repaired by tomorrow. Dave the trucker called Eagle Plains and learned that the culvert was salvageable. They had the culvert in place and stabilized with wood by … [Read more...]
