Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
Dawson City is a fun area to visit with a great town full of wonderful old buildings with lots of history. Further south is Bonanza Creek where you can do some panning for gold at the KVA free claim #6 and then visit the nearby Dredge #4 which is fantastic
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We drove from Tok, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon and traveled the “Top of the World” highway. It is about 127 kilometers long and one of the most northerly highways in the world and is only open in the summer. As with any northern route be sure to check the
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Trans Alaska Pipeline, TAPS (Trans-Alaska Pipeline System), Alaska Pipeline, Alyeska Pipeline, or just The Pipeline, whatever you call it and no matter your thoughts on the subject, it is still great to see in person. Grab a copy of the Alaska Milepost and check out all the places where you
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Denali Highway! My favorite highway in the world. It runs from Cantwell on the Parks Highway all the way to Paxson on the Richardson Highway. The highway is rarely used today and is gravel and not maintained. It can have extreme washboarding and lots of dust. Take it slow and
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What can you say about this, it’s Denali! Beautiful scenery and wildlife. The campground is one of many but it is the main one near the entrance of the park. Don’t plan on just driving up and getting a site (although you may be lucky). Reservations certainly help and even
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Denali State Park is to the east of Denali National Park and runs along the Parks Highway. It has a few campgrounds and a few trails heads and is beautiful. Many people bypass this park and head straight to the Denali National Park. If you do that then you will
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The incredible beauty of the Kenai Fjords is hard to resist. We decided to take a day cruise on Resurrection Bay in the Kenai Fjords National Park departing from Seward. And are we glad we did. It turned out to be a perfect day. The weather was fantastic, the sky
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When we first arrived in Seward we checked out the RV sites along the popular Seward Waterfront Park. Basically a parking lot, side by side, of RVs with gorgeous ocean views. But, it is crowded and all the choice spots are taken in the summer. Here are some rather poor
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We stopped in Tolsona at the Wilderness Campground. A nice pleasant campground with a river running through it. It was pretty full but because of the layout you didn’t feel it. As we were walking around before dinner we noticed two Model As hauling wooden trailers. We stopped and chatted
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Campground: Snag Junction Campground Location: Snag Junction, Yukon Site: 7 Cost: $12 (CAD) Services: Dry camp Comments: Great, quiet, campground. If you want to avoid the bugs, find a nice open spot. The campground is by a lake. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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