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  • Savoring the Dempster (Part One)

    The Dempster Highway is 575 miles of gravel road. While Alaska’s Haul Road was completed specifically to support the oil and gas industry, the Dempster connects towns and hamlets, mostly indigenous communities.  When we began traveling this road in 2010, it ended at Inuvik, a “government town,” supporting the oil and gas industry. After years… Read more

  • The Haul Road, aka the dalton Highway

    After spending the day in Fairbanks, doing laundry, checking tires, and filling the water tank, we headed towards Prudohe Bay and the Arctic Ocean. The Dalton Highway is 476 miles of mostly gravel road. Completed in 1974, the road initially banned tourist traffic. It was strictly meant for vehicles and equipment bound for Deadhorse, the… Read more

  • Denali !!!

    Denali Road 8 is one of our favorite drives. Mostly gravel, the 135-mile road meanders alongside dozens of glaciers and high tundra. We rarely see animals.  They mostly stay in the high country and away from this heavily hunted area. Hunting season has not yet begun, but we saw many scouts and guides searching for… Read more

  • Haines, Alaska

    Our trip up the Alaskan Highway held lovely views but nothing exciting. We passed old haunts, like the Rancheria, a favorite for breakfast and pancakes. Last year it burned to the ground.  After sixteen years of traveling these roads, I suppose the change should be expected. (Yes, for those of who haven’t been following us,… Read more