Travelogues Alaska

Glaciers, fjords, and summer heat

A train ride that is fun...

We make a stopover on the train ride in Denali Park. We booked a great log house hotel. The train ride was amazing. Great mountains, rivers and lakes. There was even wildlife....

There is much to see on the way to Alaska, such as the signpost forest in Watson Lake or Dawson City, the gold rush town. Dawson City impressed us a lot as the downtown area has...

Monday, July 25th, 2022 A few days ago, we changed our upcoming travel route. Originally, we wanted to drive all the way to Anchorage in Alaska. But as we already know, the...

31.08.2014 Whales, sea lions, and puffins I wake up at 4:15 am and listen to my audiobook. Around 6:00 am, the dawn begins and it looks cold outside. It was supposed to be 5°C...

01.09.2014 From Seward to Ninilchik, along volcanoes to Homer Spit Today is Labor Day. We finish breakfast at 8:00am and start rolling at 8:20am towards Exit Glacier. It also...

02.09.2014 Homer-Skylak Lake-Anchorage-Wasilla The hairdryer is broken and it's freezing cold outside at 12 degrees with a stiff breeze blowing in from the snow-covered peaks to...

03.09.2014 Wake up again at 6.00am. It takes a really long time with the time change... At 8.00am, we are standing by a small lake, photographing the morning light and an...

04.09.2014 Denali National Park / Healy Quick shower and a yogurt on the edge of the bed, that should be enough this morning. Our neighbor's car is completely icy, ours is...

05.09.2014 / Denali National Park (Healy) The alarm clock on the second day in Healy goes off at 6:00 am, so at least 30 minutes more sleep than yesterday. Since we had the best...

06.09.2014 / Fairbanks - the northernmost point of the journey We eat leftovers on the edge of the bed and drive north. The clouds hang low behind us and between the mountains....

07/09/2014 by Fairbanks to Tok I wake up early again, despite getting little sleep. The hotel breakfast - the first one on this trip - is okay, and we leave around 9 o'clock for...

13th September 2014 I wake up at 8:00 a.m. to the sound of the old train signal and for the first time in a long time, I feel well-rested! Incredible! We stay in bed until 9:30...

09/14/2014 The alarm clock in Haines goes off at 6:00 a.m. because we want to see the bears, who are more active during dawn and sunset. The hotel serves breakfast until 8:00...

September 17, 2014 Today we actually wanted to go to the Cozy Corner Cafe across the street, where there was a busy breakfast crowd yesterday while we were sitting in the...

Our car before washing it in Tok

~ 18.05.2019 ~ Hello there, our journey took us to Homer today, a small fishing town at the very end of the Kenai Peninsula. The highway wound through forests and mountains,...

~ 17.05.2019 ~ Hello, not much exciting happened today. First, we went into Anchorage and looked for a laundromat to do laundry. After that, we went to Target, a huge...

~ May 16, 2019 ~ Hello hello, This morning we woke up in the snow again, but it wasn't quite as cold. So we made our way back to Denali National Park, as we wanted to spend...

~ 05/15/2019 ~ Hello, Today, we headed south from Fairbanks to Denali National Park. This very large national park is home to the highest mountains in North America. The...

~ 13.05.2019 to 14.05.2019 ~ Hello there, After our first night in Alaska, we made our way to Fairbanks, a slightly 'bigger' city with about 30,000 inhabitants. Pretty early on...

The next morning we continue driving on the Stewart-Cassiar Hwy. Very beautiful scenery, but where are the animals? August and September are hunting season, maybe that's why...

Sunday August 19th. After 2 x 3 days of 'self-sufficient' camping, Verny needs maintenance, then it's goodbye Denali National Park. A little sad, we drive to the exit and turn...

Monday, 08/13 Denali Park, rain is expected, but it was quite friendly. When we check in, we ask if there might still be space in Teklanika. The ranger looks slightly surprised...

Today was our last day together and we made our way back to Anchorage. There, we visited the giant outdoor store again, because Dad needed a new coffee pot and wanted to buy a...

Today we made the last excursion on the Kenai Peninsula before returning to Anchorage. We took a small side road to the Bryon Glacier. There we did a "difficult" hike by...

After we got up, we decided to have breakfast outside because the place is so great. It turned out to be the right decision because while we were having breakfast, a whole herd...

The next day we drove to Homer, the southernmost point of the Kenai Peninsula. Just before Homer, we reached the westernmost point accessible by the American road network. When...

Roadhouse in Talkeetna