Travelogues Alaska

Fairbanks is the end of the RV trip

What happens when you spontaneously decide to drive further than originally planned for the day? You drive more kilometers but need fewer travel days. That's exactly what we did...

Today we reached the final part of the Denali Highway. Our campsite was already back on the paved road. But even on the final miles, we were able to admire this area: snow-covered...

After breakfast, we followed a tip from the campsite owner and headed towards Chilkoot Lake. Many small fish were spotted there, along with the famous bald eagles. To cut to the...

This post was created later when we had internet again. Today we divided up. On the one hand, a considerable amount of laundry had accumulated, waiting to be washed and dried. On...

The morning starts well. Contrary to the forecasts, we can do all exterior work on the camper in the dry. Dumping and water are back in order. But shortly after the start, the...

While having breakfast, the washing machines are running in the campground laundry. Afterwards, we head north. In Kenai, at the visitor center, there is a big Saturday market,...

Because life continues even in Alaska, we had to go back to Zudy's Cafe this morning to answer emails. Then we went back north, up the same road we drove down two days ago. After...

Hiking is on the agenda. Since the space must be cleared by 12:00 and we don't know when we'll be back, we park our camper in a public parking lot nearby. From there, we start...

For the second time, we are allowed to take our truck camper on the ferry. This time, the journey from Valdez to Whittier takes about six hours. Departure is at 07:30, but we have...

Within the Denali Highways we drove from the first campground in the west to the last campground in the east. It took us almost four hours for the approximately 80 gravel miles...

At the campsite

Usually the lady drives with us. Simply because she enjoys it, because she can, because it's convenient for the man next to her, and because he knows all the route information or...

Early in the morning we are already ready to leave. But first, a quick dump and water refill, and then we're off. Shortly after starting, we come across several hares with...

As mentioned in the last blog post, Dawson wasn't really our cup of tea. That's why we decided to only spend one night here and continue our journey the next day. This turned out...

Blog post written later in Whitehorse. Already during the night it started to become windy and in the morning it started raining as well. This combination made us decide to stay...

First, let's talk about the title - Mouse and Elk. The mouse is the elk and the elk is the red deer. Clear? If not, here's a brief explanation that we also needed at the...

Unusually, we set off today without breakfast. But after just one mile, we put on the indicator. Yesterday we saw a sign: Espresso Coffee Shop with breakfast burritos. We couldn't...

Today we took the train in America. We boarded in Fairbanks, departure at 08:15 and non-stop to Denali Park, about 200 km south and four hours later. Buying a ticket for this ride...

We leave early, even though it's only about 100km to our destination. At a state campground on the Kenai Peninsula, we had a conversation with a campground host. As an...

The alarm clock wakes us up at 04:40 and we don't mind at all because the sleep was restless. Was it a full moon, the sound of the waves on the beach or the anticipation? We get...

Doing nothing all day. Goodbye - Sepp was of course there, reading and walking were also on the agenda. But mainly enjoying the sun by the river. And the food from yesterday was...

Until 150 years ago, Alaska still belonged to Russia and was surprisingly sold to America by then Tsar Alexander II. I read the back cover text about this topic in a souvenir...