Tucson Arizona continues to be one of my favorite places to visit in the southwest. There are so many things to see and do in the area that each time I visit I find new and interesting places to go, and some great places to revisit. This year I...
Back to Baja – Loreto in November
I have written about this beautiful part of Baja before. Every spring Jerry and I take groups down to Loreto to see the whales and enjoy the beautiful scenery, awesome wildlife and wonderful people in this part of Mexico. It was time to head down to Baja at a...
Ecuador – O.O’O” Latitude
What a change a few months make – it wasn’t that long ago (only three months) that I was in Barrow Alaska, above the Arctic Circle, nearly at the top of the world. Now I find myself exploring Ecuador, a country located on the equator – the mid-point of...
These Are Our Beaches – The Oregon Coast
The Oregon Coast is lined with hiking trails, lighthouses and some of the best stretches of coastline on the pacific. But of all the wonderful things about Oregon’s coast, the best is that all 362 miles are free and open for all of us. “When we walk along the...
Seward – Camp, Hike, Swim & Paddle
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Since leaving on my RV journey just over a year ago I have...
Big City, Alaska Style & Sister Time!
A city on the edge of civilization, Anchorage is situated at the end of the Cook Inlet, where coastal lowland gradually rises up to the Chugach Mountains. With a population of 301,000, Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city home of 41 percent of the entire state’s population – a big...
Talkeetna – Tourists & Climbers Collide
Talkeetna Alaska billed as “A little drinking town with a climbing problem” is nestled at the base of North America’s tallest peak, at 20,320 feet (6,194 meters), Denali (read about Denali in a previous post). Talkeetna’s entire downtown area is listed on the Register of Historic Places. Its wilderness...
Midnight Sun in Fairbanks
Look out the window in June at midnight and you would swear that the sun never sets in Fairbanks this time of the year. Technically, the longest day of the year, on summer solstice (June 21st) there is 21 hours and 49 minutes of official daylight. But it remains...
Whitehorse – Capital of the Yukon
Time to catch up on some blog posts! Whitehorse, capital city of the Yukon Territory, is located at mile 887 of the Alaska Highway. It is a great place to stop in a city that has enough essential amenities for anyone traveling the Alaska Highway. For me that meant...
Banff NP – Creation of a Canadian National Park System
It was here in Cave and Basin National Historic Site (located in Banff) that Canada’s first National Park was born. Back in the 1880’s the Canadian Pacific Railway was stretching it’s way across Canada opening in its wake a path for pioneers (very similar to US history). Although Aboriginal...