Tag: National Parks
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Glacier Bay & Gustavus on the Alaska Marine Highway
Getting to Glacier Bay After a week in Juneau we boarded the ferry again, this time for a trip to our last national park in Alaska, Glacier Bay in Gustavus, a small town accessible only by ferry or air. It was about a six hour ferry ride, this time on one of the smaller “day…
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On Tour in Alaska – Wrangell St. Elias National Park
From Seward we drove about 400 miles up to the only drive-in campground in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Kendesnii campground on Nabesna Road.
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On Tour in Alaska – Kenai Fjords National Park
We drove down from Denali to Seward, about a 5 hour trip, and set up camp on the waterfront in the city-run RV park there. It’s a big campground with a beautiful view of Resurrection Bay and the surrounding mountains. It’s located on a paved walking path that gives pretty good access to most of…
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On Tour in Alaska – Experiencing Denali National Park
We started out with two days in Riley Creek Campground, near the entrance to the park and its main visitor center. It’s a nice National Park campground with no hookups but a dump station with potable water as well as showers and a small store.
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Heading to the Last Frontier – First 2 Days on the Alaska Highway
We left Dawson Creek early in the morning after buying some last-minute supplies the night before, knowing that towns would be few and far between the further we got up the highway. The first few hundred miles are in pretty good shape without a lot of challenging curves right up through Fort Nelson, BC.
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Back from the Southwest – Visiting 4 Texas and New Mexico National Parks – Part 2
Carlsbad Caverns & Big Bend National Parks – Continuing our Trip After visiting White Sands and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks we traveled on to visit two more parks, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and Big Bend in Texas. Click here to view Part 1. Carlsbad Caverns National Park While staying at Guadalupe Mountains National Park…
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Back from the Southwest – Visiting 4 Texas and New Mexico National Parks – Part 1
Experiencing White Sands & Guadalupe Mountains National Parks It’s been a while since we got back (Spent the past month getting our house prepped to sell.) and I thought I’d share some of our experiences on our trip from the frozen tundra of Minnesota to sunny Texas and New Mexico back in March. We enjoyed…
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Marching to Warmth – 4 National Parks in New Mexico & Texas
Early Season Trip Gives a Chance to Try a Few New Upgrades & See Big Bend, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns & White Sands National Parks It takes a long time for Minnesota to thaw out even when temperatures get into the 70s. We’ll be heading south and as long as no government shutdown interferes we’ll…
