We spent the summer of 2015 in Canada and Alaska, the fulfillment of a long-time desire to explore the far north. We're now back home in the "outside"... aka the "lower 48", reconnecting with family and trying to absorb the immensity of the trip. We learned a lot, we experienced a lot, and we fell in love with the far north. We've actually had a tough time adjusting to the hub-bub, the congestion, and the speed at which everybody seems to move since we've been back
The following is a general itinerary/history of our trip. If interested in a particular place, note the date and find our posts in the post archive at the bottom of the page.
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After a little time passed (for perspective?? or laziness??) I wrote this post as a recap of the trip. It might be the place to start:
Alaska and the Far North: a retrospective
New November 2016: We've made a 6 minute video compilation of our Alaska and Far North trip. Here's a link to it. [
Link to our Alaska Video]
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We took a bunch of photos during this trip. Organized in albums by day, click on the photos tab above to check them out.
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Our General Itinerary
June 7, 2015: leaving Wisconsin and heading northwestward. Finally on our way.
June 7, 8: visiting friends in Minnesota
June 9, 10, 11: westward through North Dakota and Montana
June 12: cross border into Canada at Sweetgrass
June 13: camped in Black Diamond AB
June 14: Banff and Icefield Parkway
June 16 and 17: Dawson Creek
June 18: Start out on the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek
June 22: Whitehorse YT
June 24: Dawson City
June 25: Start North on the Dempster Highway to Inuvik
June 29: Tuktoyaktuk Village NWT (The Arctic Ocean)
June 30: Return South on the Dempster
July 1-4 Four days in Dawson City
July 5: Top of the World Highway and Chicken
July 7: Tok Junction
July 8: Into Wrangell - St. Elias National Park
July 9: Valdez AK
July 14: Ferry to Whittier and Chugach NF
July 15: Seward AK
July 17: The Kenai Peninsula
July 19: Anchorage
July 21: Chickaloon
July 22: Mat-Su
July 23: Willow, Friends
July 30: Denali NP
August 1: Fairbanks
August 6 - Delta Junction
August 8 - Back to the Yukon
August 9 - 12 - Haines
August 15 - 18 - Whitehorse (redux)
August 18 - Carcross
August 20 - 23 - The Casiar Highway
August 22 - Stewart/Hyder
August 25 - The Fraser River Canyon
August 27 - Back in the USA, crossing into Washington at Sumas
Link to our
Winter '16 - '17 travels