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Amazon.com Widgets Sun streams through the window of the shell on our long bed truck. My legs are cramped without enough space to adequately stretch them out. I attempt to sit up (not enough clearance) an...

The coldest place in North America It’s late afternoon Saturday when we arrive in Tok, the last town in Alaska before crossing over the Canadian border. Making a stop at Three Bears for a few groceries, ...

After exploring Fairbanks, we continued along the Glenn Highway toward Tok, Alaska - our planned stop for the night. Along the way we stopped off at the North Pole - North Pole, Alaska that is. Santa was ...

Anchorage seemed so 'big' (granted it only has a population of 275,000, not much compared to major cities - but a lot compared to the population of 5,400 we were used to after living a year in Homer). We wer...

Continued from Driving Alaska: A Pictorial Journey Through the Last Frontier - Sterling Highway Part 1 From Anchorage we took the Parks Highway to Fairbanks (~30,000), stopping to view Mt. McKinely in Denali...

Compared to the population of 5,400 that we'd grown accustomed to while living in Homer for the last year, Anchorage was 'huge' with a population of ~275,000. Honestly, we were a little overwhelmed and i...

At the Sterling Highway turnoff to either Anchorage or Seward Much to the chagrin of Texas, Alaska is the largest state in the Union. More than double the size, Alaska is a whopping 571,951 sq. miles, co...