Alaska Day 16: Kenai Fjords National Park Tour
Up bright and early for our Kenai Fjords National Park Tour, a wildlife and glacier cruise that will take us south through Resurrection Bay and then back up north via…
Alaska Day 11: McCarthy and the Kennecott Mine
The day begins badly – a storm blew through town in the early hours, rattling shutters and sending stuff crashing so we’ve had little sleep – and it’s about to…
Alaska Day 7: Denali to Fairbanks / North Pole
From the moment we landed in Alaska almost a week ago, we’ve enjoyed almost unbroken sunshine, usually warm enough to sit outside for lunch and dinner. Today though, we wake…
Alaska Day 6: Denali Backcountry Adventure
We’re booked on the Denali Backcountry Adventure today, an all day (13 hour) guided bus trip taking in the full 92 miles of the park road and back again. We’re…
Alaska Day 5: Talkeetna to Denali National Park
Today is scheduled as an A-to-B day. We’re heading north to lodging just outside Denali NP in preparation for tomorrow’s long day in the park. After breakfast at the Roadhouse…
Texas: Marathon to Marfa via Big Bend National Park
This memorable drive begins by heading south through dramatic desert country, then enters Big Bend National Park, with its spectacular mountains, massive canyons and the Rio Grande itself. From here…
South Dakota, Pierre to Badlands National Park
This is how the rest of the world imagines American road trips to be. For a hundred miles or so, you’ll be travelling an empty road across wide open plains…
Nevada: US Route 6 via Great Basin NP
Head west across Nevada towards Yosemite's eastern entrance and the route doesn't sound too promising: 315 miles across inhospitable desert country with just two old mining towns for refreshment breaks.…
Montana: Going-to-the-Sun Road
One of America's -- if not the world's -- most spectacular drives, Going-to-the-Sun Road comes at you with a bang. One moment you're making your way past fast flowing blue-gray…
Colorado road trip via Rocky Mountain NP
This wonderfully scenic road trip starts out at a once-dry city now famous for its beers (so best to spend the night there). From here it makes its way high…
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