One of the more popular weekend excursions around Fairbanks is the 15-mile grueling Granite Tors loop. I use the word grueling not to discourage you, but to be honest. The hike isn’t for the weak, and is by no means an easy stroll; however, it’s worth the hard work to check out the rock climbing, beautiful […]
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España Parte Uno: It’s the End of Time and Pork is All That Has Survived
Andrew & Allison’s 2015 International Adventure took us this year to SPAIN! We spent a little over two weeks touring Granada, Seville, Barcelona, and Madrid. Every city was beautiful and special in its own way. We ate tons of fabulous food, toured more things than we could count, and met some of the greatest people! […]
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Oktoberfest at the Hotel Alyeska!
I recently spent two weeks down in Anchorage for work, which gave Andy and I the opportunity to take a side trip to Girdwood with Kelly/Madison and Caroline/Marc. Girdwood is a ski-resort community near Cook Inlet about 40 miles south of Anchorage. The trip perfectly coincided with Oktoberfest, which Girdwood was hosting. Andy, along with […]
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Arctic Circle and Mt. Sukakpak – Coldfoot, Alaska
A few weekends ago we went on our annual camping trip to Marion Creek Campground in the Arctic Circle. Marion Creek Campground is located 5 miles north of Coldfoot. It is a developed campground with a volunteer campground host on site. There are numerous other campgrounds that are undeveloped, such as Five Mile (4 miles […]
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McCarthy/Kennicott Part III: Glacier Hiking on the Kennicott Root Glacier
One of our favorite hikes to do of all our adventures is hiking the Root Glacier in Kennicott. The Root glacier is actually a slight offshoot from the Kennicott Glacier as you can see from this map: ©University of Colorado at Boulder Arctic Workshop 2002 Beautiful glacier! While crampons are not required, they are highly, […]
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McCarthy/Kennicott Part I: Wrangell St. Elias National Park and McCarthy
McCarthy/Kennicott in Wrangell St. Elias National Park is one of our favorite places in the world. Wrangell St. Elias is the largest National Park in the United States at 13.2 million acres (second is Death Valley National Park!). This summer, Andy and I took two trips to McCarthy/Kennicott, one with my parents and one with […]
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Kayaking the Clearwater River – Delta Junction, Alaska
For our actual anniversary day, Andy and I met Kelly and Madison at the Clearwater Lake Campground at the Clearwater State Recreation Site to go kayaking. The campground offers 17 campsites, a boat launch, picnic area, water, and toilets. See a campground map here. For fishing enthusiasts, the water is filled with Arctic Grayling, Whitefish, and Salmon. […]