Bikes and Backpacks

We convinced Pam and Monica, the two cyclists we met at the campground last night, to ride the side trip to Stewart, BC and Hyder, AK, with ...

July 24: In the morning, we wake up in the bus, eat more than our fill of chocolate chip pancakes, do laundry, and clean up as best as we ca...

We found our own magic bus.  After 60 or so uneventful miles, we wound up in Slana, a mile or so in on the Nabesna Road, one of two roads t...

We are so lucky.  A few hours after beginning our efforts to hitchhike out of McCarthy and Wrangell-St. Elias, we were picked up by some rea...

July 17: It's a gorgeous, sunny day. Something we never take for granted around here. The first part of our hike follows the trail that ...

I had thought we were going to enter the park yesterday, near Glennallen, but we ended up coming to McCarthy, some 120 miles out of the way,...

July 13 It rains all night and we sleep with the fly off under the pavilion.  What a luxury!  Unfortunately, it's still raining in the ...

Anchorage was great, but we were itching to get on the road again. Here are some highlights, good and bad, from our time there: - We sta...

Made it to Anchorage!  Many, many thanks to Jeff and Sarah for welcoming us into their home last night.  We caught up on some errands today ...

After we wake up, we bike into town with John and Maureen to have pancakes at the well-known Roadhouse restaurant.  They're simply delic...

It's a holiday!  We had talked about it the night before, but we didn't remember until midway throughout the day.  When you're r...

Because of the late night getting out of Denali (late dinner + food shopping for the next few days), we woke around 10 to the pitter of rain...

We hike into Toklat station and hop on the first bus of the day headed west.  Our driver smokes at each rest stop and has a deep, raspy voic...

Today, when we wake up, it sounds like we are in a washing machine.  A large river is gushing and tumbling rocks on our left, and a smaller...

When we wake up, it's gorgeous and it's easier than we expect to follow out the creek - we only have to cross it three times.  O...

Above is Tam's interpretation of this day.  We were hiking south and then west, so her drawing starts at our tent in the upper right....

Long day of hiking.  We woke up in the beautiful Polychrome area, and the narrow canyon we were following made for many icy river crossings....

There's one road that goes into Denali National Park.  No private vehicles are allowed past the Savage River at mile 15, so the road...