Because we cut Denali short out of juvenile frustration we had more time than expected around Fairbanks. This ended up working out well because there are some amazing hiking trails around. After we visited our friend Luke at the hangar where he works (he had to work a few more days before our river [...]
The bike ride we planned was to ride across the foot bridge and then out an old road to the Nizina River, which no longer has a bridge across it, but does have a nice view and the remains of the old railroad trestle. It was a fun ride, about 7 miles out and 7 [...]
Sightly hungover from the mead and Grey Goose extravaganza in Homer we got back on the road and headed for McCarthy. It was going to be a long day in the car so we planned to stop and mountain bike where the Resurrection Trail we rode a few days before would have come out. However, [...]
Next we drove back up to the Sterling Highway from Seward and followed the Kenai River out to Soldatna where bought some delicious taco supplies and headed up North to Captain Cooke State Recreation Area. The IGA where we bought the food also had a small russian food section which fascinated me, and I bought [...]
