We decided not to take the Alcan home for two reasons: we wanted a change of pace, and we were told by the crazy parking lot attendant in McCarthy to visit the Alaskan town of Hyder to get “Hyderized”. He brought up getting “hyderized” with such excitement the moment we told we had driven up [...]
On our way home we decided to take a long detour through Haines and Skagway. Even though they are only 17 miles apart no road connects them, so we had to take a short ferry ride on the “Marine Highway” which we felt our Alaska trip had been missing. I was familiar with the names [...]
Denali was a surprise for us. After experiencing the Park-that-isn’t of Wrangell-St. Elias, Denali was draconian in it’s regulation. In Wrangell, there are no trail signs, no camping registration, no tour buses… nothing. It’s a huge chunk of Alaska wilderness that’s too rugged to do anything with so they just called it a National Park [...]
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 [...]
