Alaska is home to a wide variety of birds and with 471 species positively identified, Alaska is a popular destination for birders the world over. Let’s start with the Gulls. Quick differences in Arctic Terns (the longest flight migratory bird) and Bonaparte’s Gulls – The Gulls have black heads and bills, whereas Arctic Terns have [...]

1. El Dorado Gold Mine Tour: This is a family oriented tour. Visitors can learn about Alaskan past during the Gold Rush era and they can learn to pan for Alaskan Gold. 2. Historic Fairbanks Alaska City Tour: Traveling on a comfortable Motorcoach visitors can enjoy sights and sound that only Fairbanks can provide such [...]

Denali Seward Anchorage Fairbanks Prudhoe Bay I have talked with quite a few Alaska visitors. And by and large they have all named the top 5 places to visit in Alaska are: 1. Denali National park 2. Kenai (Pronounced “keen-eye”) Fjords National Park 3. Anchorage 4. Fairbanks and 5. Prudhoe Bay By a very large [...]

We have ridden around 1,000 miles north from Anchorage to Deadhorse, Alaska, chiefly to go for a chilly dip in the Arctic Ocean. Deadhorse is the most northerly settlement of Alaska reachable by land transport. The 400-mile dirt road that runs up here only exists to service the huge Prudhoe Bay oil exploration area, and [...]

Immediately east of Anchorage is the Chugach Mountains. The first ridge that overlooks the city has peaks to about 3500 feet; head deeper into the mountains and the peaks get taller, and eventually you reach the glaciers of the Chugach Mountains. About this time of year, we’ll get a rainy, foggy day, and when we [...]