You’re planning your Alaska Vacation and want to see the magnificent sights in Alaska, as well as the vast array of wildlife the Last Frontier has to offer.  But how can you fit Moose, Lynx, Caribou, Bears and many other popular animals without trekking all over the state?  The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is your [...]

Denali Cabins is readying to open its doors.  The Denali Park Road is melting away steadily, and wildlife is being spotted coming out of hibernation.  Moose lumber into the plains, and caribou are heading back inland to graze on the new grasses and moss.  Migratory birds are arriving daily by the thousands.  Trumpeter swans, Canadian [...]

Alaska is thawing. The trees have taken on a red hue, a precursor to their eventual new-growth. Bears are awakening, moose are heading back to the hills, and people emerge from their homes. The mountains still boast a white curtain over their crests, and the forests still harbor patches of snow beneath them, but it [...]

I’m from the Space Coast of Florida.  My neighbor was an astronaut and I lived close enough to the beach that it took me 8 minutes to literally walk down the street to it.  The area is f-l-a-t.  When I say flat I mean the most elevation you can achieve within a 10-mile radius is [...]

We stayed at the Denali Backcountry Lodges last summer.  It was breathtakingly beautiful, and had all the amenities of home, minus the noisy neighbors.  We were just 95 miles into the park but if felt like we were in another country.  The sheer wildness of Denali National Park was wonderful.  We had moose come within [...]