Wilderness Wandering

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 We set out for the east coast to attend Tim’s oldest son, Ryan’s wedding in Greenville, SC. We did not take Calypso. We drove Tim’s Acura TSX Sports Wagon. We drove until late and stayed at a hotel along the interstate.  Thursday, October 9, 2025 We made it to the Asheville,…

9/9/25 We are almost done with seeing all 63 National Parks. We are beginning a more modest quest to see all the WI State Parks. We were heading to the western edge of the state and decided to check out Perrot State Park. Perrot State Park is located on the Mississippi River in Trempealeau County…

Day 24, August 15 2025 We “slept” in the airport last night. I’m not sure either of us really slept, but by the time we would have gotten to a hotel, it would have been time to head out again.  We’re on our way to our last Alaska National Park- Wrangell St. Elias. It is…

When I started planning for this park, I didn’t know anything about it! What I now know, is it should not be missed! Glacier Bay covers 3.3 million acres of rugged mountains, dynamic glaciers, temperate rainforest, and deep fjords. It is part of Alaska’s Inside Passage. It is not accessible by road, only air and…

Day 16, August 7,2025 We were at the airport early for our Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Kotzebue. The location of Kotzebue is west of Hawaii and north of The Arctic Circle.  The city has a population of 3000 people. 80% are of native heritage. Fishing, hunting and healthcare are the primary occupations. Many…

We were on our bus ride back to Anchorage when the bus driver excitedly yells “Denali is out!” We took a few photos from the bus, but we had a stop in Talkeetna to pick up more passengers and the hotel we stopped at had a phenomenal deck off the back and we got to…

Day 11 August 2,2025 We boarded the Denali Star train from Anchorage to Denali. It rained overnight and was cloudy this morning.  The train ride is almost 8 hours. There was so much beautiful scenery along the way. On a nice day, there are several places you are able to see Denali, but we saw…

Day 8, July 30, 2025 We got up a little before 5:00 AM and got dressed. Our Lyft driver gave us a ride to the train station. We got our seats and boarded the train.  The train was very enjoyable! They kind of narrated the trip pointing out eagles and historic points of interest. We left Anchorage at…

We were up early.  We headed to the sea plane airport for our 2nd flight seeing adventure with Rust’s Flying Service.  Our Katmai flight was to leave at 8 AM. We were delayed until 9:15 AM due to fog at Katmai. Mike was our pilot. We were flying in a Cessna C206 today.  We had a very nice flight…

We are on a great Alaskan adventure to see all eight National Parks located in Alaska over the next four weeks.  I did all the planning for this trip.  It was very intimidating and I procrastinated a long time, but one day back in January I picked a day on the calendar to begin and…