We had our farewell Dinner with our group last night it was a great night many laughs a few tears 26 days ago we were total strangers brought together by this amazing trip & lead by our wonderful tour guide Suzie we leaving it having met some wonderful people and made great friendship with a number of our group. Today is our Artic Circle fight the last of our Scenic experiences, after a mix up over flight and bus departure times we flew off into the wil...

8am pick up and after a quick stop at Nenana, which is the 7th check in spot for the famous Iditarod trail sled dog race. We were soon heading off to the North Pole & a visit to Santa Claus house a magical hour was spent looking at Christmas display's, shopping & visiting reindeer which were having their summer nap. Onto the Steamboat landing where we boarded the Paddle steamer Discovery III for a trip up the Chena river, we were treated to a wonde...

Very early start to meet up with our travel guide and driver for the Tundra Wilderness Tour. Dave picked us up in an old school bus which we discovered had a real problem with windows staying up, all set with our packed lunches off we headed. Dave was an ex school teacher and loved to talk and so he did for the 7 hour trip. He was full of knowledge and facts which he imparted to us during the day. Heading up towards the Tundra we were treated to many w...

Back on board of our bus with a guest Ruth is the daughter of Joanne Porterfield who's homestead which we are visiting today, she told us of her family's story when Dad & Mum decided to pack up their 4 children and leave their home in South Dakota and head to Alaska where free settlement farms of 260 acres were available. She told us many funny and heart felt moments of this epic journey in the early 1960's. Part of the tale was arriving at the Canadian/...

A very very early wake up with the ship docking at Whittier, gang planks being put into position, suitcases being moved off the ship before we disembark at 7.30am. A super organized affair with each group given a time and place to meet before disembarking the ship. We were met by our new coach driver Devon who will be our driver for this next leg of our journey. We headed off out of Whittier which is a very small harbour town created by the US government ...