This stage in our journey took us west and then north towards Denali. Once again we had great scenery and found Palmer, a small town where we had considered stopping off at if we had travelled the other way round our route, to be very pleasant. We did some shopping - what else? - and then headed north to Talkeetna.The road wound its way north through Wasilla which has its own 'fame'.This is the home town of Sarah Palin who is reported to have built a huge fence a...

It rained all through the night and we awoke to leaden skies - so we had a little bit of an unplanned lie-in.However, heading west we could see in the distance that the skies were much lighter. We'd planned to head off the highway northwards to Lake Louise but turned back about half way when we realised that there was greater benefit in pressing on to our destination for today - Grand View RV Park, Matanuska. On our way we had some wonderful views of yet again mo...

We awoke to another bright, sunny day with blue skies and light cloud scudding over the white topped jagged peaks surrounding Valdez.Wished we were staying longer but it was time to move on and head north up the Richardson Highway to our next destination after filling up with petrol (for driving) and propane (for cooking and heating).While we were filling up at the petrol station we hit upon a strange sight.A wee van - decked out as a colourful cafe - had pulled ...

This was to be our last day on the Kenai Peninsula as we were due to sail from Whittier to Valdez across the Prince William Sound.Apart from needing to make the ferry we had to time it right to get through the Anderson Memorial Tunnel, a single lane toll tunnel that is (obviously) open each way only at certain times - we had to be there by 11:30. The scenery on our journey north was glorious and we made good time as we headed past fast flowing glacial rivers, shi...

Back on the road again, we retraced our journey up the Sterling Highway and stopped off again at Soldotna. We'd already had a couple of Kaladi Brothers coffees (fresh roasted in Alaska) and decided to buy a French press (known to us as a cafetiere) and a bag of their freshly ground best coffee. An added bonus was that for the price of the French press, the Kaladi's filled up the pot for free. Another interesting point was a painting hanging up in the Kaladi Broth...