If you look at a map of Alaska there is a thin sliver that comes down the side of Canada, this is known as the panhandle of Alaska. We went into the panhandle for a day back in Hyder, we were heading back into the panhandle for our 3rd visit to Alaska. Tilly transported us over passes, through misty mountains all against a wind funnelling up from the coast. The US border guard was very welcoming. Before reaching Haines we had several miles of following a pilot ...

From Destruction Bay, we passed through Haines Junction to follow the Haines Highway south. The Elias mountains were still prominent on our right and there were several good hiking trails. Yesterday we met two guys who tried to ascend Kings Throne mountain (shaped like a large seat) but were beaten back by strong winds well before the summit. Today the wind was even stronger so we passed it by along with several other trails that were too exposed or covered in ...

We crossed US customs without having to stop but on entering Canada we were grilled by the lady officer. The was thrown by us being English, driving a Canadian registered vehicle that obviously wasn't a rental. She wanted to know where we got the truck & camper along with umpteen other questions then we were told to wait whilst she consulted someone else - what is the problem. Eventually we were on our way. The sun was out, we wanted to make the most of it....

Not everything we plan we do! We left Valdez, the weather was shocking. We abandoned the idea of parking up just north of the Thompson pass and hiking up to get a close look at the Worthington glacier. We could hardly see the glacier from the road so we decided not to waste our time. Our next port of call was to be McCarthy and Kennicott, this involved drive up a 60 mile dirt road. Reports were that the road condition was difficult several days ago, with all th...

It was exactly a year ago that we quit our jobs to see the world. From Valdez we took a day cruise on the Lu-Lu Belle with Captain Fred Rodolf. The cruise is advertised as 7 to ? hours. We sailed out of Valdez at 11am, 7 hours would see us back there at 6pm, we arrived back at 8.20pm! what a great day though. Captain Fred is 79 and has been running this cruise since 1979. There was no view just sea mist and it was drizzling, not an ideal start. We cruised out o...