The Way to the Bay
Saturday, 26 August 2023, Gustavus AK Finally, my most convoluted - and stressful - trip has entered its final days, reached its final...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 19
- 6 min
Arctic Interlude
Wednesday, 23 August 2023, Kotzebue AK As we descended to land at Kotzebue (rhymes with 'gotcha-view'), I glanced out my window at a...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 17
- 3 min
Serenity Segues to Stress
Monday-Tuesday, 21-22 August 2023, Anchorage I expected the Gulkana-Anchorage flight to be uneventful - no National Park scenery, flying...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 16
- 7 min
Adventures Lite
Sunday, 20 August 2023, McCarthy Ahh, the stress of filling a free day. I looked forward to not overdoing it, taking things slowly. Woke...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 13
- 8 min
Iced!
Saturday, 19 August 2023, Kennecott AK If your dreams don't scare you, then they're not big enough. - sign on the wall in Kotzebue, AK...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 9
- 5 min
Of Mines and Bergy Bits
Friday, 18 August 2023, Kennecott AK Rays of light from the rising sun streamed through the kitchen window. I got up to look out just in...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 7
- 7 min
Happy Hollis-day!
Thursday, 17 Aug 2023, McCarthy AK BACKGROUND: I had visited Alaska once before this challenge, a 1991 trip with my friend Nick to see...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 5
- 5 min
Ode to Anchorage
Tuesday, 15 August 2023, Anchorage Who needs a national park to have an adventure? The best schedule I could arrange for this trip...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 3
- 2 min
What a Way to Fly
Monday, 14 August 2023, Anchorage This idyll in Alaska has focused on firsts for me, and another couple firsts were on tap. The plane...
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nationalparks7
- Sep 2
- 5 min
4 Hours v. 10 Minutes
Monday, 14 August 2023, Lake Clark NP I finally figured it out! During one of the close bear encounters in Katmai, a grizzly must've...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 31
- 5 min
Marinating in Wilderness
13 August 2023, the Farm Lodge, Lake Clark NP. Sleeping in the wilderness can recharge the soul, but lounging in a comfortable bed more...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 29
- 6 min
and the Winner is...
12 August 2023, Katmai to Lake Clark The wind kept up into the dark hours and beyond, shaking our tents mercilessly with what felt like...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 25
- 5 min
Bears and Rainbows
11 August 2023, Crosswinds Lake, Katmai NP Woke up during the dark hours to the sound of rain on the tent. Good, maybe the clouds will...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 23
- 7 min
Eight Bears Before Breakfast
10 August 2023, Crosswinds Lake, Katmai NP I emerged from the tent around 6:30, the first member of the group to stir. Clouds still hung...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 16
- 8 min
A Bit of Katmai Class
9 August 2023, Crosswinds Lake, Katmai NP As I sit in my camp chair, pen in hand, musing on how to begin this post, it began to write...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 6
- 2 min
North to Alaska
6 August 2023, home In 36 hours, my next plane takes flight. One of my longer trips - three weeks, covering six parks (including four...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 4
- 5 min
Smoke Gets in Your Parks
Sunday, 16 July 2023, 4:45 p.m. Sitting in the Great Falls International Airport, perhaps the sleepiest of all the small airports I've...
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nationalparks7
- Aug 1
- 7 min
Icons of Glacier
Friday, 14 July 2023 Over the years, certain events have emerged as icons linked to a given National Park: Think bouncing on the back of...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 29
- 3 min
Back to the (Un)Real World
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, Puyallup WA It always feels bittersweet to end a great adventure. Temps were still moderate when I arose, no...
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nationalparks7
- Jul 27
- 6 min
How Nature Says, "G'day!"
When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the...
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