August 29. Our first stayover was in Seward, Alaska for a couple of nights. It is a beautifully situated town, and was badly damaged by the ...

What good are mosquitoes? I’ve always asked that. Now, I know they are an important part of the food chain, being consumed by all manner of ...

August 28. It poured all the way from Anchorage, Alaska to Seward down on the Kenai Peninsula. The drive down along the Turnagain Sound was ...

My one and only prior time in Alaska, in June, 2005, it was about 54 degrees F and pouring rain. At age 53 and as a 3 year cancer survivor, ...

No, I am not stopping my blog, but I am taking a little holiday until about mid-September, both from this blog and my other one: Racing for ...

Between the extreme summer heat and just having too much going on lately, I have not been able to hike in about a month. And extreme compute...

For a change, I made a decision to go hiking on Sunday around mid-week, rather than my normal last second type deal type of thing. On Thursd...

My last Rainier hike had the biggest trees - Western red cedars, Western hemlocks, and Douglas firs - that I have ever seen, outside of the ...

Following my hike into Martha Falls , I started driving east again. I passed by yesterday’s Box Canyon trailhead and kept going. All along t...

After leaving Bench Lake , my intention was to drive to the southeastern corner of the park and do a long circuit hike that linked three sep...