2022 was probably my busiest year of travel yet! Below are my five favorite destinations of the year, plus five highlight experiences and a collection of photos from each trip. 5 Favorite Destinations of 2022 5 Highlight Experiences of 2022 January East Coast & Pittsburgh Cabo, Mexico February Seward Alyeska March Las Vegas Cali Fairbanks …
Seward is a very popular, easily accessible town to get to from Anchorage. Consequently, I’ve been to Seward so many times that I’ve lost count! Weekend getaways, teacher professional development, girls’ trips, mountaintop concerts, showing my favorite people out-of-staters around, or even just a quick day-trip down for a hike- I’ve done it all and …
Summer of 2020 I was lucky enough to visit southeastern Alaska for a girls’ trip with my friend Mara and her friend from high school, Molly. Even though we stayed within Alaska this was my first “Covid Vacation” and it was definitely a different experience (maybe more on that later.) Despite the unique atmosphere, we …
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I managed to sneak in a day-hike at Wickersham Dome and a night at a public use cabin before hitting up the Chitina for dip-netting. Here’s a little photo album of those adventures! Views from the top of Wickersham Dome Public use cabin escape First time dip netting success at Chitina!
With Covid19 putting the kabash on basically all of my travel plans, the summer of 2020 seemed like the perfect time to make the most of exploring the Interior and northern Alaska! My first adventure of the season was backpacking Carter Lake, and after that trip I was itching to get back out and enjoy …
Being stuck at home during 2020 was both a blessing and a curse. I cancelled trips to Minneapolis, Homer, Hatcher Pass, and Greece, but had the time to blog more and research future travel. An after school program, paint night, and professional development course for teachers that I was supposed to run were all cancelled, …