My Jam-Packed Alaska Itinerary: Going Heavy on Adventure (10 Days)

Alaska itinerary 10 days

  For someone writing an Alaska itinerary, it’s funny that Alaska was never really on my radar. I thought of it as a place that I would visit after I retired. Maybe I would  take a cruise along the glacier filled waterways when my legs were too tired to hike anymore. That would have been a mistake, … Read more

Lake Clark National Park Alaska: Joining a Brown Bear Expedition

brown bear tour lake clark national park Alaska

The Brown Bear Tour at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska was my favorite day of our whole trip, which is funny because it’s the one thing I thought of knocking off our itinerary. We were already seeing polar bears in Barter Island, and the brown bear tour was more expensive than all the other activities … Read more

Hiking Harding Icefield Trail in Alaska

hiking harding ice field Alaska

You really can’t lose when choosing which hikes to do in Alaska, but if there’s one trail I could recommend, it would be Harding Icefield trail.  The state is so full of beauty that you will be starry eyed while taking out your trash in the morning but I probably took more photos in the … Read more

Visiting Barter Island: How to See Polar Bears In Alaska

polar bears in barter island

When I realized my next trip would be to Alaska, one thought immediately came to mind…polar bears in Alaska..or more specifically polar bears in Barter Island.  Polar bears have been on the list of threatened species since 2008, and with global warming not slowing down anytime soon, I figured my time may be limited to … Read more