Chena Hot Springs Resort, Alaska

On our third day in Fairbanks, the rain finally let up and a clear night was forecast.  We headed out to the resort of Chena Hot Springs which is about an hour’s drive north-east of Fairbanks.  By escaping the light pollution of town we were in a better position to get a glimpse of the Northern Lights. We were also keen to visit another hot spring as we thoroughly enjoying the relaxing experience last time at Liard River...

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Journey to Alaska

It is a very long drive to Fairbanks, Alaska.... approximately 2,200 miles from the Canadian/USA boarder at Glacier National Park.  This amounts to a lot of fuel for our extremely thirsty Winnie at Canadian prices, a high potential for vehicle damage in the form of stone chips, windscreen damage, suspension damage, moose/elk in the road etc; and almost 50 hours of driving (one way) on very taxing roads!...

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Medicine Hat and Canadian Rockies

After leaving Glacier National Park we headed north east towards the unusually named military town of Medicine Hat to spend the Canadian bank holiday weekend with an absolutely fantastic couple – (aunty) Claire and Gouldie.  Claire is practically family and we spent a great deal of time together in Wales and Herefordshire during our childhood (more so than I remember according to the box of embarrassing photos that appeared!)....

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Olympic National Park, Washington

Situated just to the west of Seattle, this huge protected wilderness compromises of hundreds of miles of pristine coastline, stunning beaches, rain forest, lakes, glaciers  and mountains.  We did not actually see the peak of Mount Olympus itself, as just the week before we had spent a few days at Mount Rainier and visited its glacier.  With little time to spare we agreed we would rather spend our time checking...

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