Monday, 11 September 2023, Isle Royale NP Isle Royale in Lake Superior: The fourth-largest lake island in the world, 45 miles long and up...

Sunday, 10 September 2023, Houghton MI How can it be time for another parks trip? I'm still reviewing and posting blogs of my Alaska...

from my 1991 cruise through Glacier Bay: From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., we cruised through spectacular scenery spying abundant wildlife on the...

Saturday, 26 August 2023, Gustavus AK Finally, my most convoluted - and stressful - trip has entered its final days, reached its final...

Wednesday, 23 August 2023, Kotzebue AK As we descended to land at Kotzebue (rhymes with 'gotcha-view'), I glanced out my window at a...

Monday-Tuesday, 21-22 August 2023, Anchorage I expected the Gulkana-Anchorage flight to be uneventful - no National Park scenery, flying...

Sunday, 20 August 2023, McCarthy Ahh, the stress of filling a free day. I looked forward to not overdoing it, taking things slowly. Woke...

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...

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...

Thursday, 17 Aug 2023, McCarthy AK BACKGROUND: I had visited Alaska once before this challenge, a 1991 trip with my friend Nick to see...

Tuesday, 15 August 2023, Anchorage Who needs a national park to have an adventure? The best schedule I could arrange for this trip...

Monday, 14 August 2023, Anchorage This idyll in Alaska has focused on firsts for me, and another couple firsts were on tap. The plane...

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...

13 August 2023, the Farm Lodge, Lake Clark NP. Sleeping in the wilderness can recharge the soul, but lounging in a comfortable bed more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

6 August 2023, home In 36 hours, my next plane takes flight. One of my longer trips - three weeks, covering six parks (including four...

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...