Road Trip – Our 6S Full Life

Planes, Trains, and Boats

After Denali we headed back to where our Alaska trip began in Anchorage. Here we have back the car we had been driving around in and stayed one more night. The next day we boarded a train to Seward to catch our cruise. The train was an amazing way to see Alaska. Even though itContinue reading “Planes, Trains, and Boats”

Denali Nation Park Day 1

We scheduled two days for Denali as it is a big part with lots to do. This way we did not have to race through and we’re able to see everything we wanted to. We started with the visitor center which had a very informative and well put together museum. We learned about the animalsContinue reading “Denali Nation Park Day 1”

Drive Day

Alaska has a lot of great places to visit both on the coast and in the interior. Unfortunately to get to those places sometimes you have to drive for a long, long time. Today was one of those days. We left McCarthy in the morning and drove through Fairbanks and around to Healy. Luckily weContinue reading “Drive Day”

Root Glacier and Kennecott Mines

We headed over to the town of Kennecott on the 9:30 shuttle. We were looking forward to discovering this old mining town history and to hike out to Root Glacier. We lucked out and the weather was perfect. Our first day of clear blue skies and warm sun. We started with the hike to theContinue reading “Root Glacier and Kennecott Mines”

Wrangell- St Elias national Park

We left Seward early in order to drive eight and a half hours to McCarthy in the Wrangell-St Elias National Park. It was a very long but gorgeous drive. The last two hours of the drive was 60 miles of dirt road. Although the day was long getting to McCarthy was well worth the driveContinue reading “Wrangell- St Elias national Park”