National Parks – Our 6S Full Life

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”

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”

Kenai Fjords National Park

Today we woke up and headed to Kenai Fjords our First Nation Park of the trip. Since a majority of the park is best seen by backcountry camping or boat we knew we would only get to see Exit Glacier here. We have seen some glacier up in the mountains during our travels but hereContinue reading “Kenai Fjords National Park”

Crater Lake

We are nearing the end of our Northwest trip. Our last stop was Crater Lake National Park. It is a long drive from the Olympic coast to Crater Lake. To make it easier we broke the drive up into two sections. Our first stop was at the Colombia Riverfront RV Park. Even though it wasContinue reading “Crater Lake”