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Photographer’s Assignment: Mount Rainier

Photographer’s Assignment: Mount Rainier

by Richard Quinn | Aug 30, 2023 | Mountains, National Parks, Photography, Road Trips, Travel

The State of Washington has a population of almost eight million people, and more than half of them live in or near Seattle, the 15th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. There are several things that all those folks have in common: An extremely high cost of living...
Photographer’s Assignment: Crater Lake

Photographer’s Assignment: Crater Lake

by Richard Quinn | Aug 12, 2023 | Mountains, National Parks, Photography, Road Trips, Travel

The Cascade Range is a major chain of mountains that begins in northern California, and runs through Oregon and Washington before crossing the border into Canada. Many of the peaks in the range are volcanoes, most long dormant, but some still active, part of the...
Alaska Road Trip: Driving to the Top of the World

Alaska Road Trip: Driving to the Top of the World

by Richard Quinn | Jun 30, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, Road Trips, Travel

AN ALASKA ROAD TRIP IS A GRAND ADVENTURE! Alaska's Grand Circle is a loop route that begins in Tok and utilizes all four segments (1082 miles) of Alaska’s Interstate Highway system: Tok to Fairbanks on AK-2 (Interstate A-2); Fairbanks to Gateway (near Anchorage) on...
Alaska Road Trip: The Grand Circle: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Alaska Road Trip: The Grand Circle: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

by Richard Quinn | Jun 24, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

AN ALASKA ROAD TRIP IS A GRAND ADVENTURE! Alaska's Grand Circle is a loop route that begins in Tok and utilizes all four segments (1082 miles) of Alaska’s Interstate Highway system: Tok to Fairbanks on AK-2 (Interstate A-2); Fairbanks to Gateway (near Anchorage) on...
Alaska Road Trip: Driving Alaska’s Grand Circle

Alaska Road Trip: Driving Alaska’s Grand Circle

by Richard Quinn | Jun 22, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Mountains, Road Trips, Travel

Once you’ve driven the Alaska Highway, and arrived in Fairbanks (or wherever), what’s next? You’re not going to turn around and go home without seeing the sights, but Alaska is breathtakingly huge, so how do you prioritize your possibilities?...
Kenai Fjords National Park: Exit Glacier: Up Close and Personal

Kenai Fjords National Park: Exit Glacier: Up Close and Personal

by Richard Quinn | May 31, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

The main attraction at Kenai Fjords National Park is the incredible scenery. Rivers of ice and untamed geography flow together here, and everything that’s amazing about the wild coast of Alaska is on full display. Tidewater glaciers spawn icebergs right before...
Dreaming of Denali

Dreaming of Denali

by Richard Quinn | May 20, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Mountains, National Parks, Photography, Road Trips, Travel

PRETTY ROCKS LANDSLIDE Pretty Rocks Landslide that cut off much of the Denali Park Road in August of 2021. Photo Courtesy of the National Park Service. CLICK HERE for Current Conditions and Closures at Denali IN AUGUST, 2021: A serious landslide in the area of...
The Alaska Highway: Day 3: Whitehorse to Beaver Creek

The Alaska Highway: Day 3: Whitehorse to Beaver Creek

by Richard Quinn | May 9, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, Road Trips, Travel

Click Maps and Photos for an expanded view. Most travel guides divide the trip from Dawson Creek to the Alaska Border into four segments, allowing a full day for each. I went a little crazy on my second day, driving from Fort Nelson all the way to Whitehorse, instead...
The Alaska Highway: Day 2: Fort Nelson to Whitehorse

The Alaska Highway: Day 2: Fort Nelson to Whitehorse

by Richard Quinn | May 9, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, Road Trips, Travel

Click Maps and Photos for an expanded view. The sun was up and pouring through my window at 4:30 AM, so I arose early and rolled out of Fort Nelson at 6:00. The plan was to drive at least as far as Watson Lake, 319 miles and about 7 hours away, but clear over on the...
The Alaska Highway: Prelude: The Road to Dawson Creek

The Alaska Highway: Prelude: The Road to Dawson Creek

by Richard Quinn | May 9, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

For anyone living in the United States, a drive to Alaska on the Alaska Highway is the ultimate road trip, the longest point-to-point journey you can undertake without leaving North America. A lot of people talk about making that drive, but there are relatively few...
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