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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: 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: The Grand Circle: Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula

Alaska Road Trip: The Grand Circle: Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula

by Richard Quinn | Jun 22, 2023 | Alaska Highway, 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: The Grand Circle: From Tok to Denali

Alaska Road Trip: The Grand Circle: From Tok to Denali

by Richard Quinn | Jun 22, 2023 | Alaska Highway, 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...
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...
Kenai Fjords National Park: Seabirds, Glaciers, and Whales on the Wild Coast of Alaska

Kenai Fjords National Park: Seabirds, Glaciers, and Whales on the Wild Coast of Alaska

by Richard Quinn | May 27, 2023 | Alaska Highway, National Parks, Photography, Road Trips, Travel

Kenai Fjords was established as a National Park when Congress implemented the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980.  The protected area covers a bit more than 1,000 square miles of the wild southeastern coastline of the Kenai Peninsula, and...
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: 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...
Canadian Road Trips: Jasper and the Icefields Parkway

Canadian Road Trips: Jasper and the Icefields Parkway

by Richard Quinn | Mar 9, 2021 | Canadian Road Trips, Mountains, National Parks, Road Trips, Travel

When you start a Canadian Road Trip in Edmonton, your Rocky Mountain adventure will almost undoubtedly begin in Jasper National Park, some 200 miles west on AB-16, the Yellowhead Highway. Beginning from Calgary, or points further east, your fun will more likely start...
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