by Richard Quinn | Jul 13, 2023 | Archaeology, South America, Travel
The San Agustin Archaeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Huila Department of Southwestern Colombia, a mountainous region near the headwaters of the Magdalena River. Within the park is the largest complex of funerary monuments and statuary on...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
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...
by Richard Quinn | May 22, 2023 | Alaska Highway, Road Trips, Travel
When I drove my Jeep to Alaska on the Alaska Highway, my first overnight stop after crossing the border from Canada was in Fairbanks, Alaska’s Second City. It was the farthest north I’d ever been; I’m not really sure what I expected, but what I found...
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...
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