Denali background hike
Jordi and I went for a 2 days backcountry hike inside the Denali National Park. We had to watch a safety video, on how to deal with river crossing, camping rules and bear attack....
Monthly Archive: June 2015
Electric powered van
With no alternator, our travel range was limited to as far the battery capacity. Good thing it ever gets dark up here. So we can drive until 10pm without the headlights. Our first stop was...
Alternator went
last night we released the alternator was playing up, but I didn’t know the reason. So we drove as far as we could till the battery drained and the van stopped. We were on...
Holy smoke!
A combination of rising temperatures and dwindling spring snowpack have set Alaska up for a dramatic shift in wildfire activity. Fire season is also stretching 35 days longer compared to 60 years ago. There have...
First camping night
After 4 days fighting the heat, mosquitos and the dust, we managed to properly camp for one night. We found this perfect spot by the bridge at Wiseman intersection. The highlight was the freezing...
Mosquito nets at Galbraith Lake
We really liked Galbraith and decided to camp for the night and do a short hike while there. But the Mosquitos completely ruined the experience. Im not sure if the cool view paid of...
Ice in Alaska? Weird!
On our way out of Deadhorse we found some remains of what we expected to see in Alaska. Also found a spot for the night. Crazy infested with mosquitos.
Prudhoe Bay – The “Oil Tour”
After the deception of arriving in Deadhorse last night, we woke up this morning and went for a shower at the Container Hotel, then later on we took the “Oil Tour” to Prudhoe Bay. Nothing...
More Brazilians on the road
I bump into this Brazilian couple, Eduardo Prada & Maria Siviero, travelling the world on their camper assembled in Brazil. They came up from Brazil to Alaska and they will drive to Miami and...
We reached the top of the World
After 2 day on the road, we finally made it to Deadhorse. I will use Ashe’s words to best describe this place: “Deadhorse Alaska, we made it through the longest stretch of unserviced highway in...