Monthly Archives: July 2014

Chicken, Alaska

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Judy

According to local legend, the original settlers wanted to call this place ‘ptarmigan’ after a native fowl, but they couldn’t agree on how to spell it and decided to just call it ‘Chicken’ instead. We saw some ptarmigan with a clutch … Continue reading →

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Fairbanks

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Judy

So now we’ve been as far north, and as far west in Alaska and the US as we’re going to get. It’s all south, and mostly east from here. We spent a rainy night in the Regency Fairbanks Hotel, and … Continue reading →

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Denali National Park

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Judy

We’ve just spent 4 days camping in a couple of different campgrounds in Denali National Park, and got to see Mt McKinley/Denali/’The Great One’ for several days in a row. What a treat! We drove north on the Parks Highway … Continue reading →

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