Road journal

The useful, surprising and human side of traveling Alaska.

Field notes, honest recommendations, rides, hikes and conversations from the road.

We picked up our empty Transit in Oregon and pointed it toward Alaska. The van was superb. Our fuel planning needed work.

Music, camping, friendship and wild-salmon advocacy in Ninilchik. Here’s why Salmonfest belongs on every Alaska traveler’s life list.

A retirement dream became a purpose-built van and a way to help other travelers experience Alaska more deeply.

Five weeks with friends from the Netherlands revealed why the right message at the right roadside moment matters.

The case for visiting Alaska’s independent campgrounds, meeting their owners and connecting their stories into one statewide route.