Category: Alaska

Kenai Peninsula Day 5 & 6: Girdwood

Girdwood is located 39 miles south east from Anchorage. We had a big day ahead. We packed our lunch and snacks and met for shuttle to Crow Pass Trailhead in Girdwood. I was still elated from hiking the Harding Icefield Trail the day before. Little I knew, I was going to have another fantastic sensory overloading hike.

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Kenai Peninsula Day 3 & 4: Seward

Seward is 126.5 miles south east from Anchorage. Day 3 was an easy day. Due to the last minute trail condition change, our original hiking plan was changed. Instead, we hiked 4.6 miles (RT) – more like a nature walk – to Lower Russian River Falls and watched salmons. I sprayed myself insane amount of bug

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Kenai Peninsula Day 1 & 2: Homer

Homer is about 45 minutes south from Anchorage by plane. I arrived at Homer around 7 am on Saturday. In a few hours, I would meet my Backroads travel peers and we would begin our week-long exploration in Kenai Peninsula. I got a taxi from the airport and headed to Land’s End where my group would be

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Whatever Wednesday: Alaska

June flew by! It was an exciting month for me. I took my first solo trip and explored Kenai Peninsula in Alaska for a week. Such an amazing place. The trip exceeded my expectations. Usually by end of a vacation (or trip), I am ready to go home. But, on this trip, I was sad when it came

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