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Sourdough Roadhouse was popular stop along old Valdez-Fairbanks Trail

These two cabins at Sourdough Roadhouse date back to its early Valdez-Fairbanks Trail days Margaret Murie, in her book, Two in the Far North, said that all the best roadhouses had a “Ma” to...

Sign of the times – Mom and Pop roadhouses and lodges along Richardson Highway fading away

  Paxson Lodge in June 2013 – only the cafe is open We drove the Richardson highway as far south as Sourdough this past week, and I was saddened by the state of most...

Landmark Gap on Denali Highway – June 4, 2013 – still lots of snow

We drove in on the eastern end of the Denali Highway this past week from Paxson to MacClaren River Lodge. There was still plenty of snow! Above is a photo of Landmark Gap from...

Old Gilmore/McCarty stamp mill near Fairbanks may soon disappear

  Gilmore McCarty mill as it looked in the 1990s Fairbanks Creek, 20 miles northeast of town, was one of the most productive gold producing areas around Fairbanks. Genevieve Parker Metcalfe, who was the...

Caribou along Denali Highway 5-12-2013

This past weekend we drove in on the Denali Highway from the Cantwell side about 70 miles before being stopped by unplowed road. We saw this lone caribou about 10 miles from Cantwell, merrily...

Tisha’s schoolhouse and old town of Chicken, Alaska still attract visitors

Old Chicken schoolhouse as it looked in the 1990s The first time we visited Chicken in the 1990s there was little you could see from the Taylor highway.  Downtown Chicken (adjacent to the highway)...

Trumpeter Swans along Denali Highway in early May 2013

  We drove in the Denali Highway as far as Alpine Creek Lodge on Saturday. That is about half was across the road. Because of the late spring the highway is still not plowed...