Tagged: Summit Lake

Summit Lake cabin was a vital emergency shelter along Valdez-Fairbanks Trail

The portion of the Valdez-Fairbanks Trail crossing the Alaska Range at Isabel Pass was one of the most dangerous sections of the trail. The distance between Paxson’s Roadhouse, on the south side of Isabel...

Whirlwind trip to Kenai Peninsula historic sites – Summer 2017

Several weeks ago Betsy and I drove down to the Kenai Peninsula for the weekend. We hadn’t been there in about 15 years. While we were there Betsy let me check out a bunch...

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...