Before we left Soldotna we had the chance the meet a local family that was processing their salmon at the campground. Alaskan residents are allowed to dip net as part of the subsistence fishing regulations. It was very cool to see how the family worked together to prepare food for the upcoming winter.

Today we left our secluded campground in the woods and headed to a campground in Soldotna for some much needed full hook ups. The steady stream of laundry for a family of five might just be the death of me! 🧺

After 10 fun-filled days in Seward, we had to move on. Alaska is a big place and we’ve got some adventures ahead of us!

Today was a rainy, chilly day in Seward but we are getting used to getting outside no matter the weather. ☔️

Today was a recovery day after our hiking adventure yesterday. We’re not exactly sure why Riggs needed a day off but he was happy to take it easy for a few hours this morning too! 🧖

Another day, time to see another part of Kenai Fjords National Park. Today was all about the water, plants and animals that are a part of the fjord estuary ecosystem.

Today we left Cooper Landing and headed down to Seward. One of the locals even came out to say goodbye as we drove away… 👋🏻

Today we took a day trip as far west as we could go on the Kenai Penninsula without driving into the Cook Inlet. 🌊 The city of Kenai is known as “the best place to Alaska” and it really did have a lot going on.

Today we were reminded why we try not to arrive at a new campground late at night…we made a silly mistake when we rolled into Cooper Landing. 🫣

Unfortunately we had to part ways with the Cruising Clemons as we both headed in separate directions today. Luckily we’ll be seeing them again down the road!

Not only did we find a campground with other kids, the Clemons family showed up as well! 🎉 Adventuring is always more fun with friends so today we headed to the Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla together.

Earthquake? What earthquake?? 😲

Today was another boring yet necessary catch up day at the campground. I promise that we’ll be back to exciting adventures soon! 😉

We moved down the road just a few miles to the tiny town of Willow. There is not much here but occasionally we need a few days to catch up on life and work before moving on to the next adventure.

We’ve been loving all of the sunlight here in Alaska and today there was nearly 20 hours of daylight for the summer solstice. Not sure I would enjoy the long winters but I’ll happily spend any summer here in Alaska! ☀️

We were packing up the RV to leave Fairbanks this morning when something unusual happened during Riggs’ walk around the campground…

We figured that it was time to wash the car when I literally could not see out of the windows while Everett and I were running errands around Fairbanks yesterday. There was a free carwash station right at the campground so we took advantage of it.

Everyone was feeling much better after a good night of sleep at our surprisingly nice campground here in Fairbanks. The first order of business for today was to restock all the things after the long drive.

While we would have loved a day to rest, the fridge was bare so we had to get to Fairbanks where they have a legit grocery store. One last 200 mile stretch today!

Today was a very good morning! Everett finished his 5th grade math curriculum and I let him rip up the workbook which was very therapeutic for him. 🥴

Matt tried to stretch this morning but Riggs was not having any of it. Neither of them were looking forward to another long day of driving, but there’s only one way to Alaska at this point! 🧘🏻

Our Canadian National Park exploring days have come to an end and today we started the long drive to Alaska. There is lots to see along the 1,585 miles we have left in Canada but we’re planning to move a little faster. 🥵 Here goes nothing…