The to do list is still rather long, but last week we got our visas for the USA, so now there’s no rush to see it all in 90 days.
This week we booked our flights to Alaska.
Now we just need to find a long-term cat-sitter…

This week we booked our flights to Alaska.
Now we just need to find a long-term cat-sitter…

There comes a time in two perfectly reasonable people’s lives when they decide that driving cross-country to New York is a sensible thing to do.
“Now wait a minute” I hear you exclaim “Aren’t you driving to Argentina? That is quite a lot further away from Alaska than New York and therefore a slightly madder thing to do!”
I’ll grant you that the plan of driving to Argentina does sound a little crazy, but ultimately it comes down to a question of timeframes.
(more…)We can’t by any means claim to be experts on small town Alaska, we’ve only visited a few. But the ones we have visited have all been pretty unique and fun. Three of our favourites in the Alaska so far have been Hope, Whittier and Kennecott. Kennecott will be the subject of its very own blog post due to the large quantity of accompanying photographs that it will involve. But for now, allow us to familiarise you with the two very different towns of Hope and Whittier.
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We’ve archived our stories and photos from our three year road trip from Deadhorse, Alaska, USA to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Argentina here:
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Whoo hoo! Good work on the visas, must be a relief. And a big “to do” check mark!
Yes, one thing (of many) of the list. Now to finish some more of the renovations…
Another step closer to the dream. I bet you’re getting quite excited.
Actually had to make up a new word to describe our state of mind. Went with excitified. (Describes being somewhere on the spectrum between excited and terrified!) 🙂