One of the first decisions to be made when choosing a route to Alaska is where to cross the border from the U.S. into Canada. The more popular border crossings are in Washington and Montana, depending on one’s starting point. There are many border crossings from Maine to Washington, and it will depend on how much time one wants to spend crossing Canada. We chose to...
Moving through the lower 48 from North Carolina to Montana with spectacular stops at Pipestone National Monument and Theodore Roosevelt National Park (pictorial video below)… We officially began our trip to Alaska when we left North Carolina on April 16, 2023, after visiting with family and friends, enduring medical appointments, and seeing Karen’s mom through...
One of our favorite camping spots this year (so far, anyway!) has been the Scoria Pit Dispersed Camping area (GPS: 46.9454, -103.5886) near the South Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. From Exit 23 of I-94, near Medora, North Dakota, W. River Road turned into a dirt-packed/gravel-packed road almost immediately and took us back a few miles to the right turn...
