Valdez doesn’t end up on most first-time Alaska itineraries. It sits at the end of its own highway, tucked between mountains that make the American Rockies look like foothills, and getting there means deliberately driving away from the places everyone else is going. That’s exactly what made it worth it for us. We spent four […]

We just spent 8 days in Alaska as a family of four. Two teachers, two kids, no cruise ship, and the biggest costs covered with points and miles. We watched orcas and fin whales from the deck of a boat in Kenai Fjords National Park. We kayaked across Resurrection Bay to a remote beach and […]

Nine wild species. Our 29th national park. One single day on the water. If your family does one paid activity in all of Alaska, this is the one. I’m going to walk you through exactly what a day on the Kenai Fjords Tours Captain’s Choice cruise looks like with kids, what we saw, what we […]

Most people see Seward for about six hours off a cruise ship. We stayed four days, and I’m telling you now, it was perfect! Seward was the first stop on our ten day Alaska trip, and it ended up holding some of the best days of family travel we have ever had, anywhere. This is […]

Alaska had been on our family’s travel list for years. But instead of taking a cruise, we planned a DIY Alaska road trip, flying into Anchorage and exploring Seward and Valdez on our own. We just got back, and I can tell you now: it was one of the best trips our family has ever […]