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 […]
July 8, 2026
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 […]
