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Budget Breakdown for Two Weeks in Alaska

To quote the legendary Dwight Schrute, “welcome to the no-spin zone.” I’m not here to sugarcoat anything for you, or to try to prove that my trip was cheaper/more lavish than it actually was. Here we have cold, hard numbers with some of my opinions sprinkled in. The honest truth is that a trip to Alaska is expensive. There are ways that I could have saved some money (we’ll get to that), but you have to know when reading this and/or planning your own trip that visiting Alaska national parks is going to cost you significantly more than almost any other national park trip.

National ParksMichelle BerkesJuly 22, 2021Denali National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park: an Introductory Guide

The year is 1912--the same year the Titanic sank; 7 years before women gained the right to vote. 40-year old Dora Keen shows up in a small mining town in Alaska and assembles a team of prospectors--not mountaineers--to assist her in an ascent of Mount Blackburn. After a failed attempt in 1911, Keen is back for a second try at this unsummited mountain, the tallest in the Wrangell Mountain Range.

National ParksMichelle BerkesSeptember 7, 2020Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Two Week Itinerary: Anchorage and Alaska National Parks

It's weird how time and growth work together. Last year, I was planning a vacation to Glacier National Park... but when my brother took a temporary job in Anchorage, Alaska, Glacier flew right out the window. Looking back, my trip to Alaska unintentionally put me on a path; it taught me how to better research for a bigger trip, pushed me very far out of my comfort zone, and ultimately showed me AGAIN that I'm the thing holding me back. Since Alaska, I have been planning more ambitious trips and hiking farther than I thought I could!

National ParksMichelle BerkesJuly 13, 2020Denali National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park

National Parks: Favorite Experience in Each Park (and What I Want To Do When I Go Back)

This is a fluid post that I will continually update! Each time I visit a new park I’ll add it here, or update parks that I return to. It’s kind of a fusion highlight reel and future bucket list.

National ParksMichelle BerkesJuly 6, 2020Shenandoah National Park, Acadia National Park, Big Bend National Park, Biscayne National Park, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Death Valley National Park, Denali National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, Everglades National Park, Gateway Arch National Park, Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Redwood National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Voyageurs National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

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