A blog of my North American Expedition.
Leavenworth, Washington, is a charming Bavarian village nestled in the picturesque Cascade Mountains. Known for its unique architectural style and festive atmosphere, the village transports visitors to a quaint Bavarian setting. However, Leavenworth wasn’t...
At 14,410 feet, Mount Rainier is the tallest volcano in the Cascade Mountain Range and the most glaciated peak in the continuous United States. Just 60 miles southeast of downtown Seattle, the volcano is...
Located on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the nearly one-million-acre Olympic National Park is a land of diversity. The park sprawls across several different ecosystems, including glacier-capped mountains, old-growth temperate rain forests, and over 70 miles...
Less than three hours from downtown Seattle, the alpine landscape of North Cascades National Park invites guests to witness the rugged peaks of the North Cascades Range as well as the most extensive glacial...
Vancouver, British Columbia With a population of 737,216 people, Vancouver is Canada’s third largest city behind Toronto and Montreal. Long before the European arrival to the region, the area was home to Coastal Indigenous...
Juneau, Alaska The area now known as Juneau was historically inhabited by the Tlingit people, who fished the area’s salmon-rich waters which they called Dzantik’i Héeni. In 1880, prospectors Richard Harris and Joseph Juneau,...
Prince of Wales Island is the third largest island in the United States behind Kodiak (2nd) and the Big Island of Hawaii (1st). Located just to the west of Ketchikan across the Inside Passage,...
For centuries, the Huna Tlingit people thrived in the area that would become Glacier Bay. They lived in the shadows of the glaciers and utilizing the abundant resources of the land and sea. Around...
Haines, Alaska To the Indigenous people, the area around modern Haines, Alaska was known as Deishu, which means “beginning/end of the trail” in the Lingit language. That was a fitting name because today Haines...
Whittier, Alaska The area that is today’s Whittier, Alaska has been traveled through for centuries as a shortcut from Prince William Sound to the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet and Alaska’s interior. As...
