Posts about United States of America
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Thirteen: Fairbanks to Anchorage
With our last hike completed, it was time for us to be on our way to Anchorage, where we had booked our flights to take us home. Tim brought us some coffee, drove us to Ester on the outskirts of […]
A Last Hike: K’esugi Ridge Trail
The one main, literally, natural sight of Alaska is Mount Denali (or Mount McKinley, whatever you feel is better for you). This massive 6,190m peak is the highest in North America and can, on a clear day, be seen from almost […]
Driving to Deadhorse
When we first started our journey, we thought that the furthest north in Alaska we could go by road was Fairbanks. However, in Portland through conversations with other Couchsurfers, we found out that we could actually reach the Arctic Ocean […]
The Fine Friendly Folk of Fairbanks
In Tok, we had gotten the idea to write to people on the Fairbanks, Alaska Facebook group about our housing dilemma. We had written to quite a few people when we were in Portland to ask around for a travel […]
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Twelve: Tok to Fairbanks
Sarah’s house was conveniently located right next to the Alaskan Highway, so after a very hearty American breakfast, we sat next to the side of the road. The road to Fairbanks was only around 200 miles, which gave us quite […]
Tok: The weirdness of Alaska condensed
People often mention the famous southern hospitality of the southern states in the US, but it turns out that people in the north are also incredibly hospitable. Our host Sarah, her two daughters Amelia and Rosalie, and their very cute […]
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Eleven: Whitehorse to Tok
Once again, we got quite lucky with our rides. Quite early in the morning, we began hitchhiking and were soon rewarded with a ride going a few kilometers out of the city to the junction at the Alaskan highway and […]
Hitchhiking from Texas to Alaska Part Eight: Getting to Canada
Slightly dazed from our short stay in Seattle, we woke up early and got ready to start our trip to Canada. We planned to stay a night in Port Angeles, but this turned out to be unnecessary. After a short […]
Sleepless in Seattle
Getting to Seattle was remarkably straightforward. One of our fellow guests in Portland was heading back there in the morning and offered us a ride straight to our destination. A heavy traffic jam and a few hours later, we arrived […]
The Portland Experience
Waking up to some fresh coffee and eggs in Trent’s (our hero) sister’s house was not a bad beginning of our day. It quickly got even better though: we got offered a ride by Trent’s sister’s housemate’s boyfriend (this looks […]