Author: Maria

Bermuda 2025

November 30, 2025 – December 3, 2025

John and I love Bermuda and one of our best friends was born and raised there. We decided to pay him and his amazing family a visit and we just loved every minute of this trip. I hope you enjoy our photos.

Tripp’s amazing parents Stephen and Jane hosted us at thei home for a delicious dinner with some of their closest friends.

Sitka, Alaska (2025)

September 15, 2025 – September 15, 2025

Observe brown and black bears in the Fortress of the Bear rescue center.
Hear how the bears have been nurtured and brought back to health.
Visit a remote homestead on the deep-water fjord Silver Bay.
Learn about the challenges of living in the Alaska wilderness.
See how once-orphaned and displaced bears are cared for in a rescue center and explore a remote homestead on a deep-water fjord. You will enjoy an up-close view of the animals at the Fortress of the Bear, where brown and black bears are typically in residence. The naturalists will elaborate on why the bears were brought to the center, their personality traits and how they are ensured a fulfilling life at the rescue center. The stories are inspiring, as many of the bears were once malnourished, injured or orphaned.

Living in the remote Alaska wilderness can be challenging for animals and people, as you will discover in more detail at a private homestead on Silver Bay that the McGraw family established generations ago. While gathered around a crackling campfire, you will hear stories of some of the first pioneers to visit the area, including those hoping to strike it rich mining gold and silver.

If you would like to see where and what we are while visiting Sitka
 
Follow us on our journey the next destination is Victoria, British Columbia

Private Homestead owned by the McGraw Family

Skagway, Alaska (2025)

September 13, 2025 – September 13, 2025

Ascend the beautiful mountains on the White Pass Summit Train. From your antique narrow-gauge car view incredible scenery, as your tour guide shares stories and the history of the Klondike Gold Rush. At the foot of the pass, nestled next to a waterfall, rests Liarsville Gold Rush Trail Camp and Salmon Bake. Here a cast of sourdoughs and dance hall girls will entertain you with a hilarious melodrama and a poem.

We then visited Liarsville gold fields, where you are guaranteed to find the precious metal that drove people wild with Gold Fever!

The grand finale is a visit to the Red Onion Saloon in historic downtown Skagway. The Red Onions’ madams will throw you a private party in the prestigious Red Onion Brothel.

If you would like to see where and what we are while visiting Skagway. 
 
Follow us on our journey the next destination is Cruising the Hubbard Glacier

Liarsville Gold Rush Trail Camp

 

Juneau, Alaska (2025)

September 12, 2025 – September 12, 2025

Alaska’s official state sport with a trip to Dog Sledding Summer Camp.

Your adventure begins on the breathtaking drive along Gastineau Channel, through the historic AJ Gold Mine site and into the remote and scenic Sheep Creek Valley. As you arrive at the summer camp training site, you will be greeted by a professional dog musher and some of the state’s most famous athletes: the Alaskan Huskies! You will receive an educational tour of the camp, and visit a 19th century replica Iditarod Outpost. Next, climb aboard a comfortable wheeled cart and relax as your energetic Alaskan Husky team guides you along the one-and-a-half-mile trail through beautiful landscapes. You’ll return to Dog Sledding Summer Camp for your chance to meet the dogs and snuggle the next generation of great Alaskan athletes: sled dog puppies!

If you would like to see where and what we are while visiting Juneau
 
Follow us on our journey the next destination is Skagway, Alaska