"I've not done that route yet (on your map), but I've done the drive from Seattle to Bozeman MT (round trip) at the end of July, and there's typically forest fires anywhere along that drive during that time of year. The route itself…"

"That is so cool! I'm excited for you.  A great local shop for locally grown or hand crafted foods is The Roaming Root Cellar which also has a fabulous selection of Alaskan gifts; I highly recommend eating at Soba in the downtown area; and…"

"I have heard of it, and sadly only after my son and DIL moved out of Fairbanks down to Anchorage. I'll still go back to Fairbanks on occasion (they have one of the best quilt/fabric shops I've ever been to) so this is on my baseball bucket…"

"Hello, I see there hasn't been much activity on this page for awhile. Is there a different group now for the Mariners, or does this one just need a little jump start?"