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As an Alaskan for the past thirty years, I must say you do a wonderful job of presenting the state, it's history and natural wonders. I have learned new things and seen new areas I want to explore thanks to your channel. Enjoy the rest of your stay. Looking forward to every episode of your travels.
I agree. As an AK resident, you guys have done the best video series of the state of anyone out there. You videos leaving you wanting more. You actually learn about stuff before doing it and don't half-ass things. You hike, fish, and eat. And you share about the Alaska Native culture which I haven't seen from anyone else not targeting that niche. Bravo!
@@AdventuresofAplusKThis is true for us as well, as we had a great lunch at the "Wich Haus" in Whitefish MT yesterday based on your suggestion. Heading to Big Mountain Resort this morning, also on your suggestion. Thank You!
This series has been amazing!! I find myself wanting to experience all the places you share. Our country is beautiful and has so much to offer. Y’all prove that every week! Love your email updates too!! Thanks as always!!
Don't be a girlie man Hans! 😂 love the SNL snipit at the end! That was one of our favs from back in the day! Okay you guys the views are outstanding, the drone gets great shots and the top of the hike was like the best variety of views ever! The lake so pristine! McCormick spice pack of Mojito Lime is so great on chicken and veggies. I use it for fajitas, and when I make white chicken chili and wings too! Love all your content - from the views, to coffee, to food, to your complete and utter fatigue from all the hard work you all do! Keep dancing you are so talented and fun to watch!!!
That skit is an all timer! 😂 Yes we love those seasoning packets too! We really like the Mesquite one as well. Sounds like you guys throw down in the kitchen! Thank you so much, Karen!
Out of all the places in Alaska during our road trip, Valdez area was also our favorite. It's such a stunning and tranquil place. We also went on a full day glacier cruise here (by Stephen's Cruises) and actually liked the scenery here more than on a cruise in Seward.
Beautiful scenery, can't wait for the next video. What a trip of a lifetime you have shared not only with each other but also with us your viewers. Be safe out there. 🥰🌻🐕🇺🇸
Loved the video!! I also loved the reference to Hans and Franz! My hubby and I always use that reference every chance we get, "We want to pump....you up!" Oh, I so want to travel Alaska, thanks to y'all! Just need to decide on an RV first :) Yall take care and stay safe
So the thing for me, is watching you guys try to come up with better adjectives to describe each new turn in Alaska and you do! Jaw dropping!! So now I want to visit Alaska. The unreal beauty is very captivating and you guys really show it very well. Loved the video. Hope the next segment wasn't rained out.
Yes it is a gorgeous Drive, my Boyfriend has land/Cabin with a beautiful view of the Tazalina Glacier, cant wait to see your vids of the waterfalls before Valdez and the hikes around there. You 2 have done a great justice to Alaska in all these videos and so lucky with the weather. Right now we/AK(I live in Chugiak across highway from where you hit Eklutna Lake) is having record rains now, August 85% of the month was rain and it is still raining almost nearly every day. Third highest rainfall since 1989 right now. P.S. I am originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan....The Pasty, we eat them with Ketchup mostly helps with the dryness:) Glad you visited the UP! - Caryn
We're excited to share our Valdez video! We're polishing it off now! We got so lucky with the weather! We experienced a lot of rain, but the weather worked with us when it really mattered! The pastys were tasty! We're not ketchup fans though, but a chipotle cream or something like that might go well on there for us. But we loved the UP!
In hopes the weather is in your favor. Enjoyed hearing the history. I loved the view at the top of Lions Head. Beautiful! Alaska is more precious than we realize. Hope others will keep it clean. In hopes you have a nice week. Enjoyed seeing you both. Your funny when you get soap happy.
Beautiful morning kayaking on Eklutna Lake. Props to ATT to let people on their private property to do the hike. I imagine their concern is liability if someone falls. 1000 feet per mile is the same gradient as the last 3 miles coming out of the Grand Canyon on the Bright Angel trail, only the BA isn't scrambling over boulders.
Wow!!!! So so beautiful!!! Alaska is on our bucket list! I want to see it all 😂. I keep telling my husband that we need a van like y'all so we aren't limited by hotels, budget, distance from airports, etc. Your videos are so inspiring! Keep up the good work!
Traveling by van or truck camper is definitely the best option we’d say! It gives you ultimate flexibility and affordability Thank you so much and thanks for watching!
Hello Adventurers😊😊, Wow! Just when you think you've seen the best scenery it gets so SPECTACULAR! The hike up that mountain was awesome to see. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next on the next drive and adventure👍👍👍👍👍!
Awesome video!! Thanks for sharing it . In Valdez don´t forget to visit Solomon Gulch Hatchery. When i visited Alaska I saw a lot of wildlife there, including some grizzly bears fishing
You guys are doing such a great job of taking videos, thank you so much. It's hard to imagine what it looks like in person compared to the TV. Thanks for taking us along and sharing.
YASSSSSS!! Lucked out SO much on weather for Lions head AND Thompson Pass! By far one of my favorite epic vista's to catch on a clear day. Hopefully the weather held out on your way back to the next destination that I'm really hoping you made the expedition to via the hint, hint, 60 mile dirt road. 😎 So stoked for your trip here and couldn't happen to better vloggers that know how to show off AK in its true glory!
Yes we really got lucky with our weather in Alaska. We had lots of rain, but it was good weather when we really needed it! We had some not so great weather for Valdez, but dry weather for our adventure after that! Thank you!
My wife and I have spent lots of time all over Alaska. Next summer we are "guiding" a family trip and you guys are doing a great job giving me even more ideas.
The mountains in Alaska are beyond beautiful, views from 360 degrees. I love the positive, fun, and goofy vibes you guys put out. Stay safe and keep up the great work.
Superb, just really awesome. Thank you for letting us hitch a ride thru that gorgeous country. Hoping the storms we are hearing of down here in so cal are not impacting you. Safe travels!
I shed a tear when you said your AK travels were winding down. And when you said your steaks went bad the mascara started to run down my face. 😂 But on a serious note, I have so much admiration for you both regarding how incredibly hard you work to create high quality content. Thank you!
So excited for you on this drive. When I went from Valdez to Anchorage in 1987, we saw nothing...no mountains whatsoever...due to severe fog cover. Hope you had much better luck. Looking forward to your next video.
OMGOSH…the beauty just never a stops in this state…just WOWZA! Loved watching Kona climbing the trail. That kayaking trip was AMAZING as were your outtakes! Keep traveling safe❣️😘❤️❤️❤️🐶🥰 Nice chicken dinner too! 😋
I watched so many Travelers, mostly people who are vanlifers who are traveling through the United States and Canada and Mexico, and so many of their videos have been so disappointing. Ninety-nine percent of these people tend to skip over so much and show very little, but you both show so much in each one of your videos, and you get spectacular footage. You both also have very nice personalities neither one of you are annoying. Everyone your videos are a 10++ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Enjoyed some of the new music you guys used in this video! Alaska looks like mountain paradise and the views keep gettig better and better. Looks like you guys really planned this trip well!
We've been using the same music service for a while now so I'm really having to scratch and scrounge for music I haven't used yet! It is getting tough! It was a jam packed trip!
@@AdventuresofAplusK I use Epidemic Sound and it can be a grind trying to find the right music. Other times I go there and find the perfect song right away. You never know...
The drone shots at lions head looked like a movie intro , stunning! You are truly capturing the best of Alaska! Kona is a trooper what a hike. Great video guys ~Cara 😊
@@majoroldladyakamom6948 Thanks! I still have to stop and think when i write they're. there, and their, the English language is confusing. But, what do i expect; the Bible calls us Babylon. Babel=confusion.
Beautiful photography as usual but I loved the video on the lake. Having never seen a glacial lake in person I was surprised how crystal clear the lake is
Luv your videos. We're going to MN's North Shore next week and we watched your videos to prepare ourselves even though we've been there before. Great work and you're a sweet couple.
I'm impressed you knew the "Pump you up" line Adam! That seems a bit before your time...lol. Gorgeous views in this one...that Lions head hike looked amazing, especially for how relatively short it was. Wow.
It was a little before my time. I just looked it up and it debuted the year I was born! Not sure where I saw it Lions head was awesome! What a view from it!
We were in Valdez in winter and it was incredible! I can’t wait for you to show us what it’s like in the summer! I have to think the waterfalls will blow you away! We hiked on a frozen lake to a glacier, I would imagine you will kayak it. #cantwait
It was amazing! We didn’t kayak, but it looked fun! Didn’t want to risk popping the inflatable on an iceberg Titanic style and didn’t want to pay for a hard sided kayak rental. Plus just didn’t have time. Was beautiful from the shore! Thanks for watching!
The views from this hike seem to me to be the most varied and spectacular so far. I’m not experiencing like you’s are so your opinion may be different. My sister lived in Central AK for 35 years & loved it. I’ve only experienced it in her pictures your videos & others. Blessings on ALL your journeys❤️😍
Until you added the weather forecast at the end I planned to comment on the amazing weather with blue skies yours had. But you’ve overall had great weather. Beautiful views, some muddy challenges and a little rain. Any complete rained days we don’t know about? I heard a comment on another RU-vidr channel that their friend had an awful experience while in Alaska. Rained hard every day while he was there with complete cloud cover that he couldn’t see or do anything. Can’t predict weather but it can ruin an experience. Glad you’re enjoying your trip.
We got really lucky with the weather. We had enough flexibility to move around our adventures for "better" weather days. Just about every day we weren't filming it was raining pretty hard all day long. In our next video the weather wasn't very pleasant, but again the rain held off just enough for us to be able to film, but the views weren't what we had hoped for much of it. We definitely experienced lots of rain while there!
@@AdventuresofAplusK Definitely a place I couldn’t live with so much rain and half the year in complete darkness. Tough folks who call Alaska home. Sure is pretty though.
So excited you guys did this ride when I get back to Alaska it's gonna be the 1st thing I do and by the time you read this you'll know what I mean it is phenomenal, Blessing
I’m living my adventures to Alaska through you two. Loving the videos and how care free you’all are. Be safe on your journeys and keep the videos coming❣️
Love those braided rivers!! Your drone shots continue to impress and show Alaska's majesty. And Kona is such a fearless hiker! Is there anything she doesn't like on trail?? Thanks again for sharing!!
When you were loading up this video, you were probably thinking, 'Some jerk is going to say he has Verizon and got through to AT&T at the Lion's Head Trail.' Well, um... I'm that jerk! But I had totally different weather when I did it back on July 11, so maybe the cell reception was affected. It was really overcast, and I was rained on coming back down the trail (yep, serves me right :) ). But the sunny weather you had for Lion's Head was what I had for Pepper Peak, which is definitely a trail to be done when you first get to Alaska, not after lots of intense hiking, so I think your instincts served you well there. My legs were fresh for Pepper Peak, and they needed to be, especially when you're staring at another 1500 feet elevation gain with a mile to go. I love all the footage on the drive to Valdez! Everything about driving around that whole Glenallen to Chitina corridor along the Richardson Highway is magical. I went by that Ahtna HQ a number of times. I didn't go south of Chitina / McCarthy Road, so I'm looking forward to what you discover next!
What the heck! haha we drove past that area several times and never had service! Pepper Peak looked like a beast! We're pumped to share the rest of the Alaskan adventures!
Haha! I also have an Android. Maybe that factored in? Perhaps? Ah, we'll never know! :) I was proud to conquer that beast! I could see Palmer up there on Pepper Peak, as well as the Matanuska River (Lion's Head was a closer view of the river, of course). Eklutna Lake was waaay down there. :) The Twin Peaks and Knik Arm were off to the west. It was gorgeous! Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to all things Wrangell, and reliving that whole region!
When ur Thompson pass you can pick blueberries,,,,, Valdez has bears at Allison point. You must have went when that storm came there last Thursday to Saturday. Hopefully u didn’t. Yes I agree you’ll be amazed by the scenery going into Valdez. Enjoy. Loved the coffee shop never been there either you’ve opened my eyes up to a lot here and I’ve been here 28 yrs. I went to that ice cream place in anchorage too thank you.
@@AdventuresofAplusK oh that’s good cause there’s a lot of snow now up in the mountains. Back home in Washington st. I know y’all will be back one day. I never get tired of this place okay maybe a bit in the winters but that’s why I keep busy and never come home till after 9pm lol. Ready fore your next adventures whenever that might be cheers 🍻
Just came back from our trip to Utah, sooo happy to see three new episodes! Your Alaska adventure is getting better and better, sometimes I feel it’s like a mixture of Banff, Jasper, Glacier NP…… Mountains, lakes, glaciers, just amazing! Can’t believe it has been almost two months, curious to know how many miles have you covered so far in Alaska? 🥰🥰🥰
Most informative, scenic and enjoyable vid. Great air pump, could you recommend? You two might be too young to remember the Exxon Valdez 'Oil Spill' (more like a total oil dump) that occurred in Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef (off Bligh Island) at the mouth of the channel leading to the port of Valdez. ~ "The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m. local time and spilled 11 to 38 million US gallons (260,000 to 900,000 bbl; 42,000 to 144,000 m3) of crude oil over the next few days. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. The Valdez spill was the largest in US waters until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in terms of volume released. However, Prince William Sound's remote location, accessible only by helicopter, plane, or boat, made government and industry response efforts difficult and severely taxed existing plans for response. The region is a habitat for salmon, sea otters, seals and seabirds."
Don't now how you guys manage to get such "clean" footage from inside the car. Any bugs/debris is hardly noticeable and little to no reflections. As always, thanks for sharing. 😁
I’ve heard Valdez is great…. But it’s great views just like the other spots you shared….. thinking this is too far out of our way to get to…. We’re so be happy with our south to north plan
There are wonderful views all over Alaska, the entire drive to Valdez is incredible and the surrounding area of Valdez is top notch. In this guide we share our top recommendations for Valdez: adventuresofaplusk.com/things-to-do-in-valdez-alaska And this video from Valdez as well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tJSSXEcXh0c.html We thinks it's worth it, but it is a drive!
You can see the Sphinx shape of Lions Head only when driving West towards Anchorage. I like how two highlight to call AT&T for that hike. So many other bloggers and vloggers skip all of the details. The Wrangell Mountains viewpoint is great on a clear day. I think I've only seen all of them twice. 😂 As always great cinematography and sharing some Alaska Native culture at Eklutna. Are you guys going to McCarthy afterwards before leaving the state?
Ah ok. We were trying to look back at it when we were driving away and thought mayyybe we could see it, but still weren't sure. Ya we had to try to call a couple times and almost gave up on it and thought we were going to have to skip it. Thankfully the phone rang! We were a little bummed on that drive when there was so much cloud cover, but that's how it goes! We wished we could've visited Eklutna and shared it more, but just didn't have time. We're glad we could at least highlight it a bit. Yes, we went to McCarthy and Wrangell-St. Elias. Polishing off that video edit this weekend!
@@AdventuresofAplusK You can see a beautiful view of Mt. Drum just above the highway with 12k ft of prominence about 20 miles heading east towards Glennallen on a clear day. It's beautiful and quite the sight. Yay for the McCarthy video. Excited to see it. I also just noticed that you haven't been north to Delta Junction, stopped at the roadhouses, Fairbanks, Chena Hot Springs, Arctic Circle, Atigun Pass, Prudhoe Bay, the Denali Highway, or Top of the World Highway. This state is HUGE and that's just the road system. Unfortunately western Alaska is being ravaged by hurricane-like winds and flooding right now and under a state of emergency. Many in these Alaska Native communities have lost their houses and boats (livelihood) as they are sheltering in schools. It's only accessible by air.
We would've loved to have seen it! I don't think we were able to that day. We did go to Delta Junction at one point in our journey, but weren't vlogging that day. We weren't able to visit some of those areas you mentioned due to lack of time. COVID took some of our time unfortunately. Actually our first adventure in the state was the Denali Highway and we had planned to make a video about it, but we were having a rough day and it was foggy and smoky and didn't think it would be a very good video so we ended up cutting it. We did one hike off the highway and will share it in our Alaska recap video in a few weeks. Stay tuned for the Top of the World Highway and Arctic Circle (but in Canada). Yes we're thinking about Western Alaska and hope there is a quick recovery!
I'm so pleased you guys bought another kayak. I know you didn't get much use out of that first one IP kayak version 1.0, but knowing how many times this one has been used, and in such stunning surroundings, kayak version 2.0 seems to have treated you both very well. I couldn't help but laugh at the AT&T / Verizon situation. I feel like when AT&T create advertisements that can hit specific target audiences (e.g. like an advert that would be shown before one of your videos) they should throw it in as a perk 'come to our network and perks are that you have access to even more hiking trails' 🤣 Such a shame about the steak, especially as it's more pricey than the chicken. My other half had commented saying you must have a huge fridge to see you through the days you'd have likely been without facilities to stock up and I couldn't quite remember, did you guys get an extra cool box for Alaska to go under the bed, or did I make this up?
We've been using the kayak a ton lately! haha that would be a huge perk for us! AT&T hiking trails! 😂 Our fridge struggles to keep temperature sometimes and it can be frustrating. It's about the size of a mini fridge (or actually probably the size of fridges in Europe!, but mini by American standards). We did buy a plastic bin to keep snacks and other dry goods and it stays out of the way under the bed
@Adventures of A+K Ah, it's probably the plastic bin that got me muddled. We call them 'American Fridge Freezers' in the UK and that was one of my little life goals to have one! We got our kitchen renovated in 2018 and had one put in and it's amazing!!! The luxury of ice at the push of a button or chilled, filtered water! I feel so old getting excited over these things, but you guys made a great invention. But that said, I'd give it up and take your mini fridge every time if it meant I could full time travel like you both! 🙌
We are looking into it and are hoping to get it when we get back to Texas over the holidays! It wouldn't have helped us much for our Alaska trip because it doesn't work north of about half through British Columbia
thank you. Am going to drive there from AZ May 1st.. Last time I drove the alcan was 1979. Started that trip May 1st as well, I expect things are different now. @@AdventuresofAplusK
