In January of 2020 I visited Matanuska Glacier for the first time. Since then I have returned twice, both times with my children. Let me tell you, if you go you won’t be disappointed!
Category: alaska, Travel, Uncategorized Tags: 1000 hourse outside, adventure, alaska, alaskan, all ages, amazing, amazing view, America, beautiful, big, blessed, children, chugach, chugach state park, cold weather, education, explore, exploring, exploring alaska, family friendly, favorite, freezing, frigid, frozen, geography, glacial fed, glacier, glacier tour, hike, hikes, hiking, hiking alaska, homeschool, ice age, ice caves, icey, instagram, learning, magical, mat-su valley, matanuska, matanuska glacier, matanuska glacier tour, melt, mountains, parents, school, slick, snow, snowmachines, temperature, Travel
There are 616 named glaciers in Alaska. Though there is estimated to be around 100,000 glaciers within the state. I have seen more glaciers than I can count since moving to here. We have hiked to both Byron Glacier and Exit Glacier. However, until last Saturday I had never actually touched a glacier!
Category: alaska, Travel, Uncategorized Tags: alaska, alaska resident, all ages, amazing, amazing view, beautiful, bubbles, byron glacier, cold, crevasses, discount, exit glacier, explore, exploring, favorite, freezing, friends, glacier, glacier tour, helicopter, hike, ice, ice caves, mat-su valley, matanuska, matanuska glacier, matanuska glacier tour, melt, mom, mom's only hike, mud, old, snow, state, subzero, summer, sutton, tour, valley, website, weekend, winter, winter gear
It’s been a few week since our most recent visit home, and I have been working on compiling my list of top places to visit! I grew up about 30 minutes outside of St. Louis, Missouri on the Illinois side of the Mississippi. My mom worked in St. Louis so before I started kindergarten I …
Category: Travel, Uncategorized Tags: arch, art, baseball, blues, blues game, botanical, botanical gardens, bush stadium, cahokia mounds, cardinals, cardinals game, chesterfield, childrens museum, city museum, collinsville, delmar loop, eckerts, eckerts farm, farm, favorite, forest park, garden, grants farm, history, hockey, home, kids, list, magic house, missouri, missouri botanical gardens, museum, piasa, piasa bird, purina farm, science center, scottrade, scottrade center, six flags, six flags st.louis, st. louis zoo, st.louis, st.louis arch, st.louis blues, st.louis cardinals, the city museum, the fabulous fox, the fox theater, the magic house, the muny, theater, top places, turtle, turtle park, visit, worlds fair, zoo