I booked a flight...to the Last Frontier

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[@cwesley2005]

Kelly you have stepped up your production quality so much. Nice use of music, voiceovers and drone footage. Keep crushing it!

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you so much!

[@ExplorewithEast]

I agree. This video is surreal and amazing.

[@centaursailing]

Wow! We are from Florida and watched your FT hike. We left Florida in early June and drove to Alaska. We are here for the summer and love it! Have fun!

[@kellyhays23]

Wow y’all drove! That’s awesome! It’s definitely something I’d like to do someday!

[@vadaboy]

You are blessed to be sharing this experience with your friends. The abundance of wildlife in Alaska is staggering. If you ever get to Skagway don't miss the railroad trip into the Yukon

[@kellyhays23]

Noted!!

[@JohnsTinyWoodshop]

Alaska is such an incredible place. I was told that there are more eagles in Alaska than people. Thanks for sharing your adventure!

[@kellyhays23]

I believe it!

[@Shayleyle]

Worked a few years in Alaska and honestly think about it a few times a week, especially when the temps in the Southern US climb during the summer. This is making me want to go back *so* much.

[@rockytopwrangler2069]

...WOW !! What beautiful scenery ... A fantastic change from trail tramping ... just being a tourist with a private guide ... totally agree ,, having only a week would be so overwhelming on what to do first ,,then ,,then ,, then ... Take in what you can ,, then plan for return trips in the future ... Always Stay Safe and God Bless ...

[@stewartellis353]

Alaska is Beautiful !!! With each turn it gets better. And when it can't get any better, It does. I have been there twice. It doesn't get full dark in the summer. So big, so much to do you can't do it in a lifetime. So much game. Watch out for bears anywhere up there. I loved it. Have a great time as I know you will!!!!!

[@RickINFJ]

Bravo young lady, exceptional video! Thank you for sharing this gift of a place.😊 Wow, the grandeur of Alaska is just humbling. You would have had to drag me off that agate beach. You always keep us guessing 9L. What a pleasant surprise on a Saturday. Take care Kelly ✌️

[@kellyhays23]

Thanks so much for watching!!

[@kleenexhikes]

Looks like you got some decent weather. It's been raining here it seems non stop! The resort in Girdwood is pronounced Al ee es kah. Upper winner Creek trail there is awesome! I love Homer! It would have been fun to meet you while you were up here. I have an airbnb! It was cool seeing the places i know after seeing so many of your other videos!

[@kellyhays23]

I say alyeska different everytime lol maybe next time! I def plan on coming back!!

[@godlessevilfeeling]

Welcome to the real world, we are used to the summers and winters up here. We rest up in the winter and hit it hard in the summer, and use light blocking curtains if need be to sleep. But honestly, summers are insane cause it is amazing here and you just don't want to stop. You are a couple weeks early for the peak of the red run on the Kenai, I tend to get about 4 hours of sleep and explore all day, go fishing at about 10 p.m. until 1 a.m.(no one on the river then and it is plenty light out still) Crash out at about 3 a.m. and back up to do it all over the next morning. Eating is the key, your body will function as long as it has energy and you have the will.

[@diannamallow5195]

My husband and I look so forward ro your videos. We are in our 60's and he had 2 strokes and open heart surgery 2 years ago. So we can't do walking and traveling very well. So we live through watching your videos. At of all the ones we watch you are our FAVORITE!

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you so much!!! So glad I can bring y’all along :)

[@floorticket]

I watch the Brooks Falls live streams and dream about visiting Alaska. Sure I grew up with Yosemite and Tahoe ... Desolation Wilderness, I'm no noob but Alaska is frickin' off the charts wild. Yeah, bucket list for sure. I'm writing it on my arm now for real.

[@maureenmukhlis2934]

OMG!!!! Awesome 🥰🥰🥰 you MUST GO TO see the Matanuska Glacier!!!! It’s really incredible!! I hiked it in November 2022!!! I had a blast there! I went snowmobiling too!! Eat a reindeer hotdog!! Yummy 🥰🥰🥰

[@dechambe]

I lived in Alaska for 12 years from 1989 - 2001. Had many adventures and memorable experiences.

[@robertcase3729]

Great video! Homer - Jewell's hometown!

[@stillwaterhiker]

Hey Kelly. Look awesome. I made it to Alaska in 1992. I was 22 and went with my father. Great memories. That trip was a huge influence in becoming a geologist! Rock on Kelly!

[@OkieRoamer]

That looks like an amazing trip so far! Thanks for sharing!

[@JCandCo.]

Looks like a great trip, Kelly! Nice footage. Enjoy your adventures and have safe travels.

[@robmechanic]

One of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. Can’t wait to go back. I hope you had a chance to visit a glacier. The blues are indescribable. God Bless!! 🙏🏻❤️

[@kellyhays23]

I ready to go back as well!!!!

[@cribbage]

That is definately a bucket list trip! Looks like a wonderful time with good friends =)

[@denisebrown2940]

What a fabulous opportunity. It must be amazing there.

[@kellyhays23]

It was incredible!!!

[@rosemarymcleod4074]

Wow that place is absolutely beautiful. Have fun ! Can’t wait to see the rest!

[@kellyhays23]

Yes just wait! So much more beauty to show from this trip

[@diamondbackking4141]

I forgot to tell you HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU & YOUR VLOGS !!!

[@williamfrisby4338]

Commenting for the algorithm. Been following your channel since your AT hike. Your videos are a fun little escape while drinking morning coffee. One of my favorite hiking channels (along with Taylor ). Looking forward to future videos. Keep up the good work!

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you so much!

[@Randee04]

Wow, so cool!!!!! Talk about gorgeous! I've always wanted to see Alaska and you're showing us! Thank you!

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you for watching! I’m excited to show you more!

[@larrypeake7632]

Kelly, loved it!!! I have been to Alaska twice and ALWAYS breathtaking.

[@Golfpt62]

Wow absolutely stunning. I’m so jealous of you seeing all the eagles. They are few and far between here in NE Arkansas lol

[@MattAK]

Moving to Alaska in three weeks and can't wait. Worked up there for four summers back in college 11 years ago and have always wanted to move back. There's just no place like it.

[@kellyhays23]

That’s so exciting!!!

[@ladygoodday]

I visited Alaska in May. Absolutely loved it. Loved it! Have a great trip!

[@ervinslens]

Overall video production is simply brilliant! This looks and sounds amazing, your narration is amazing!

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you so much!

[@tonniebroom5007]

Just found your channel. Love your adventures. I live in fla. You opened my eyes to alot of things.

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you so much for being here!

[@jpascaln]

Very very cool. Thank you for sharing. ✌🏽

[@ndan3746]

We traveled 1500 miles in an RV last summer. From Denali to Seward Truly an amazing place my favorite day was hiking Manatuska Glacier

[@kellyhays23]

That sounds incredible!!!

[@bartcornelius7717]

This adventure looked awesome! You looked like you genuinely enjoyed it! Love your channel! 👍

[@GeorgeBeck100]

How cool was that !! Getting out into nature without the grind 😊 Loved it !!! Favourite part - the low down shot of the stream on the beach 🔥💯

[@melindabaer2534]

Incredible video!!!!! Love love love the music and how you at times add your voice to some content throughout the video..do that more often..wow again great video👍👍❤

[@starman9458]

I’m glad to say you’re in Alaska, I just went camping last Friday and Saturday and have been tubing down the river. I’ll have my video uploaded soon on my other channel Kentucky Uncharted once I get our fiber internet which we’re getting today. By the way, when you’re looking for agate rocks up around there, there’s a rare chance you may find some gold nuggets since Alaska is heavy full of gold due to ancient glaciers it’s had for millions of years.

[@davidshirley6850]

Have watched all.your videos and almost nothing compares to the wonder and beauty of Alaska so happy you got out of the hot box known as the south to experience it.

[@kellyhays23]

Me too!! Thank you so much for being here david!

[@jzoop1]

Great idea to go to Alaska. Nice film work and I like the new format. This was your best video!!! Keep it up. Thanks

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you so much!

[@diamondbackking4141]

I'm sooo glad to see you back, & in Alaska. Mom went every summer by cruise from Vancouver to Alaska with her friends from church. Your a professional now for sure ! Thanks for taking us along....!!!!

[@kellyhays23]

That’s so cool! I def want to try a cruise out there!

[@KevinPhillips-xd7lr]

You earned that after the Florida, Alabama heat! Looking forward to more of your adventures. Glad for your opportunities.

[@ParamotorNC]

Thanks for taking us along!

[@OneEyeHikes]

"Wild and Perty" I love it... we southerners just have a way of describing things don't we?!

[@melissasims9550]

This is AMAZING!! Alaska is absolutely on my list of places to visit. Last month this FL family headed out west to Colorado for a few weeks. We hadn't been past Alabama! 😂 So much to see and experience out there! Looking forward to watching the rest of your trip uo there. 😁

[@BootsAndPearls85]

Alaska is such a magical place. I'm jealous! They have these very remote state owned cabins that people can backpack to, and I would love to spend a week in one. The peace, the wildlife, the scenery! What an amazing trip!

[@vincentcutright7926]

Nice property you are staying at. Best Adventures! Alaska is so beautiful.

[@jimschlabachpeacefuloutdoo7327]

Great episode!

[@gracemccoy2874]

Great video, beautiful scenery. Did I hear some Shania on the radio lol? Awesome trip. I love how your screwed up from all the daylight hehe. I would be too!

[@joesmith98765]

Glad You Made It To Alaska, If You Had More Time Or The Next Time You Go Try Kodiak Island, I Lived There 84-87. Been Trying To Go Back Since

[@kmannewyork]

Like you’re having a wonderful time. I love your truly enjoying yourself that’s wonderful. It seems like something I truly enjoy doing.

[@anneoconnor3614]

Thank you for sharing another adventure !

[@kellyhays23]

Thank you for watching!

[@813kengarcia]

Wow, from one corner of the country to the opposite corner! What a cool trip.

[@jamesadams2334]

Too cool Kelly! It looks beautiful, I'm so envois! I have a friend here in Pennsylvania who was born in Homer and she lived there until age 5. Great video! I can't wait to see more. geek

[@susanball9346]

We’re just coming back from AK now, so big right! We didn’t see Homer, so thanks for sharing, can’t wait to see more! I got a video of an eagle soaring over the river between the mountains, my favorite ❤

[@agnesskibicka]

Excited 😁 for this one 😄!!

[@florida-alaskasummer22driv62]

I discovered & followed you last year when I was preparing for my own first trip to AK. I was testing camping equipment in FL before I left, and went to a campsite you recommended on the West Coast. I drove to Denali & the Kenai Peninsula, from near Orlando. I spent a fair amount of time in British Columbia and Washington state too. 79 days cross country, 16k mi. I learned I was there during AK wet season at an unusually wet time, but hey, Alaska is still amazing. BC & WA also amazing, & had great weather there. I did a few miles on the PCT in WA. Can you say bucket list?

[@kellyhays23]

Wow that’s incredible! I aspire to do the same one day!

[@robbinwhaley9378]

LOVE THIS!!!!! ❤️ Thanks for sharing. 🙂 Did you see any of the Kilchers? I think you could definitely live in Alaska. Definitely on my bucket list.

[@kellyhays23]

Don’t think I did! Guess I gotta go back😆

[@robbinwhaley9378]

Yes! 😁

[@marioswanson]

That is an awesome trip. I lived on Kodiak Island while stationed in the USCG and really enjoyed my time in Alaska. Enjoy and as the saying goes “ once you’ve lived Alaska you will never be normal, therefore I am never here normally…”

[@kellyhays23]

Oooo I bet Kodiak was incredible!

[@turragorman59]

Stunning beauty there. Enjoy!

[@JoeandEmmaLee]

Wow, such a beautiful trip! 😍 we want to go to Alaska so bad!

[@kellyhays23]

Let’s goooo!!! Haha

[@TheOtherOne420]

Billy Strings! Love it!

[@kellyhays23]

Love his stuff!

[@jmsbohannon]

Alaska!!! I love it there! By far my favorite place!

[@user-David-Alan]

Wow, it's so great you got to go to Alaska. It is so scenic and beautiful. Thanks for the video and I can't wait for next one. Did you have this planned or did it just happen? Stay well and be safe.

[@kellyhays23]

It just happened! Booked the flight a week before I left haha

[@MPulicci78]

Thank you for the James free video… I’ve forgotten how beautiful you are as I haven’t seen one in a long time.. I have a friend who’s in Alaska now for 2 months.. he and his son flew there in his Super Cub.. all the way from Maine…say the word and I bet he’d take you for a ride.. looking forward to the next video… stay free

[@charlesb4267]

So rain, cloudy, cool and better have rain gear on or close by but the sun will pop out every so often ... all fits in with the typical theme in that area of Alaska from the bit I experienced and a friend who was in that area years later. One thing seems to be missing but I expect they will find you soon enough, the Alaskan Air Force, also known as Mosquitoes 😆. The Kenai river is sure a nice color with the minerals that it would contain, similar to the waters all through the Banff to Jasper National Parks in Alberta/BC

[@kellyhays23]

Hahahah oh the Alaskan Air Force is coming 😂

[@charlesb4267]

@@kellyhays23 Oh Kelly .... it was nice knowing you 😂

[@SalPane1224]

🦅 best vacation food scenery, climate, staying in a terrific property 👍

[@theneverendinghighway]

That pigeon really wanted to get some of that fish, but he wasn't about to mess around and find out with that Eagle.

[@kellyhays23]

Hahaha right!

[@donnajess]

Love that your playlist was BMFS! 🎸

[@mykirbs2002]

Omg Bald Eagles my favorite bird. So beautiful there I would love to go there, soon!

[@russhay422]

Yay! Adventure time!

[@Gunnerking88]

Great video:) ❤❤

[@davidlooney3018]

Too cool 👍yes perfect timing I did a hike in east TN today. It’s too dang hot 🥵

[@gabdivello_]

Love this! What is the link to the Airbnb you stayed at?!

[@loganheinzelman7517]

Hey Kelly, you rock love what you do. If you’re still in Homer, there’s a Bar where Jewel would sing at when she was young with her dad. Maybe you’re too young to know who Jewel is lol. If you get near Talkeetna at the foothills of Denali mountain, that was my favorite little town it’s where the hikers take off and come down off the mountain :-) Keep pressing forward girl :-)

[@blacklab08022]

So awesome! Was that another lens on your go pro, or a microphone? ❤

[@kellyhays23]

It is a microphone setup!

[@user-wj2ry5hn7q]

Awesome

[@arthurschwarz3359]

Nice video, beautiful country

[@CenTexHutch]

This my new favorite KZbin channel

[@kellyhays23]

❤️❤️❤️

[@musingwithreba9667]

Mmmmmm....halibut....my favourite 😋 I hope you caught some for yourself! That would be very satisfying!

[@kellyhays23]

Oh just wait till this next video goes live 😍

[@musingwithreba9667]

@@kellyhays23 can't wait!

[@wendypelaez9305]

From the swamps of Florida to the snow peaked mountains of Alaska.

[@drewmorris349]

Wow, What a coincidence! I found this video on my thread right after my family (from Arkansas, btw) had just finished hanging out at Beluga Point during our first day in Anchorage. (And my wife got a picture of me in that same place as that thumbnail, haha)

[@kellyhays23]

Woah!!! KZbin is spying on us lol!

[@drewmorris349]

@@kellyhays23 haha. I’ve been subscribed for a while now, so in this case, it was just a happy timing coincidence. But it’s still wild. :)

[@kylekislingbury36]

Would you ever drive there in your van sometime? I have watched several people on KZbin to have their vans up there.

[@kellyhays23]

Definitely a strong consideration to do that! Van life in Alaska would be amazing! Saw so many great spots to camp while I was there

[@donrobinson5540]

Be sure to eat at Simon and Seaforts in Anchorage. Best Halibut ever! It has been said of Alaska that God was just “Showing off.”

[@frankfowlkes7872]

Homer the home of Tom Bodet known to all as "The end of the road." Thanks for posting !

[@dechambe]

Stay off the tidal mud!!!!!

[@dechambe]

Mount Alyeska I assume?

[@calex9398]

👍

[@agpawpaw5912]

How does taste chaga tea?

[@pacificluke8536]

omg! my first time to see you around other girls..😊

[@kellyhays23]

You must have not seen a lot of my videos lol

[@jarhead3322]

America ❤

[@sydneymitchell8822]

How beautiful. ❤

[@garylindenmuth7468]

Wow beautiful

[@chrissaunders8284]

What a beautiful place and vacation. So, I realize there are privacy concerns, but who are the people you are with? Friends? Family? Fellow hikers? And I wouldn't even ask but you normally introduce the people you hike with. There was a younger guy on the plane I assumed you were with but didn't see again. Did you stay at the red cabin for only a night and then move to the coastal home of Ms. Karen? Is she a bed and breakfast host or someone you know? The views and scenery are amazing but the story is cool as well. Thank you for sharing.

[@kellyhays23]

I’m with my friends Stephanie and Kaitlyn. Should of introduced them but forgot. Young kid I met during the layover People I’m staying at are some of Kaitlyn’s family/friends

[@chrissaunders8284]

@@kellyhays23 Thank you. I look forward to the next episode.

[@kellyhays23]

@@chrissaunders8284 to be completely honest I wasn’t sure who all these people were either I was just along for the ride and knew about as much as you did when watching 😂

[@chrissaunders8284]

@@kellyhays23 I'll bet you've never met a stranger.

[@stevenagle615]

✌️❤

[@Adventureswithbecky]

Is that a Mav hat?

[@kellyhays23]

Yes! Haha

[@unklebobosaurus]

Oh. kelly did a fly by - thought she surfed and hiked. Who knew. A fishing trip, hope you see some whales.

[@stretch1151]

Are you staying for good??? LOL

[@kellyhays23]

Might look for a healthcare contract out there!

[@kleenexhikes]

@@kellyhays23 lots of travelers up here!

[@MPulicci78]

Bummer I read the other comments and see the trip is already over… oh well

[@charlesb4267]

@@kellyhays23 I think that would be good opportunity to have a chance to stick around up there for a while and see more ( at another point in time ) if you were able to get a contract up there. I am guessing an over the summer contract unless you like snow and cold ... and .... more snow and cold ! LOL. Actually from what I understand its not all that bad in the southern part of Alaska by Anchorage or south during the winter, its heading north or north east of there is where the real cold happens.

[@suzanholder2525]

Have loved this video!! So beautiful. But,the music takes away from it..js

[@mikeslear6291]

Funny Did you come to see me 😂😂

[@darrellvann8568]

Awesome