Catching up on our Alaska Trip
I went a long stretch there without posting, and then I posted on my beloved Homer’s passing, so I’ve gotten pretty far behind on our trip, so let me try to catch up with an overview of our time in Alaska so far. In future posts I’ll give you details and more photos....
Farewell My Beloved Friend: A Celebration of Homer's Life
On May, 16th, I said the last goodbye to my beloved friend and companion Homer, and took him to a vet where he was put to sleep for the last time and he died. Of course it was a terribly hard thing to do full of tears and sadness, but it was the right thing to do and...
Driving the Alaska Highway: Money, Gas and Cops
I'm writing this from Palmer, AK which is just 50 miles from Anchorage. It had been a long day and we were tired so we stopped here rather than contend with driving in Anchorage. The last time I was here was in September, 2012 and the Verizon service then sucked so I...
Driving the Alaska Highway: Camping in Canada
On June 2 we left Mosquito Creek campground in Banff NP and started our true drive north through Canada. I gotta tell you, most of it is pretty boring and uneventful with lots of driving and just making time. Each of our campsites since then were just pullouts...
Photos from the Canadian Rockies
In today's post we are going to have more photos from the Canadian Rockies National Park, taken on June 1st and 2nd. Like I said before, the late snow and ice meant it wasn’t good for landscapes but I got very lucky and got a bunch of wildlife photos! Banff and...
Photos from the Canadian Rockies
(I'm posting this from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.We are taking a much needed rest day here and splurged by spending $19 a night for a campground for two nights. But, that gets us WIFI, showers, and access to the laundromat, a pretty good deal. Whitehorse is...
Mosquitoes!!! Putting up Screens & Treating your Clothes with Permethrin Repellant
(I'm posting this on June 4th from Fort Nelson, BC, Canada. Trip is going very well so far, the only downside is Judy has been struggling with a bad cold. But she is such a trooper we just keep on keeping on. Last night we ran into a snowstorm so we stopped a little...
Camping in Montana @ Lost Horse Creek
(I'm writing this from a McDonalds in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. My Verizon data doesn't work here so I am at the mercy of free WIFI which has been few and far between and as we hit the Alaska Highway will even be more spotty. Today we will get to Dawson Creek,...
Free BLM Campground & Sharkey Hot Springs in Idaho.
So on Tuesday the 27th we left the Grand Tetons and drove to Sharkey Hot Spring in Idaho. We got there in time to take a quick dip in the glorious hot springs and then we set up camp in a free BLM campground about 5 miles away called Agency Creek. It was a great time...
Grand Teton NP Photos–Come work here!
(Internet access has become sporadic at best so I'll make keeping up with posts a priority. But we are about to enter Canada so it's only getting to get harder to find internet access. I may or may not answer any comments. Just know they are important to me...
Grand Teton NP Photos
On May 20th we left our dispersed campsite and met Scott and Natalie at Teton Range Resort where they had very generously blocked off two RV sites for Judy and I for as long as we wanted to stay. Our first thought was just to stay a day or two but the weather was...
Grand Teton NP Campsite
On May 19th we left the Idaho camp after just one night and went to the Grand Tetons National Park (GTNP). I had been through the Tetons once many years ago but I had just blasted my way through it without really seeing it, so I wanted to take the time to explore it...