Author: tbesch

Drove 246 miles from Whitehorse to Haines, AK.  Was a long day driving but it was beautiful and we stopped many times along the Haines Highway.  It is definitely a scenic route.

If you look very closely at the first picture you’ll see our friends in the little red Travato coming up the road.

Actually had a nice Thai dinner the first evening.  We spent all the next day exploring Haines – went to the Bald Eagle Center and then the Hammer Museum.  Most of you are thinking – a Hammer Museum??

It was actually a VERY interesting place.  Who knew there were so many different types of hammers?  No Carol did not have 1 too many when she took that 2nd  picture .

Took the overnight ferry to Sitka so we had a room – which happened to be over the engines and the car deck where a car alarm kept going off all night long….not  a good night.  Oh and loading the RV on the ferry was an adventure.  They shoe horned us in between a truck trailer and a wall.  We had about 8 inches to get out of our door with us and our overnight packs.

Starts in Dawson Creek, BC at Mile 0.  We went to Whitehorse, YT which is mile 887.  Took 4 days and MANY hours.  You would think a little over 200 miles per day is nothing.  In a car – yes, in an RV – NO!  Can’t go over 65 – but I rarely had a chance to drive that fast since we were going up and down mountains.  Some days were very long….

BUT we did meet some very nice people and saw/did some cool things along the way.  Had the best cinnamon buns EVER in Tetsa at a little campground right off the highway. Camped at Liard hot springs and took a little swim – really nice after a long day of driving. Camped at Rancheria which was nothing to look at but had the best omelet that Carol ever tasted.  Stopped in Teslin at the Tlinklit Heritage center and learned how to prepare a moose hide – even got to try it out.

Here are some oyher pix:  Wushu TKD was at Mile 0 and our nice clean (except for the windshield) RV before going up the AlCan.

Bison with baby, and Muncho Lake – the water was crystal clear.

Stopped at the Signpost Forest in Watson Lake where people from all over the world leave signs and license plates.  Saw a grizzly along the road!

When in doubt – reboot!!!  So where was I……back to June 10-12….and it’s June 23rd now.

OMG – 9 days without internet or phone!!

Even though we signed up for the international plan our phones are too old to connect via wifi…..and we could not get a good enough signal on our laptops to blog.  But we have had a great time!!! and took lots of pix.  I have a lot of catching up to do.

Let’s start with our trip from Glacier NP up the Icefields Pkwy to Banff and then Jasper. Beautiful scenery.  Not the best road I’ve ever been on…..most times it was a washboard.  It was a miracle all the screws, nuts, and bolts in the RV are still there.  We did lose a tire valve cap.

A few pix from the drive:  Athabasca Falls, pretty view, stone sheep with babies, and me with my new friends.

Woke up early this morning and went for a ride on the Going to the Sun Road with our friends Jan & Sandy.  Our monster RV can’t go up that road so we had to ride with them. The sites were magnificent!  So I’m just going to attach some of the pix.  However the pictures can’t reproduce what the eyes can see.

We’re now in Banff and it’s 10pm and still daylight….. we’re not even in Alaska yet!

We left Pinedale on Wednesday and drove up alongside the Tetons.  Our featured picture is Mount Moran at Oxbow Bend.  Beautiful, isn’t it?

We also drove through Yellowstone  See pix below.  Thank you Steve for helping me figure out how to add more pix.  The elk at Mammoth Hot Springs were all over town, just got the one pictured below.

Stayed in Livingston and Great Falls, MT on our way to Glacier National Park.  Had a really good lunch in Dupuyer, MT at Buffalo Joe’s.  Finally made it to GNP – which is where we are now.  The roads here were very windy and narrow but the sites were amazing.  Finally met up with the other 2 couples we’ll be travelling with through Alaska.  Cocktail hour will begin shortly so – Have to go!

 

Arrived at our friend Karen’s house Sunday evening and have spent a few days relaxing and doing things at our property.  It was nice to stay in one place for more than a night.

Visited our property today to meet with our neighbors who will be putting in an RV pad with hookups (electric, water, and sewer) and finishing our driveway.  AND we had our first visitors from NJ – Jan & Sandy stopped by on their way up north.  We’ll meet up with them again on Friday and head to Alaska!

Had a lovely dinner this evening at the Half Moon Lake Lodge with Karen and her foreign exchange student Glenn.   If I knew how to add more than one picture per post, I would!

Our picture today was taken on one of the side streets here in Pinedale.  Mama moose and her baby were just hanging out in someone’s front yard.  The owner said they had been there all day.  Not something you see every day!

Yesterday our mechanic fixed all of our problems and taught us more about our RV than the dealer did.   We love him!

So today we struck out today at 9:15 am – not bad since we had planned a 9 am departure.  We drove 404 miles in 9.5 hours with 2 stops.  Beautiful day for a drive – everything is so green.  And we can see a whole lot sitting up so high.  Now we’re sitting in an RV spot at an Ohio rest stop – what a novel idea!  There is an electric hookup, you’re only allowed to stay one night, and there’s a Starbucks inside!  What more can you ask for!  Oh wait – Carol made dinner!