JAUNT OVER TO JUNEAU
We’ve had a busy couple of days playing “tourists”. Yesterday we took an adventure tour by boat over to Juneau. The only way to get to Juneau is by air or water so we booked a day on the Fjord[…]
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WE ALMOST MADE IT
I guess I should clarify – we almost made it to Alaska WITHOUT a problem. We woke up Saturday ready and eager to get to our BIG destination. We got on the road about 9am, an hour later than normal[…]
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FLASHBACK – COSTA RICA 2012
First of all, I want to say that Costa Rica is in our top 5 most beautiful places that we have ever visited. It is so green and lush during rainy season, and really all year for that matter. Here[…]
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DETOUR – MISSING THE GOOD SHOTS
On day 1 and 2 of driving, we saw small black bears beside the road on two different occasions. The first sighting was very exciting for us because we had not seen much in the way of wildlife early into[…]
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HERE’S YOUR SIGN
We made it to Watson Lake in the Yukon Territory and took an extra day to sightsee and slow down a bit. Today we went to the Signpost Forest where there are over 72,000 signs from all over the world.[…]
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GETTING TO MILEPOST 404
We are finally getting to see the mountains and wildlife! Warning – this post will contain lots of pictures. But that’s what everyone needs to see…the beauty of British Columbia. For anyone not familiar with the Alaskan Highway, there is[…]
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THIS REALLY WAS A DETOUR!
After the excitement from yesterday, we were all pumped up to see the Alaskan highway today. We got on the road about 7:45am, even though the sun comes up about 4:30am and does not go down until about 11pm. The[…]
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ALASKAN HIGHWAY!
Well, we finally made it to Mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway! We stayed the night in Valleyview, Alberta and our drive to Dawson Creek, British Columbia was only a couple of hours. We crossed another time zone and now[…]
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REVVING RETIREMENT IN AN RV
Tomorrow is a big day for this trip. We will finally make it to the very beginning of the Alaskan Highway (Mile 0). It seems like it has taken forever to get here, but it’s only been a week and[…]
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FLASHBACK (A LITTLE LATE)
I tried to get this posted appropriately on Friday, but sometimes the Internet does not cooperate. We’ve been pretty lucky in most RV parks to get their free Internet, but we are cautious about using it. Our wireless plan covers[…]
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