COLUMBIA GLACIER
I want to first apologize for being so late with this post. Three of us got sick and slept an entire day and then we had no 3G or LTE coverage until we arrived in Anchorage yesterday. Like I have[…]
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Tag: Travel
FROST HEAVES
Frost heaves? Huh? Growing up in Texas I am not too familiar with super cold climates. I lived in Michigan twice but that does not make me a pro when driving on snow or ice. We didn’t encounter either of[…]
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GOODBYE SKAGWAY
Our 5 days in Skagway were great and gave us our first glimpse of Alaska. We were ready to head farther west and get away from the cruise ship crowd by the fifth day. I mean no offense to cruisers,[…]
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DETOUR OR STOP SIGN?
We packed up and left Scagway about 7:30am before the tour buses got out on the road. We were the only 2 vehicles going through Canadian customs and we breezed right through. Everything was going so well. We passed through[…]
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GOLD RUSH TRAIN
One of the top tourist attractions in Skagway is the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad adventure. This train and track were built soon after the Klondike gold rush was over. We heard from several people that we should make[…]
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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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