We have a few days to explore before our Banff National Park reservations, so we stayed two extra nights at our next stop in Smithers, B.C. Smithers was named after Sir Alfred Smithers, the chairman of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway who had selected the location as one of their stops in 1913. This is when […]
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We have been so fortunate with weather cooperating in our travels. We had heard that it rains so much in Alaska, especially when you are around the coast, so bring proper rain gear. I brought two rain jackets (one with a warm liner), rain pants, and rain boots, which I have worn only a handful
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We ended our last blog with our fun bear observations. We made several trips back to the creek for bear watching and Helen took a few more photos to share. While hanging out on the observation deck, we got to know several of the rangers and it was fun learning more about the bears that
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As you can see from the feature photo, we were finally were able to watch bears interact and chomp on Salmon. Yay! More on that a bit later. We left Continental Divide RV Park, with a quick stop for fuel in Watson Lake, and headed south on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. The 450-mile Cassiar is
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Earlier we shared that we upgraded the axles on the Mini-T (our Imagine 17MKE travel trailer). Dave was concerned on the uneven wear on one of the trailer tires and we made an appointment in Anchorage for a reputable shop to put 2 new, heavier axles on our trailer. We should good now, right?
If you remember, in the last blog I mentioned we needed special footwear for our next stop. Yep…we needed micro spikes, which are metal spikes attached to a rubber harness that is stretched over the bottom of hiking boots. We were off to hike on the Matanuska Glacier. Another fun Alaskan adventure! The Matanuska
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Whittier was our last stop on our tour around the Kenai Peninsula. Everything we read said to be tolerant of the persistent rain in the Kenai Peninsula. Just do what you want to do in the rain (probably like Seattle, WA). But, we so fortunate. It rained the day we drove from Anchorage to Hope,
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Seward is located on the east side of Kenai Peninsula, on Resurrection Bay. I thought we could just drive around the bottom from Homer. Nope…those darn although beautiful mountains are in the way. We had to drive back north and then down. It is such a scenic drive and it looks so different driving the
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Homer is very dog friendly! Finally, a great stop for Murphy. There was a beautiful overlook right before we got into town. Helen and her camera lens went “off trail” to get a great shot of Kachemak Bay, where Homer is located. Helen getting the photo! Helen’s photo in the Fireweed When we first arrived
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Is it Sunday already? Wow…what a week, especially for Greg & Helen. They were able to fly to Kodiak Island and spend a few days with Greg’s cousin. We are publishing a separate blog just for their fun adventure and of course, complete with their gorgeous pictures. Please do not miss reading about their fun.
Anchorage and on to Hope… Read More »