We are wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. Thanksgiving is about families, and this year we are spending the holiday with our daughter, Renee and her family Neil and Georgia Ann. Continue reading Thanksgiving:
Tag Archives: wildlife
Full Circle:
Well it has been almost a three week blog dry spell since we left Whitehorse in Yukon Territory. In June we traveled up the Alaska Highway from Prince George through Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Watson Lake and then to Whitehorse. In August we returned on the Cassiar Highway. Continue reading Full Circle:
Denali:
Question: Why would anyone get up early to get on a bus at about 8 am and spend all day to drive 182 miles only to get back to the same spot twelve hours later?
Answer: To visit Denali – the National Park; the Mountain; the wildlife: And see them we did. Wow! Continue reading Denali:
The Wild Life
The best time to observe the “Wild Life” along the Alaska Highway is early morning. We made the effort this morning and were rolling by 7:30. During the day we crossed the summit of the Canadian Rockies at 4,250 feet. We pulled some nine percent grades, and although the highway was narrow and without shoulders we were able to drive on smooth paved roads with only an occasional rough spot, and these were always well marked. We have been cruising at about 50 mph in these mountains. Perhaps just a tad slower on the nine percent grades. Continue reading The Wild Life
Give a Hoot
We have started migrating this week. We are getting into the so called “Big Bend” portion of Texas. We stopped off and visited the Caverns of Sonora and we were quite surprised at how different these caverns are when compared to Oregon Caves and Carlsbad Caverns that we also visited in the last year. Continue reading Give a Hoot