June 23 and 24

Carl found a new position for driving

Sally at Exit Glacier

Sunday we said good-bye to Fairbanks! We said good-bye to our friends Terry and Jean Lutz from Wisconsin. They were leaving also, but they were going to spend time in Denali Park, take the bus tour etc. We opted to keep going into Anchorage. It is a long trip from Fairbanks to Anchorage. We didn’t arrive until after 6:00. We had to find a RV park…..found the Golden Nugget, but it was closed, so we went on a search to find the Ships Creek Landings RV Park. Well, the good old Garmin told us how to find it!

Ships Creek Landings RV Park is in the Industrial Park area, with a railroad track right next door! It was a real dive. The bathrooms were the worst, it was the worst one yet! There haven’t been many good ones along the way! Fairbanks, Rivers Edge RV Park has been the best…..we stayed their 4 days!
We called Richard my nephew, we had dinner , we went to Sourdough Mining Company, was a quaint little place, good food and a good visit with Richard. We went back to his condo and watched a movie called The Bucket List, with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. It was funny but it was also sad! Have you made your bucket list yet? We started with this trip!

Monday, we went to Seward. A quaint village on the Gulf of Alaska. At one time it was a transportation hub for Alaska’s mining, explorations, fishing and trapping industries. Exit Glacier is also located in Seward. We went on the hike to see Exit Glacier. See pictures.
The city of Seward offers RV parking right downtown on the coast. We thought about staying there, we thought we could find the Parks advertised in the Mile Post, we found one but that would meet our specifications and the nice one we couldn’t find. So, we are parked in US Forest campground. No hook ups. No internet!
We hope to wake up and see a bear or some moose around the campground!

Good night.

Fairbanks celebrate the Summer Solstice today! They celebrate the Midnight Sun all day and night long. Their celebration is like our Harbor Days only a lot bigger. Did I mention to you that in Alaska everything is comes large? They have some sort of a bug that is just humongous and wants to land on you when you are driving the down the road and kiss your neck! They tell us they are a beetle.
We took the shuttle bus into downtown Fairbanks today, Carl and I walked around. We did a lot of people watching!
We are back at the RV park we are resting. Wondering what to do next.
The laundry is done and the coach is clean. We are ready to starting rolling in the morning.
We will be staying in Anchorage and spending time with our nephew Richard Mantyla. We are looking forward to visiting with him.
From Anchorage we want to go to Seward, then from their I don't know.
Keep watching the blog.

Sally

Breakfast

Breakfast on June 20, 2008. Summer begins today.

We are getting ready to go to Alaska Land and shopping!

Have a great day! We are.

I am lagging behind! Too much to do! Talking to so many people about our adventures and their adventures!

We are in Fairbanks, AK. I will be updating tomorrow for sure!
Having a great time and enjoying the beauty of this State!

I forgot to tell you.....

I am following this book called The Milepost. It tells every milepost that is historic to the area. For instance it tells at milepost 922. watch for horses,
or watch for Caribou, etc. It will also tell you about the villages coming up, at 808.9 is Johnson's Crossings Campground Services, tells that it has the best Cinnamon Buns in the world! Well, the ones we got were a day old, or more plus $3.75 each, did I ask, No, I just said give me 4! Well that took care of my $20. in Canada money! Didn't get much change back, and my sisters cinnamon buns are soooo much better! Advertising talks!
I do want a shirt that I drove the Alaskan Highway, well, I haven't actually driven on he Alaskan Highway, but coming back I will, in this stretch!
That is all I wanted to say today. I will be back tonight.

June 16, 200

Today we traveled from Watson Lake to Haines Junction, Yukon. We drove through Whitehorse, YT, the capital of the Yukon Territory. It is a pretty large city. We left there and stopped in Haines Junction.

We are in the Kluane National Park. We are facing the snow covered Kluane Ranges. What a beautiful site.

Met some people from Kalkaska Michigan! You know me, I cannot remember their names. They had just retired. They had their 2 granddaughter's with them. Another couple from Missouri.

It is warm here today, but it is cooling off.

We have had to use the electric heater in the morning.

Today, we had bumpy roads from frost heaves, but no steep grades.

Had a few places with dust! Other than the dust and bumps it was clear sailing or should I say boundering! (i.e Bounder Motorhome)

Tomorrow to Tok, Alaska! Thank goodness, I will have my cell phone back, hopefully! Hope we have service.

Adventure continues................

June 15

June 15 was the best day of the trip! The scenery from Fort Nelson to Watson Lake was breath taking! The snow capped Canadian Rockies and the back drop of the green spruce trees made the color palate just beautiful.

We saw Stone Sheep along the highway, along with bison's and their calves,

and also moose. That made our trip worth while!

So far we have driven 2,955 miles.

We stopped in Watson Lake, where the famous "Sign Forest" is located. There are at least 45,000+ signs that people who have traveled the AlCan have left some kind of wood, metal, pie plate sign with names and where they are from. Kind of interesting. We did not leave a sign, but on our way back I think there will be sign from Elk Rapids, MI.

We stayed in a RV park called Downtown RV Park. The parks around here are just parking lots with hook ups for electricity, etc. No trees, no grass, just a parking lot!

Well, we will see what tomorrows adventure is going to be.

Sally