On the road FINALLY!!!

Thursday morning, July 14th, we headed north to Alaska. We made it to Alice Lake Provincial Park north of Squamish on the Sea to Sky Highway that goes to Whistler. It was a really beautiful park. The next day we drove north continuing along this highway. This is a very interesting road with lots of single lane bridges and hairpin turns. We spent the night in a forest service campground. On Saturday we continued on to just south of Prince George for a stay at the Duncan golf course. It was great. We stayed right on a lake right next to the course. Then we stayed two nights at Prince George where we met up with Sue and Richard. On Monday afternoon the other two couples (Sandy and Dale and Christine and Steve) joined up with us. We were now ready to head north. About 10 miles north of Prince George, we spotted a moose and calf just off the road in a small lake.

Of course, the Alcan doesn’t officially start until Dawson Creek. We drove there and spent the night at mile 0 campground. They have a really interesting little historic village that we toured. They had antique cars, fire engines, and old cabins that they had moved to the site and setup with antique furniture from the early 1900’s. We spent the next night in a provincial campground at Prophet River.. We had a nice fire and took a walk down to the river. On the way to Munch Lake we saw a Cariboo

The next night we spent at Muncho Lake at the Northern Rockies RV park. It was right on the lake. But, very rainy and cold. After leaving Muncho lake we drove to Laird hotsprings. Steve, Bob, and Connie went in the hot springs. The hot springs felt really great. Also, saw lots of Buffalo by Laird Hot springs. Then onto Watson Lake. We stayed at a Yukon provincial park right on Watson Lake. The town of Watson Lake has the signpost forest which is pretty interesting. The weather finally warmed up and the sun came out.

On Saturday, we then drove to Mukluk Annie’s. On the way there we stopped at a falls that was really beautiful. This is a great stop right on a lake. They have free camping. Of course, they hope you will eat their salmon barbeque. We had that for dinner (or ribs, etc) and then with dinner they give you an hour boat ride on the lake. It was really nice out there. We sat up top on the boat and it was not too cold. Sunday morning we drove to Whitehorse.

3 days until we leave for Alaska

Our cat, Buddy, shown to the left. He enjoys laying in an old wheelbarrow in the garden at our home.

We're planning to leave for Alaska bright and early on Thursday, July 14th. Hoping to stop at Whistler on the way to Prince George. We need to be in Prince George by the 18th to meet up with the 3 other couples going to Alaska.

We've had a busy week, but are almost completely out of the house. One load to put in storage, one trip to the dump, and one trip to the donation place. Wednesday morning I (Connie) goes to the dentist and after that we sign the sale papers on our home.


Bob also had some sad news regarding his brother this week. He passed away from cancer on July 9th.

We also had some fun times. We went to a friends for a barbecue on Saturday. We had the same friends to dinner plus other friends on Sunday night. I even made an apple pie in our oven in our new fifth wheel. Bob got to help round up the 22 black angus cows that got out of the pasture on the farm where we're staying.

July 3 - We're almost out of house

The above picture was taken at Mt. St. Helens on June 20th. We're here with a square dance friend, Everett.

This past week has been a busy one. We've been working very hard to get out of house so that we can head to Alaska by July 13th. Friends, Paul and Carol came today and purchased our couch and loveseat. We had a garage sale over the weekend and sold some stuff. Today we took a bunch of leftovers to the donation center.

We're staying at square dance friends property in Machias. They have a huge piece of property. It's really beautiful out here and we're enjoying our evenings here. This morning we left about 7:30 and headed to the Centenial trail for a bike ride. It was really a nice morning for a ride. Happy 4th!