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ALASKA JOURNAL PAGE 1
we leftMAY
21
Off
now! to
Dallas where the
Underwoods join us.......mileage when leaving Palestine is
47,089
May 22
spent the night at Clayton State
Park.......no water or elect. but it was cool enough. Saw lots
(herds?) of deer. along Highway 87
May 23
got gas at Pueblo.......stopped at JDL
Trailer & Sales to get vent for RT to replace the original that
the Dumas winds got. cost
$51.05 breakfast at
McDonald's.......spent uneventful night at T-Joe's RV Park in Cheyenn e
Wyoming $17.50
May 24
left at 6:35 and drove 333 miles to
Sheridan, Wyoming.........spen t Thursday night ain Billings, Montana at
KOA.........Randy and Heidi came out to visit us and brought some buffalo
meat from her freezer. We had burgers at Fuddruckers.
May 25
Left Billings Friday at 6:45
a.m. had breakfast at Roundup......got gas at Great
Falls...........spent night at Lewis and Clark RV Park in Shelby ..cost
$26.22
May 26
a new fallen snow was just ahead of
us.....the grass was frosty ;and vehicles were cautious. We stopped
at rest area and I threw a snowball at Darrell.........he was less than
enthused...... we went on to Red Deer and got gas
$129.50...........spent night at Red Deer Lions Campground for
$18.00........left Red Deer at 8:20
May 27
spent 2 nights at Edmonton so we could
investigate Edmonton Mall. Ben was impressed with the waves
there! (beach?) also got laundry done. cost $61.50....
.we left there at 7:13 a.m.
May 28
got gas at Grand Prairie
99.290 ltrs. for $118.55..........mileage now 49,759......kept going
May 29
Got to Dawson Creek....spent night......left
Dawson Creek at 7:38 a.m. (Good Sam Park $21.00)
May 30
took "Old Alaska Highway" to Kiskatinaw
Curved Bridge (wood) built 1942..........saw a b rown bear laying on
hillside ..........sunning?
sleepi
ng?
dying?................went on to get gas at Ft. Nelson......stopped for
night at Stone Mountain Summit Lake Provincial Park..........cost
$7.00.....left at 7:30 a.m. Thursday and saw many mountain goats and one
moose. Ice on lake was 6-8 inches thick ..........stopped at Liard
Hot Springs..walked and looked....then went on down road to see 3 buffalo
beside road and then some more buffalo........several...Just after
entering Yukon we spotted Black bear at 1:21 before arriving at Watson
Lake.
May 31
stopped at Nisullin trading
post........spent night at Annie's RV
June 1
left camp at Annie's
Salmon Bake RV at 8:02 a.m. pleasant
sunny day with snow-topped mountains all around us........stopped at Yukon
River rest area.............got to White Horse where Ben bought RV
battery at WalMart for $69.52..............spent night at Kluane National
Park Icelandic and it WAS!!!!!!!!
June 2
stopped at Destruction Bay (and it was)
FasGas........mileage now 50,889....saw caribou by road....got to Alaska
line at 12:33................GOT GAS at Tok for $3.19 per gallon, just
like Texas! spent
night at Rika's Place at Delta Junction.....left again at 7:30
a..m.
(cost $5.00)
June 3-4
spent nights at Riverview RV Park in
Fairbanks.. cost $57.30..........toured Arctic Circle with North
American Tourist (guide Tom - very good) cost $149.00 each. had
lunch at Yukon River bank and had dinner at the Yukon River Cafe on our
way back.......A bear had spent some winter time there and left many
t-shirts and stuff that had to be sold "barely used"..........the salmon
dinner was very good.
June 5
bought gas at Riverview campground and went
to North Pole where I ordered Christmas letters to be mailed to the great
grandkids come Christmas..............Ben adn Darrell got oi9l changed at
WalMart........we spent night at Pioneer
Park......interesting.........left there at 7:39 a.m.
June 6
Visited Dredge #8 "gold panning" of
course......left there at 11:30 a.m.....got to Denali Park at 3:30
p.m.
got set up at Riley Creek Campground.
June 7
In Denali Park, we saw a honey-colored bear
and her brown cub frolicking on the road in front of the buses which of
course stopped to watch. We also saw wolf, dahl sheep, and other
wildlife.....very good trip to Denali...Shuttle tickets were just
$57.50 each.
June 8
left Riley Creek campground at 7:00 a.m.
going toward Anchorage............at 9:05 we saw black bear at edge of
road and her 2 cubs in tree.....Cubs were climbing the tree but mama b ear
came back and got them down and out of sight......got into Anchorage at
12:15 noon.........located Propane place and spen t night at
Shipcreek RV Park ..$21.60 for all hookups..............next night
we drydocked at Eagle River Campground for $15.00..........went back
to Anchorage to Propane place to get Darrell's refrigerator taken
care of........
June 11
Spent night at Kelly Lake.......trout
fishing allowed with temp. license Ben and Darrell had bought.
June 12
no fresh fish......left to go to
Homer.......saw a moose in town at Homer.....got gas at Anchor Point,
AK
spent ;night between Homer/Seldotna .....left at 8:30 am.
........went to Ninillik River.
June 13
spent night again at Kelly Lake ...........a
lovely place.......left at 7:31
June 14
Got to Seward at 9:37
a.m. From Palestine we have now come 5,258
miles. ..... Nice picture of waterfall at
Seward....pictures of salmon at Cook Inlet/Bear Cfreek out of
Seward........drove to Hope and stopped east of Hope for the night.
June 15
made pictures of glaciers at marker 103
before Glennallen on Tok Highway......spent night at Tok "three B
ears....left again at 7 a.m. ...........getting 16 mpg..........most of
the time...........got 17 just 3 times!...got gas at Destruction Bay
again.......yes, it is rightly nameds!!!!!!
June 16
got back to White Horse at 5:30
p.m. ...Spent night at Pioneer RV PARK......$19.08 AND
we could watch TV and WIFI ------------full hookups!!!!!
June 17
headed now to Skaguay
(Skagway)..........After Carcross we saw black bear, a
grizzly, another black bear, another
grizzly..........o we saw 5 bears!
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