Skagway, AK

This is a view of Skagway from a hike I took up the hill.
And a picture of the bay at dawn with a cruise ship coming into port.

Alaska Highway

Buffalo along the road near Muncho Lake.
Driving away from Dawson, felt like driving off the edge of the earth!

Alaska Highway

Tess and I starting out on the Alaska Highway.

soldotna,AK

It's Aug. 28th and I've been in Soldotna for a couple days now. I went fishing with Eric on the first day. I caught 2 silvers (the limit) before anyone else on the boat caught anything. Of course I was excited. Dick smoked the salmon for me, and it came out really good. I've been helping him build an outhouse at the place he bought on funny river road. He's getting the water and electric hooked up soon. It has a cute little cabin on it, I'll post a picture in a few days. The rain stopped for a couple days, but it's starting up again today. I'm hoping it will clear when we head for Fairbanks, this Sunday. Dick and Mary will be traveling with me for a week. Hope you like the pictures. This was a moose up the road from Dick's place.

Skagway, AK

Hi Everyone:
We made it Skagway yesterday, but I don't have wireless internet, so can't send pictures.
It's still raining a little, and cloudy. This is the third day of rain for me, but I'm getting used to it now. Hope I can get some good pictures today. The drive here was nice, but because of the rain I didn't stop much. Will post again when I can upload some pictures.

Muncho Lake

Were in Muncho Lake tonight. It poured rain almost all day, so we didn't take many walks or pictures. Tomorrow we should make it to Skagway, so I can call home. I saw deer and moose today. It was so cool driving from Dawson Creek (mile one of the Alaska Highway) It quit raining for a while and the mountains were in the clouds. Everytime you approached the crest of a hill, it looked like you were drivin off the side of the earth! No wireless tonight, so I have to go now. All is well.

Chetwynd, BC

Well we made it to Chetwynd, the town of many many wood carvings. Some of them are award winners. I'll just send a picture of one for now. We drove all day today, then walked the length of the town after we got here. I drove through the Canadian Rockies, via Robson Valley. BC is all so beautiful. I had lunch at the whistle stop (for those of you who remember Fried Green Tomatoes. It was in McBride, and I bought a few souveniers. Tomorrow is another day of driving. I'll go through Dawson Creek in the morning. Tess is doing well, we stop and walk alittle every couple hours. I did get the video of the salmon jumping, but I can't get it to download, SORRY!

This falls is Spahats Falls. The top one in the previous post was Dawson Falls
and the long one was Helmcken Falls, the third largest falls in Canada.

Wells Gray Park

Were still in Clearwater for the night. Tess did well at the kennel, they thought she was so sweet, but she sure was glad to see me. Were setting out side our KOA cabin tonight relaxing. There is a man made lake in front of our cabin, and it's very pleasent. This morning I drove into the park, and hiked to 3 different falls.
Each hike was only about 15 or 20 minutes. Then I hiked (10minutes) to a place called Baileys Chute, the salmon were running and trying to jump the chute to spawn. It was so cool! I couldn't catch them in a picture, but I shot some video. At least I tried to, we will see. In the afternoon I went white water rafting, it was also a blast! Tommorow we head to Chetwynd, I don't have a reservation there so don't know if I'll have wireless available. But I know I will the next night. Hope you like the pictures of the falls.

A couple more shots of the Alpine meadows and my hike. The picture of me shows Long Hill, that we hiked up in the background. Were about a fourth of the way back down, which explains the big smile on my face!

Zip line shots from Whistler. None of me yet, I couldn't take my own picture!

Tess with her private bed and treats, the motel provided.

Driving to Whistler

Clearwater, BC

I had a marvelous day today, but I'm really sore and I will be paying for it tomorrow. I tried to upload some pictures to a previous post, but it didn't work so I will try to attach them to this post.LOL. Tess is still at the kennel until tomorrow at 5:00 PM. I hiked for over 7 hours today, the first 5 up hill. I didn't think I could make it to the top, but I finally did, and it was well worth it. I took 70 pictures today, so I obviously can't post them all, I'll try to post a couple from each day so far. The alpine flowers were so awesome, and the views were to die for. Tomorrow I hike into some of the many waterfalls in the park, just short hikes! Then in the afternoon I go rafting. Hope all is well at home.

Clearwater,BC

Hi Everyone, sorry I was so short last night. I typed a longer blog then lost it,
and it was a long day. We arrived here about 6:30 PM. Whistler is a beautiful place
with alot going on. It reminds me of Leavenworth, only lots bigger. The olympics will be in Vancouver, BC in 2010, and many of the events will be held in Whistler.
I definately don't want to be there for that! I saw how many people there were on a non holiday Monday, I can't imagine how crowded it will be for the olympics!
I met a nice couple from Vancouver WA when I went on the zip line tour. They took pictures of me, and will e-mail them to me soon. It was a blast! We were the oldest ones in our group of 10 (they were my age). We went on 5 different zip lines,
one was so long you couldn't see the other end! I went so fast the wind was trying to rip my helmet off!
Tess waited in the car. She did really well yesterday, I guess shes getting used to
the long rides. Today she goes to a kennel while I go hiking.
Have to go now, Love you all.

Clearwater,BC

It's Tuesday Aug 17,and we made it here fine. I typed this once
already but I guess I lost it. So I'm tired, and will write more
tommorrow.

Whistler, BC

Well, it's Aug.16th, and we have made it to Whistler safe and sound.

We arrived about 5:30. I'm not posting any pictures today, since some of my things

are in the truck, and they valet parked it for me, somewhere unknown to me.

We after taking about an hour in line at the border, we drove the sea to sky highway.

It's a beautiful drive, but they don't have alot of spots to pull over to take pictures.

There were lots of motorcycles on the way.

Tess has been really good, but she hasn't peed all day. I took her for a long walk after we

got here, but no action. Were going back out and try again soon.