DATE | PLACES | DESCRIPTION |
California | Start of Trip | |
California Oregon Washington |
Columbia River Gorge and into Tri-cities area and Spokane, WA | |
Washington Idaho British Columbia Alberta |
Into the Canadian Rockies and the prairies of Alberta | |
Alberta British Columbia |
Edmonton, then joined the Alaska Highway!!! | |
British Columbia Yukon |
The Alaska Highway up to Watson Lake, YT, with a couple of black bears close-up! | |
Yukon | The Alaska Highway up to Haines Junction, YT, past the "point of no return"! | |
Yukon | The Alaska Highway until Alaska border | |
Alaska | The Alaska Highway after the Alaska border, then Richardson Highway into Fairbanks! | |
Fairbanks Fox |
Crossed the 65th parallel and rest of the day in Fairbanks | |
Fairbanks Valdez |
Mountain ranges, Glaciers, The Pipeline, Rivers, Lakes, and one big moose. | |
Valdez Cantwell |
Mountain ranges, A walk on a glacier, rivers, and lakes. | |
Cantwell Paxson Fairbanks Cantwell |
The "top half" of the "Figure-8" highway system: Hwys 8, 4, 2, 3. | |
Cantwell Fairbanks |
A short stopover at Denali National Park visitor center, then back to Fairbanks. | |
Fairbanks Coldfoot |
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 1: Fairbanks, Arctic Circle crossing, Coldfoot. |
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Coldfoot Prudhoe Bay Deadhorse |
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 2: Coldfoot, Wiseman Sustanence Living tour, A grizzly bear, Dipping my feet in the Arctic Ocean |
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Deadhorse Nuiqsut Barrow |
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 3: A very strange flight to Barrow, a walk around town, and ... SAMOSAS??? |
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Barrow Fairbanks |
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 4: Summer Arctic Survival Lessons (walk and tour), Flight back to Fairbanks |
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Fairbanks Talkeetna Anchorage |
Southbound trip starts, down to Anchorage | |
Anchorage Juneau |
Flight to Juneau, "state capital #50", with Mendenhall Glacier | |
Juneau Anchorage Homer |
Flight back to Anchorage, then into the Kenai Peninsula and Homer | |
Homer Seward Anchorage Wasilla |
Drove to Seward in the rain; then changed trip plans. Drove back up to Wasilla... | |
Wasilla Tok |
Last full day in Alaska: Through the Alaska Range and back to Tok | |
Tok Haines Junction Haines |
Out of Alaska, through Yukon's mountain scenery back to Haines, Alaska | |
Haines Haines Junction Whitehorse Skagway |
Several bald eagles, 3 more bears, and gorgeous mountain scenery | |
Skagway Watson Lake |
Roaming around Skagway, then out of Alaska again and back to Yukon Territory | |
Watson Lake Hyder Prince Rupert |
Alaska for the last time on this trip; then down to Prince Rupert (2 more bears on the way) | |
Prince Rupert Prince George Valemount |
A visit to Di's lake and creek, then drive to Valemount with another black bear sighting | |
Valemount Jasper National Park Banff National Park Conrad |
Canadian Rockies, then back to USA | |
Conrad St George |
From Montana to Utah... | |
St George Las Vegas |
Utah to Nevada, for the last leg of this trip... and a gift. | |
TBD: Check back again! |