Alaska

July 14, 2006 - August 12, 2006

DATE PLACES DESCRIPTION
July 14
California Start of Trip
July 15
California
Oregon
Washington
Columbia River Gorge and into Tri-cities area and Spokane, WA
July 16
Washington
Idaho
British Columbia
Alberta
Into the Canadian Rockies and the prairies of Alberta
July 17
Alberta
British Columbia
Edmonton, then joined the Alaska Highway!!!
July 18
British Columbia
Yukon
The Alaska Highway up to Watson Lake, YT, with a couple of black bears close-up!
July 19
Yukon The Alaska Highway up to Haines Junction, YT, past the "point of no return"!
July 20
Yukon The Alaska Highway until Alaska border
July 20
Alaska The Alaska Highway after the Alaska border, then Richardson Highway into Fairbanks!
July 21
Fairbanks
Fox
Crossed the 65th parallel and rest of the day in Fairbanks
July 22
Fairbanks
Valdez
Mountain ranges, Glaciers, The Pipeline, Rivers, Lakes, and one big moose.
July 24
Valdez
Cantwell
Mountain ranges, A walk on a glacier, rivers, and lakes.
July 25
Cantwell
Paxson
Fairbanks
Cantwell
The "top half" of the "Figure-8" highway system: Hwys 8, 4, 2, 3.
July 26
Cantwell
Fairbanks
A short stopover at Denali National Park visitor center, then back to Fairbanks.
July 27
Fairbanks
Coldfoot
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 1:
Fairbanks, Arctic Circle crossing, Coldfoot.
July 28
Coldfoot
Prudhoe Bay
Deadhorse
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 2:
Coldfoot, Wiseman Sustanence Living tour, A grizzly bear, Dipping my feet in the Arctic Ocean
July 29
Deadhorse
Nuiqsut
Barrow
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 3:
A very strange flight to Barrow, a walk around town, and ... SAMOSAS???
July 30
Barrow
Fairbanks
Arctic Ocean Tour Day 4:
Summer Arctic Survival Lessons (walk and tour), Flight back to Fairbanks
July 31
Fairbanks
Talkeetna
Anchorage
Southbound trip starts, down to Anchorage
August 1
Anchorage
Juneau
Flight to Juneau, "state capital #50", with Mendenhall Glacier
August 2
Juneau
Anchorage
Homer
Flight back to Anchorage, then into the Kenai Peninsula and Homer
August 3
Homer
Seward
Anchorage
Wasilla
Drove to Seward in the rain; then changed trip plans. Drove back up to Wasilla...
August 4
Wasilla
Tok
Last full day in Alaska: Through the Alaska Range and back to Tok
August 5
Tok
Haines Junction
Haines
Out of Alaska, through Yukon's mountain scenery back to Haines, Alaska
August 6
Haines
Haines Junction
Whitehorse
Skagway
Several bald eagles, 3 more bears, and gorgeous mountain scenery
August 7
Skagway
Watson Lake
Roaming around Skagway, then out of Alaska again and back to Yukon Territory
August 8
Watson Lake
Hyder
Prince Rupert
Alaska for the last time on this trip; then down to Prince Rupert (2 more bears on the way)
August 9
Prince Rupert
Prince George
Valemount
A visit to Di's lake and creek, then drive to Valemount with another black bear sighting
August 10
Valemount
Jasper National Park
Banff National Park
Conrad
Canadian Rockies, then back to USA
August 11
Conrad
St George
From Montana to Utah...
August 12
St George
Las Vegas
Utah to Nevada, for the last leg of this trip... and a gift.
Epilogue
TBD: Check back again!


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