We spent three days in Fairbanks. One day was spent going up the Dalton. The last day was spent taking care of some mechanical work and finding out the truck needed new tires. We were lucky we had gone up the Dalton without any problems, given how bad that road was. The road might have […]
I have watched TV shows about Alaska and Canada for a long time. One I watched for several years was Ice Road Truckers, and I repeatedly heard about Dalton Highway, one of the ice roads. The Dalton Highway spans 400 miles from Prudhoe Bay, where the Alaska pipeline starts, and follows the pipeline all the
The day after our fishing expedition, we headed north out of Homer to Palmer, where we planned to spend the night. There is only one road into Homer and therefore, only one road out. Along the way, we stopped at Tanner’s Seafood Market, where I bought smoked salmon that had been candied (or candied salmon)
Homer is a heavily oriented tourism community located at the very end of the Kainai Peninsula. We had the good fortune to stay in a lodge unit called Land’s End. It truly was at the end of the land on the peninsula on what is known as the Spit. There is the town of Homer
The next day, we once again found ourselves crossing a border. This time, it was back into the United States, where the Yukon meets the ALCAN. The first town we came to was Tok. It is a small community that services folks driving the ALCAN. There are not many places to stop along the highway,
The scenery had been pretty in a majestic, grand sort of way. Cheryl and Doug told me to be prepared, because I was going to see a lot more of this and it was going to get even more impressive. The question was — how many times can you stop and take a picture of
On the last day in Prince Rupert, we went on a bear watching tour. I jokingly call it a bear hunt after an old camp song, but anytime I hunt, it’s with my camera. We loaded into boats and headed up for a seven-hour cruise of the inlets and sounds of the Pacific Ocean, eventually
As we left Fairmont Hot Springs, we had a few long days ahead of us. Our next stop was Prince Rupert, BC. Our first stop was Kelowna, followed by McBride, and finally Smithers before reaching Prince Rupert. On our second day of that journey, between Kelowna and McBride, I had a camera problem. By the time
We headed to the Canadian border but were unsure as to what changes we might encounter there. We were either lucky or there were not many changes, and we sailed right through with only basic questions and some inquiries about where we were going fishing. The fishing questions seemed to be more on a personal
We were in Butte, Montana overnight and then headed to Great Falls before crossing into eastern British Columbia. Cheryl had a western art museum on her agenda for the day. I was skeptical of my interest in that, but knew I was along for the ride. Cheryl and I tend to enjoy the same things,
