Tue 15-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
It’s still raining. We did a bit of shopping and had a delightful conversation with Claude, a Sportsmobile forum enthusiast from Switzerland. He has a Ford van that he outfitted himself and...
Mon 14-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
Another day of heavy rain and the resulting mud. For a place that is supposed to be a near-desert, this one sure is getting a lot of rain. Again there was little to see and photograph. We left Five Mile Camp...
Sun 13-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We headed south under light rain that turned often to heavy rain. At times we were lucky to see sun and even a rainbow, but mostly it was rain and more rain. The good news was that the clouds were generally...
Sat 12-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
After a long night of worrying, Janet decided that she and Vanessa were not going to make it to the Arctic Ocean. It was still pouring rain so there was nothing for her to see out the windows and Vanessa is...
Fri 11-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
In rain and mist we continued north on the Dalton Highway. The road surface varied from good gravel to potholed and rough gravel and good paved to broken and potholed paved. The advantage of the rain was that...
Thu 10-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We started the day by visiting some art galleries in Fairbanks. We were interested in seeing the local art, but also wanted to see if we could see some of Ron Perkins’ work – an Alaskan...
Wed 9-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We drove the Parks Highway from Denali NP to Fairbanks. A pretty drive on a fairly decent road. In Fairbanks we stopped at the University of Alaska Museum of the North – an excellent collection of...
Tue 8-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We packed up at Teklanika CG and said good-bye to our old friends and newly met ones. The road back to the park entrance is just 29 miles, but it took over two hours because it is slightly rough gravel, and...
Mon 7-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
Today David stayed at the van and worked on his pictures while Janet rode the bus one more time. The plan was to ride out to the Eielson Visitors’ Center and take the Alpine hike. It’s a hike up...
Sun 6-Jul-2014 Alaska, Travel |
We had another beautiful, sunny day so we took the bus and asked to be let off at the Sable Creek Bridge. From there we could easily climb the hills on the north side of the river. Easily might not be the...
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