Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, totally worn out, shouting "Wow...What a Ride!"

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

61 Day Alaska Caravan: Day 49-51

August 29-31, 2016

Day 49



Today's drive was 255 miles to Tok, some of the route we had already traveled and we stayed at Tok RV Village when we were here the first week of August. The road between Glenallen and Tok were some of the roughest yet. Bad roads aside we enjoyed the scenery, the trees are changing, fall is on it's way.We were almost the last to leave this morning but we were the second to arrive, don't know where we passed all those other rigs but somehow we did.


Day 50

Today we traveled 225 miles to Destruction Bay Yukon, back in Canada again. While the scenery was once again beautiful the roads were the worse yet. Good thing we don't have to go back the same way. A quick border crossing and we're in Yukon, tomorrow back to AK and down into Skagway.

We are at Destruction Bay Lodge, a large gravel parking lot. We were second in, by the end of the afternoon we had rigs on either side of us, good thing we like our neighbors.
 


Unfortunately our Progressive Industries EMS surge protector isn't working, we will be sending it back to them from Skagway and having them ship it back to a friends home so we can pick it up in Oct when we meet our friends in MN. Sure hate being with out it but Dave does monitor our electric with a volt meter.


Day 51
Our drive into Skagway was 270 miles and was overcast for most of the day. Lots of beautiful scenery and by the time we made it to Skagway the sun came out. For those who haven’t driven to Skagway there is an 11% 11 mile descent into town, some areas flatten out for a bit but you sure want to have some good brakes when you do this drive.









Our campground for the four nights in Skagway is Garden City RV Park, sites had a little spacing with grass in between the sites.

Skagway is a cute town that caters to the cruise ships. After 9am the streets swell with all of the cruise ship guests, by 6pm or so they go back to their ship and it’s a pleasure to walk the historical streets of Skagway. Our entertainment for the first evening was a Monte Carlo night with a Soapy Sales Vaudeville Show.

We have a few more days in Skagway but I'll cover those in another post.

Until next time...

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

61 Day Alaska Caravan: Day 46-48

August 26-28, 2016

Day 46



Today's drive was 207 miles through some amazing scenery.









Being one of the first (as usual) to arrive at the park we got our choice of sites, we chose site 11. Bear Paw Adult Campground is located along the harbor, the views out our back window were great.





Our short travel meeting was followed by a small cookout with 8 of our new friends, good food and good friends, throw in some adult beverages and we all had a great time.



Our crazy photographer




Bunnies abound in this campground






Day 47





Today was a free day in Valdez, we decided to check out a few places in town.On Good Friday 1964 Valdez was hit by 9+ earthquake that wiped out the town. It has since rebuilt itself  a few miles down the road.




This is what the old town looks like today.












We then took a ride along Dayville Rd which is on the opposite side of the harbor. All along the road folks were fishing and salmon were spawning.







One of the recipients of all the spawning salmon.








Found another great seafood market, Peter Pan Company, now our freezer is more than stocked. 
Day 48



Out the door early (8am) so we can get good seats for our Prince William Sound cruise. The weather was great and the waters were calm, Dave was able to enjoy the day with out any medication.





So glad Dave was able to enjoy this cruise. 




Orca whales, none ever came completely out of the water just came up for air and down again they went. We also caught glimpses of  humpback whales, small spouts of water but no breaching or surfacing, no pictures.



Icebergs from the Columbia Glacier



Thought this one looked like a porpoise or dolphin







Meares Glacier, while we never saw any real calving we did hear lot of cracking










An amazing day experiencing nature's beauty, words can't do it justice.








Starting tomorrow we have 3 travel days, tomorrow night we're back in Tok.

Until next time...