Day 7 – Wildlife day
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-20, Friday Toad River (07:58) to Big Creek Yukon Government campground (14:30) This morning we left Toad River pretty early and continue the drive. The weather is very good and there is hardly any car on the road. Last night we were ...
Day 6 – Alaska Highway
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-19, Thursday Kiskatinaw Provincial Park, BC (08:39) to Toad River, BC (18:30) 1800 miles away from home. The weather starts out great in the morning, high 50s and sunny. It rained a bit in the afternoon, high for the day is ...
Day 5 – First windshield crack!
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-18, Wednesday Hinton, AB (09:11 MST) to Kiskatinaw Provincial Park (near Dawson Creek, BC) We are 1500 miles away from home! The proper title for this entry should have been "Alaska Highway, the beginning" or something like that, since this is the day ...
Day 4 – Columbia Icefield
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-17,Tuesday Columbia Icefield campground, Jasper NP (09:34) to Hinton, AB (17:30) Cold and sprinkly in the morning. We did not have a good night of sleep last night. First the truck alarm went off a few hours after we went to sleep in ...
Day 3 – Banff National Park
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-16, Monday McLeod Medows campground, Kootenay NP (09:42 MST) to Columbia Icefield campground, Jasper NP It took us a bit of work to get the stuff packed in the morning, something I am sure we will get better as we go (more ...
Day 2 – Canada!
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-15, Sunday Pasco, WA (06:55am) to Kootenay National Park - McLeod Meadows campground (18:30 Mountain Time) We got up pretty early this day and continue our drive north. The goal is to get to the border before any sort of rush hour ...
Day 1 – Eastern Oregon
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-14, Saturday Redding, CA (07:20am) to Pasco, WA The weather is great for the (real) first day of the trip. After trying to wipe off the bugs from driving thru I-5 last night (and failed) we head north towards Oregon. Mt. Shasta ...
Day 0 – We are going to Alaska!
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in 2008 Alaska trip | No Comments »2008-06-13, Friday Milpitas, CA to Redding, CA After spending months in planning and weeks in packing it's finally time to go! We have most of the things packed during the weekdays so we just need to load them all up before we ...