July 14-23, 2022 At last the day had arrived when family would join us in Alaska! The group included my sisters, Linda & Lisa, Linda’s son and his family, Tyler, Kristen, Owen (11) & Morgan (8) and Kristen’s parents, John and Catrin. They arrived tired and bleary-eyed on the evening of the 14th and checked into a hotel for the night. Linda & Lisa came home to the RV with us. The next day Tyler and John picked up their…
July 9-14, 2022 We left Fairbanks heading for Denali National Park. The drive was pleasant and we got to the Denali RV Park and Hotel by early afternoon. To really see Denali National Park you need to book a trip on one of the park bus tours since no cars are allowed further than 15 miles into the park. I did learn that bikes we allowed beyond the 15 mile mark and since the weather was pretty good (not raining)…
July 1-8, 2022 On July 1 we made our way from Tok, Alaska to Fairbanks and settled into our spot at Rivers Edge RV Park on the Chena River. Fairbanks was shrouded in smoke from the many (~144) fires burning in Alaska this summer due to lack of rain and unusually warm temperatures. You’ll see later on our drive just how much smoke there is! For those of you following along I finally got my bike breaks fixed at Goldstream…
June 22-30, 2022 We had nine days to drive 1,600 miles from Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada to Tok, Alaska, starting out on the Yellowhead Highway (16), then on to the Cassiar Highway (37) and finally the Alaskan Highway (1 & 2). Our first stop was a 2-day layover at Prince George, a relatively large town of around 75,000 people. The Yellowhead Highway was fine and we spotted a few bears along the road which was fun. In Prince…
June 19-21, 2022 The Icefields Parkway, a 232 km drive north linking Lake Louise in Banff National Park to Jasper National Park, is one of the most beautiful drives that we have ever done. It’s mostly a two lane road but traffic is light and the scenery of the rocky mountains and icefields is breathtaking. Because we were traveling in the RV with the truck in tow we were not able to make any stops but here are some of…