To the blog followers,
Many have told me they want to see pics, so here they are.
I am putting up these two links to our picture hosting site. The first has 18 pics and the second has 58 pics. Read the captions below the pics and use the enlarge button for better viewing. Most of them are taken at high resolution.
The first 18 pics link.
June 29th 30th
Barbara and I wanted to check out northern Idaho because we had never been through there. We looked around the Kellogg and the Coeur d'Alene area and settled in at Cabelas for the night. They have a nice store very near the border of Idaho and Washington. The next day we traveled toward Spokane Washington and on up toward Osoyoos where we would enter Canada .
July 1st and 2nd
This route would allow us to visit the Grand Coulee Dam and spend a night at the Spring Canyon campground. We spent 3 hours at the visitor center at Grand Coulee and then did a guided tour of the left generator station the next day. We had done this in 1982 but it was still very interesting. They do a laser show on the water over the dam so we stayed for that. We spent an extra day at Spring Canyon Campground on Lake Roosevelt.
July 3rd and 4th
Travel day into Canada and a nice drive up the Frazer Valley. We spent the night in Kamloops on the 3 and Prince George on the 4th. This is a very scenic drive with many oppuritunies to see the orchards for apples and the big Bing cherries. This is a big supplier for cherries.
July 5th and 6
More travel along highway 16 with New Hazelton being our stop for the night. They have a nice visitor center that has WIFI when it is open. We were too late for the WIFI, bu we stayed the night there. At Kitawango we turned north on highway 37, the Cassiar that would take up to the Alcan junction. The Cassiar is a very scenic road that we have in the past used when we would travel south going to the states. This year we did the reverse seeing it from a different direction going north. The night of the 6th we stopped at the Dease Lake Rotary Tanzilla Campground. We would do the Telegraph Creek adventure the next day. That would take most of the day as it is 150 miles round trip. Had fun with that road. Use the 4X4 many time on the switch backs. Got back in time to wash the Suburban next to the river and to make a few more miles toward the highway junction.
July 7th
We chose the Beaver Dam rest area for the night. That was a test of our will as the mosquito population inside the camper and outside was terrible. Never seen anything as bad. We killed them with the zapper swatter until that was not fun anymore. Left early and hoped they would not follow us.
July 8th and 9th
were spent in Whitehorse seeing the town and doing some catch up shopping. Had some rain, but for the most part, the weather was good. Whitehorse is the capitol of Yukon and has the Canadian Tire store and Walmart.
July 10th - july 16th
Travel to Haines Ak for our longterm stay at the Chilkoot State Park on Chilkoot lake. This area has it all. Neat town with a lot to offer. Weather is good, a little rain, but a lot of sun. The days have just melted away. Sometimes we drive 3-4 miles along the Lynn Canal and watch the bear come down to feed on the fish along the edge. The bear also come through the CG daily.
Check out some of the pictures that I have linked
That is all at the present... We will be traveling back to Whitehorse and then to Dawson City in the next few days. Stay tuned...
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