Rory, my trusty truck, and I are going on amazing trips, including Alaska
This was mostly just a housekeeping/down day for most of us. As you know, I spent hours upon hours in a local Starbucks updating my blog. You’ve seen the multiple updates. People might have been willing to do other stuff, but it was cold and raining most of the day–our first real day of not so great weather. We’ve been really lucky. Continue reading “Day Twenty Five: Hinton, Alberta”
Up and hitched before 9 am, we headed out on a very long travel day. We would be driving from Banff to northeast of Jasper, near Hinton, AB. And we were taking the Icefields Parkway, which National Geographic has named as “One of the World’s Most Spectacular Drives.” Before we got on the Parkway, we stopped at an overlook along TC1. It boasted a great valley/river view and had a nice exhibit on the wildlife over and under passes that I mentioned yesterday. As we traveled on, I managed to take a picture of an overpass. Continue reading “Day Twenty Four: the Icefields Parkway”
After recovering from my shock and awe at the amazing sights from the bus tour the day before, we had a free day to do whatever we wanted. I wanted to sleep in, so I did. Then I got ready and decided to drive back to the Kootenay Valley viewpoint. We had passed it when traveling from Fairmont to Banff, but couldn’t pull over due to towing our trailers. It was quite a drive back there–almost two hours, but the views from this place went on forever. Continue reading “Day Twenty Three: Free Day”
Our day was spent together on a bus tour. We started at 8:15 am and ended well past 6pm. It was absolutely mind blowing. I just don’t have the vocabulary to describe what I saw. So, I won’t even try. Continue reading “Day Twenty Two: Speechless”
Day twenty one was a travel day for us. We had to leave Fairmont by 11am to go to Banff. However, we couldn’t check in there until 2pm, and there were only about 85 miles to travel. So, there was time to kill. Continue reading “Day Twenty One: Fairmont to Banff”
Jerry and Wendy invited me to go with them to Fort Steele. We’d passed it on the way to Fairmont. It’s just over 90 kilometers away, so about an hours drive. Fort Steele was never a true fort and was actually originally named “Galbraith’s Ferry” after the founder, John Galbraith. Gold was discovered in the area in the mid 1800s. Mr. Galbraith operated the only ferry over the Kootenay river for several hundred miles. As a result, he charged incredibly high prices and became quite wealthy as a result. Continue reading “Day Twenty: Fort Steele”
I’m not going to survive until the end of this trip if today is any indication of what is to come. While it is the third day of the tour, it’s the first day we traveled: from Coeur d’Alene to Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia. And what a day it was. Continue reading “Day Nineteen: Oh, Canada!”
I was up early and working on this blog, publishing Day Seventeen just before heading over to the continental breakfast and Trip Log meeting. Normally we’ll meet in the evening to go over driving directions, but since we’re having dinner together off site, they did it this morning. It also is a bit like an introduction to the driving info. There’s a board we all signed and the tailgunner, Harry, will poly it and we’ll hang it in the sign post forest. Continue reading “Day Eighteen: Last Minute Details”
June 11th marked the official beginning of the Alaska tour. We didn’t have anything scheduled until 4, so I got up and headed to Costco. As is universal, I believe, for Costco, on a Tuesday morning the parking lot was filled and the line for gas/diesel was 3-4 vehicles deep. Crazy. Continue reading “Day Seventeen: And So It Begins”
With one more day until the tour officially kicks off, I slept in until 8 am. Decadent lifestyle, eh?
I putzed around the trailer for a bit, made an appointment to change Rory’s oil that afternoon, and found a place to chop off a lot of my hair. Over 8 inches, and she thinned it as well. Feels much better. Returning back to the RV park, I checked in with the Wagon masters, Mo and Sally, and met half of the tail gunner team, Linda. They gave me a bag full of information about the tour. Continue reading “Day Sixteen: T Minus One”
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