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Day 9, Pink Mountain, BC to Whitecourt, AB
As we traveled today we moved from relatively remote back to full blown development. Back to the land of traffic, cell service, fast food and subdivisions. I find it jarring and am sad we no longer have the chance to see a caribou. Still, there were other things to enjoy… Our travel plan is to…
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Day 8, Toad River to Pink Mountain
I woke up to a family of Trumpeter Swans 50 yards from our cabin at Toad River Lodge. So awesome! I watched them a long time while C slept in. The white parents and 3 grey cygnets fed together. The parents did a lot of the churning work while the cygnets and some opportunistic ducks…
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Day 7, Wolverine!
Today we drove Johnson’s Crossing, YT to Toad River, BC. The highlight was the wolverine about 5 miles north of Liard River Hot Springs. He was cooperative letting C take several great photos before he ran into the woods. We started and ended the day with Trumpeter Swans. We also saw over 100 Wood Bison, …
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Day 6, Beaver Creek to Johnsons Crossing, YT
So much wildlife near the Alcan Highway today! We saw a grizzly bear, 29 dall sheep, a coyote, several pairs of swans, and lots of grouse. In the evening I walked down to the Teslin River where I saw 3 swimming muskrats and at least 70 swans! It was dusk and the largest group of…
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Day 5, Valdez to Beaver Creek, YT
We were on the Alcan Highway by mid-afternoon and are in Canada tonight. We drove in sun, snow, rain and clouds. The snow wasn’t sticking, so road conditions were much better than our March trip to Alaska. We saw a lot of swans. The white adults were always in pairs with 2 per pond. The…
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Days 3 and 4, Valdez
We are spending 3 nights in Valdez. September 23 and 24 we slept in both mornings, lovely. Two more beautiful days with sunshine and negligible rain. We watched wildlife near the fish hatchery – sea lions, black bears, sea otters, seals, and bald eagles. I hiked out Dock Point Trail and looked at the…
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Day Two, Palmer to Valdez
Beautiful day! It was shockingly sunny, barely rained at all. The scenery was gorgeous – snowcapped mountains, sparkling rivers, shimmering waterfalls. We saw various stages of fall color throughout the day, often brilliant yellow, but sometimes all green and sometimes past peak. We stopped for two glaciers. The Matanuska is a relatively stable glacier that…
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Day One, Healy to Palmer
It was snowing in Healy our last morning. The night before we saw the above bull moose in Denali National Park. What an awesome Alaskan summer we have had! Now it is time to meander back to Virginia, by way of Valdez for one last fishing trip. The mountains were beautiful with their fresh snow,…
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Upholstery, Week 27 in Healy
When we visited our relatives on the Kenai back in July, our kind hostess offered a variety of enticing activities. C laughingly told her what he really wanted was to sit in their living room recliner for awhile. Ahhhh, upholstery! Now that we are leaving soon, we have been mentioning some things we have been…
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Packing Begins, Week 26 in Healy
We arrived in Healy on March 17 and plan on leaving September 21, just shy of 27 weeks living in a tiny dry cabin in Alaska. We did bring more than we needed. Both of us have too many clothes and plan to take the surplus back to VA. Some of the gear can go…
Me & C
Roaming: Shenandoah River to the Alaska Range
Me & C 