Tag: Migration
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Ninilchik
All 3 of our campgrounds the past week have had great views, but Ninilchik Volcano View RV Resort is the best view yet. We have spent four nights here on the edge of a bluff. Across Cook Inlet is Mt iliamna (left of truck in photo above) and Mt Redoubt (between truck and trailer). Every…
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Puffins, Otters and Volcanoes
Our third day of the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival we took one of the festival boat trips. The boat enabled us to cover more of the bay than our kayak trip the previous day. We saw so many birds and otters! Plus, my arms were able to recover from kayaking. I’m glad we did both…
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Lanigan, SK to Steinbach, MB (plus piece of Alaska)
Day Six: we have now traveled 2800 miles from Healy, Alaska and have 1600 to go. We will cross into the United States tomorrow at the Warroad, Minnesota border crossing. Our fun stop for the day was Portage Spillway Provincal Park, which surprised us by having thousands of birds. We saw a White Pelican, a…
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Fort Nelson, BC to Lanigan, SK – Halfway!
Days 4 and 5 brought us to 2300 miles completed with 2100 miles remaining. We saw 2 bison, 1 coyote, and lots of elk and deer. Over the past two days the terrain has changed from hilly forests to farmed plains. The photo below catches some of each during the transition zone. Fall colors are…
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Denali, Susitna River, and Fairbanks
While it is warming up fast, much of interior Alaska’s infrastructure is closed for another month or more. The George Parks Highway is open pavement, but most rest areas and overlooks to the side of the road haven’t been cleared. Many people before us had trudged thru the snow to this viewpoint of the Alaska…
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Two Days in Palmer
While C was in training, I explored the Palmer area. He joined me on a trip to Reflections Lake after work today. Altogether, I saw 9 Moose, 4 Sandhill Cranes, 3 Bald Eagles, 2 Northern Harriers, 2 Merganser couples, 2 Trumpeter Swan couples, and a Ruffed Grouse. Palmer has an excellent visitor center/museum, though it…
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Day 10, Arrived in Healy April 13
The forecast and rumors led us to believe we would have bad weather and sketchy roads today, but once again our luck held. While we woke to a dusting of new snow and had a few flurries on the drive, the roads were great until the last 2 miles and passable right to our door.…
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Day 8, Lynx and Liard Hot Springs
Today we drove from Toad River in the Canadian Rockies to Haines Junction in the Yukon Territory. It was a long day, leaving at 7:45 am and arriving at 8:50 pm. We had such great weather that we pushed on significantly further than our original plan. Just a little over 600 miles left to Healy!…
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Day Five, Halfway 2024!
We finished Saskatchewan today and drove halfway across Alberta. We are also halfway done mile-wise. 2250 miles driven since we left Virginia and about that much remaining to Healy, Alaska. We saw 3 coyotes today. One was exceptionally large with very thick fur. A local told us it might have some wolf blood as they…
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Day Four, 2 States and 6 Pronghorn
Today we left North Dakota and spent most of the day driving north in Saskatchewan (one state and one province). We saw hundreds of ducks and geese, especially in the Des Lacs NWR. We also saw 6 pronghorn antelope before entering Canada. The dots below are ducks and geese. The lakes were mostly frozen with…
Me & C 