Tag: winter road trip
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Slow Start
Mornings are better in retirement. I like a slow start so much that I try to avoid scheduling anything before 11 am. While I usually get up between 7 and 8, there’s no pressure to do so. Sometimes I set an alarm, but if I don’t want to get up, I just shut it off. …
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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 7, Wildlife and Mountains
Today we drove from Fort St John to Toad River Lodge. All of our miles were within British Columbia, which is 1.5 times the size of Texas. We crossed the highest point on the Alcan (in the Canadian Rockies). In order today, we saw 4 mule deer, 1 marmot or groundhog (their ranges overlap here),…
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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 Three, 3 States and Many Snow Geese
Yesterday we finished Wisconsin, drove across Minnesota, and ended our day in Minot, North Dakota. I hoped we would encounter Spring Migration, and we were thrilled to see a flock of about 80 Snow Geese. In the foreground of the photo, there is a pair of Canada Geese. We have been seeing couples in many…
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Day One, 5 States and 1 Goose
We have started the 4,300 mile drive to Healy, Alaska! We can check off Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and most of Ohio. Weather was all over the place with a lot of rain, some sun, and even some hard snow (though it didn’t accumulate). We stopped at Cuyahoga Valley NP as it only added…
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Serenity Ridge Fire Update
A K-Max helicopter dropped water onto the fire Friday afternoon, then Mother Nature watered the fire and our neighborhood Friday night. While Serenity Ridge Fire is neither out nor contained, it is greatly slowed down, giving crews a chance to get dozer or hand lines in the steep, rugged terrain between the fire and our…
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March 2023 Recap
As I was writing my annual holiday letter I decided to share some of it via this blog as well. Last year’s letter had several questions about what 2023 would bring (travel questions in bold below). I have been having technical difficulties with this post, hopefully it works out! What is the coldest temp on…
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Day Sixteen, Delta Junction to Healy
Over 4800 miles and the travel portion of the journey is over! Our last tourist photo is at North Pole, Alaska ( a real town, but not at the real north pole). We saw 2 coyotes after leaving Delta Junction, the only wildlife today other than birds. As we approached Fairbanks it felt like we…
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