We awoke to a beautiful day and got an early start. We drove from Coram, MT to the West Entrance to Glacier NP and up to Logan pass, then down the other side to the Jackson Glacier Overlook, where we had to turn back yesterday, and then back to the camp ground. The first part of the road ran along the south side of McDonald Lake which was still - - so we got several really nice reflection photos. Then it ran along McDonald Creek, which had several low waterfalls and a lot of rapids. The road was narrow, sometimes a little rough and had construction in places with significant waits. It frequently had no guard rails and no shoulder. But, what magnificent scenery ! ! ! We saw dozens of water falls, large and small, ... read more

The sky was mostly sunny when we got up, so we took the van back up to Lake Louise to see if the mountains were less obscured by the clouds - - no such luck. So, we packed up and headed for the states with a short stop in Banff. It was much nicer than I remembered. The girls bought a couple patches and we were on our way south. We went through Calgary - - a huge town of over a million people, tall buildings, lots of subburbs, and horrendous traffic. The roads were not well signed and we wound up at a Walmart for lunch instead of on Rt 2 running south. Had about a 20 minute wait to get through US Customs at the border - - we had some apples that had ... read more

Sunday, 20 June 2010, Sikanni River to Hythe, Alberta Another pretty day on the road today. The closest thing to a wild animal we saw today was a large black lab that from a long ways off, we thought might be a black bear. We drove through miles and miles of spruce forests with nothing going on but natural gas operations. Stopped at Walmart and Safeway in Ft. St John for provisions and fuel. It was the cheapest fuel we’ve seen in a long while (diesel was $0.964/L or about $3.66/gal.) We stopped in Dawson Creek to buy patches and stickers and to take pictures of us all standing at Milpost 0 - - we drove the Alaska highway from the north end all the way to the south end (and in the process, drove some ... read more

The morning dawned (never did get dark !!) bright and clear and over 60 degrees. Bob washed the Jeep and the front of the trailer and we took off headed to Liard Hotsprings. We only got a few miles down the road before we encountered a construction site where we had to wait for the pilot truck and drove over close to three miles of wet gravel - - so much for the wash job on the trailer. We reached Contact Creek where they were reputed to have cheap fuel - - and they did at 1.079/L (about 4.10/gal), so we filled up. We saw three bison down the road and got a couple of good pictures. Also saw sun dogs and a straight rainbow made by really high sirus clouds. We stopped at Whirlpool ... read more

Gena & I got up early today so I could take the trailer to a welding shop in Haines Junction (They were supposedly opening at 8 AM) - - I couldn’t get anyone to respond at the welding shops, so Gena & I went on to Whitehorse to find a welder. We were to meet Kerry & Charlie at Lake View Marina whenever we got there. In Whitehorse we found a good welder that told us he could do our job at 2 PM. We told him we would be back at 2. We went into town to Walmart, Canada Tire, the Carhart store, a grocery store where Gena found a cake for Charlie & Kerry’s 39th wedding anniversary, and McDonalds for lunch. Ran into Charlie & Kerry at Walmart. They went on to Lake ... read more