After another shopping spree at Wal-Mart in Wasilla, the four of us set out for Glennallen, Ak. From there we part ways for a couple of days. Leta and Shelby will continue east to Tok, and Barbara and I will turn south for Valdez, Ak. I wanted to do some salmon fishing and Shelby decided he was not that interested, plus Leta had a date with a chain-saw carver to make her a bear. Barbara and I stayed at the Bear Paw Campground directly at the mouth of the small boat harbor, and Lowes River. It was one of the nicest and most reasonably priced campgrounds in Alaska. I went to town and booked a Silver Salmon fishing for the next day. Heard they were about 12 miles out where Port of Valdez joins Prince ... read more

Shelby finally went to the emergency room and the doctor prescribed some antibiotics and wanted him to stay in the area for a couple of days. He and Leta wanted us to go ahead with our plans of going to Seward today, so we pulled out early for Stoney Creek RV Park just a couple of miles north of town. After getting set up we walked down to the creek, and had a couple of eagles fly around the campground. of course we left the camera in the RV. Decided to eat out tonight, and the campground suggested Thorn's Bar and Grill for the best fried halibut in the area. Turns out they were right and we all had a very nice meal. We had all the makings for smores except dry wood. It was ... read more

This morning we break camp at Fox Run Campground, and head north about 200 miles to Denali and the Denali National Park. We found two spaces at the Denali Rainbow Village and RV Park in downtown Denali. We were backed into the rear side of the stores that lined the main drag of Denali, and were so close together you could hear the neighbors sneeze, but it was convenient to downtown shopping. Faith and Marcus went for a walk window shopping while I cooked a supper of country fried steak, rice, gravy, and green beans. Not much to do after eating seeing as it has turned rather cool and has started a light rain. Today, Monday, Faith and Marcus drove about 15 miles into Denali National Park, which is as for as you can take ... read more

We left the glacier and found our way to the Tolsona Wilderness Campground just outside Glennallen. We saw signs of moose, but that was all. We did make friends with an arctic ground squirrel, who seemed to like crackers, and saw two rabbits in the campground. We had to drive to town to get a phone signal to call Faith and get gas for the truck. We did not partake of food at the Caribou Restaurant as steak was $21 and salmon was $18. Leta made chicken, rice, and blackeyed peas. Jack baked cornbread. The next day was laundry day again. Had to work on the RV again today, then we made a fire and Jack cooked beef vegetable soup for us to have the next couple of travel days. After dinner we watched a ... read more

On our way to North Pole, a town that celebrates Christmas all year, we stopped by the Delta Meat Sausage Plant. We ate samples of reindeer, elk, and bison. We made our purchases and moved on to the Delta Junction, where we saw the last mile marker of the Alcan Highway. We arrived at Santaland Campground, home of the World's Tallest Santa, on Thursday. The street names are named after Santa's reindeer. Candy canes, elves, and lights were everywhere. The next day we visited Santa's reindeer and his house. Santa was there and asked us about Jasper! We bought some ornaments and attended a book signing by Martha Wagner, a homesteader from the 1950's, who was also the first female mail carrier in Alaska. On Saturday we took a 12 hour journey to the Arctic ... read more