Mike H

OK.. here goes again! Keep in mind most of this blog was made via ' smart phone' I had other entry but it disappeared. It has been brought to my attention that I left everybody in the wild of the Yukon. We are safe and sound in beautiful Alaska for one week now. My new principal was a gracious host allowing my ( semi tame) pup and me to stay at his house until finding a place..very cool. Doo and I are now settling into our own place: a. 2 floor,2 BR HOUSE! It was a great find. We have lots of room. Next door neighbors have 2 border collies, so she has friends. I went to church yesterday..so I have new friends too! Very cool here and windy a lot. My face is peeling off. ... read more

Arrived back on schedule after long drive to Fort Nelson, BC last night. In Whitehorse YT now!-Sat Along drive to Ft. Nelson, I saw a coyote and baby moose within a few minutes. Nice Super 8 in Vermillion, so much that I booked Super 8 in Ft Nelson as well. No remote for cable, but got 25$ off! Also girl named Marie (Fillipino) at hotel was very nice! Slept like a baby.. Today was amazing. Saw 4 black bear cubs (all separate sightings), 2 more moose and tons, literally of bison. Had to stop car due to bison roadblock! A whole herd had camped out on both sides of roadway and were crossing left/right like it was happy hour for them! Huge animals! British Columbia is very beautiful, Yukon not as much (except for bear run ... read more

Here I am in Farmland USA and I think my pup loves the smell... Lke truckers-All I do is drive 11 hours a day:eat,sleep, gas up and dive back in! I am becoming "Road Dawg" (like Rem Dawg-but on tour) America the Beautiful on the 4th of July! It's pretty cool, but I wouldn't want to do it every day, every week etc. You learn and se a lot.. too fast to photo but I have saved a lot of images: like places to go with names that I know, stadiums and city after city. I saw a baseball field in the middle of nowhere in Iowa, seriously in a cornfield. Giant windmills (and Doo doesn't even like ceiling fans!) I like Iowa it is so wide open and green, but can't wait to leave this ... read more

Excellent day.. made is safely to Tennessee before dark! Tennessee rainstorm.. then brilliant sunset! Happy to report Doo (my faithful friend!) got an A+ for travel! She 'sat up' the whole way.. kept me alert! People were very helpful in Atlanta (yes really amazing story of this first day-people were right there when I needed some 'steering') and Tennessee is beautiful! Glad to be resting comfortably in Nashville... goodnight!... read more