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Hello from Raspberry Island located within Kodiak Island, what an amazing place this remote lodge is.....Sorry this entry is going to be long, we have done loads over the last week. From our last entry we were in Talkeetna and then headed onto Mt McKinley, it wasn't the best weather so we didn't get to see the mountain which is North America's tallest mountain at over 20,000 feet, it is amazing, we saw the lower part of the mountain from the McKinley Lodge and the top was covered with clouds, however on flying out from Fairbanks to Anchorage four days later, we got to see the top part of the mountain from the plane, it was incredible....... At least one way or another we got to see the mountain. While in McKinely we were still on ... read more

We left Whistler a couple of days ago and drove to Sun Peaks for an overnight stop, it was a very quiet town as winter had finished and summer is about to start and getting at the bike trails ready for the summer. Thank god they weren't ready now as I've had my share of biking, we spent our last day at the down hill park which Mark loved and I kept sending him on his own and started to get worried when he didn't appear for quite some time on one of the runs. They do have a bike medic that goes up so I was keeping my eye on him just in case I needed to send him up the mountain. On one of our rides we saw a mamma bear and three cubs ... read more

Welcome to our travel blog, we hope these travel messages reach you????? not actually sure if we set it up correctly, anyway, we are leaving tomorrow and now getting very excited after a 7 months wait. First port of call is Vancouver. Michelle we look forward to meeting Rebecca and will give her a big hug and kiss from mum. Kellie - I miss the twins already and they have 6 weeks free of 'naughty Mark' !!!!! Love Mark and Laura... read more