When we got to Anchorage, we met up with old friends of Ed's from the Wailer's. Noel and Sue Janda have a beautiful home that they invited us to stay at. When we arrived, we found out we were headed out early the next morning for fishing. We went down to the Kenai Penisula and met up with some of thier friends. JB took us out on his boat trolling for King salmon. We did not have any luck, but the river was beautiful. There were numerous Bald Eagles. When we got back to shore, JB taught me how to use a fly rod. The next morning, Ed and Noel went out on a boat with Ron to "set net". The locals are allowed to "net" fish for a one week period. It was very rough. ... read more

The McCarthy road spans 59 miles, from the Copper River to the Kennicott River. It follows the roadbed of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway which was built in 1908. The road is surrounded by the 12 million acre Wrangell-St Elias National Park. The Kennicott Copper mine was one of the richest and most profittable through the 1940's. We drove the McCarthy road, visiting both McCarthy and Kennicott. We took a fightseeing tour over the Wrangell-St Elias Park, which covered numerous glaciers. We flew mostly at 7,000 feet . The tallest mountain, Mt. Blackburn was over 15,000 feet. We were so close, it felt like you could reach out and touch the glaciers. By air is the only way you can see many of these Glaciers. After the incredible flight, we toured the Copper Mill in ... read more

We left the Hot Springs and drove back into ALaska. The terrain steadily changes, so sdoes the weather. Coming over White Pass into Alaska, it was socked in and very wet and cold. The lakes were still full of ice and lots of snow on the mountains. Once we got out of the pass and back to the coastline, it is much warmer. How do you like the great photo of Scratch"In" Alaska? Skagway is a cruise ship town. That means when the boats are in, the town is crawling with tourists. Not really our kind of place. But, we can not catch the ferry to Haines until Friday . We are taking a cruise trip down to Juneau tomorrow. It is a Glacier Tour. They spotted 7 humpback whales a couple of days ago. Our ... read more

We arrived in Dease Lake and decided it wasn't worth the time. So we set out for an adventurous side trip. We drove 80 miles on a dirt road to Telegraph Creek. We camped at a First Nation fishing camp. The water was too high for the fishing to be any good, so we were the only ones there. We camped a few feet away from where the Dodjatin Creek joined the Stikine river. Both rhe creek and the river were running so fast, we watched entire trees being swept downstream. We were surrounded by Nature's music: the running water flowing downstream, the wind blowing through the leaves of the quaking aspens, the caw of the birds nesting in the canyon walls and the ocassional buzz of a hummingbird or bee buzzing from wildflower to wildflower. ... read more

We finally got to sleep in this morning. No Alarm, and we were still up at 8:00. I don’t get it, but we are sleeping like 10 hours a night. I made black out curtains for the bed area and that help tremendously. It is getting dark around 10:00 and light at 4:00am. We had a leisurely drive into Hazelton, BC today. We are spending the night at a reservation campground. The tribe’s museum is right next door and we will do a tour in the morning. We took some pictures today that I have to share with you. The first is from a rest stop where the center stone in the cairn is from the castle where supposedly King Arthur, of the round table, was born. There are so many beautiful rest stops. This area ... read more