We’re leaving Banff tomorrow morning, after two nights in the same motel – a first for us on this trip!
Had a great time exploring places we visited 20[!!] years ago on our honeymoon, but bummed how poor our memories are – can’t remember nearly as much as we should!
its been so long since I had access I forgot that i never said much about the coolest city we’ve visited, Dawson City Has dirt Streets and turn of the century buildings
arriving by ferry you really feel like you’re on a time machine and landed in the middle of the Yukon gold rush!
we’re sitting in a coffee house eating some really good food. and I – . finally have an internet Connection !
three days without makes Pam a dull blogger!
The Mennonite Village was interesting. but the road in was terminally boring!!!!!
Two nights ago we camped at a hot springs and spent some wonderful time cooking our tired bodes in the steaming water.
It was a beautiful and very quiet place.
we should be in Jasper by this evening.
We’re in La Crete, a Mennonite town in the middle of Alberta.
Weather is finally perfect! Still having a great time, but starting to miss the cats and our own bed!
I’ll post photos the next time we’ve got internet access.
Rain! We woke up this morning in Dawson City to a downpour. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem but our ride today was going to be 400 miles of gravel – too darned dangerous on motorcycles
So we’re not going to make it to the Arctic circle on this trip. Maybe John and Steve, who decided to try the haul road, will make it in spite of the rain. We’ll find out when we meet up with them in the next few days.
For us, I guess it’ll just mean we need to come back and do this again!
So we’ll be starting back south today, I’m sad we didn’t make our goal of the arctic circle, but really happy we weren’t up at Inuvik when the storm hit.
Our plan now is to wander wherever there’s sun and something interesting to see – maybe spending some time in Banff.
after a great nights sleep at the log cabin b&b last night, we headed over to check out an ice hotel. Really cool! ill hopefully get pics loaded this evening.
We’re in Fairbanks today, dropped off the bikes at Thunder Road yesterday afternoon. Randy is amazing, he not only promised to get it all done by this afternoon, he had everything extra that we’ve needed to replace along the way, AND loaned us his personal truck to drive around today. Amazing!
Tomorrow is Denali :)
We rode Out to Homer today. The view was spectacular – high above the ocean looking out towards the mainland and massive mountains rising from the sea.
the traffic Sucked though. lots of tourists, boats, and semi trucks. Well, traffic compared to what we’ve seen lately! After days of wilderness with probably less than 100 cars a day – any population is a shock to the system!
yesI am officially slacking – wifi is as rare as cheap gas up here. wahats not lacking is beauty!
Valdez is surrounded 360 degrees of soaring mountain peaks that drop strzight down into the water. Insanely beautiful!
We’ve seen 2 bears, 4 moose (meece?), a cougar, 2 lynx, bald eagles, swans, porcupine…. pretty cool stuff!
We’re headed to Homer tonight, and will probably sleep in a campground on the beach.
Beautiful day riding from Whitehorse thru Skagway, took the ferry to Haines where we’re spending the night in a beautiful spot overlooking the bay.
Sunshine feels good after a day full of rain yesterday.
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