Moved off the Kenai pennisula after two days fishing the Russian river for sockeye salmon the meat is blood red had it the last two nites and again at some folks house who live in Anchorage--cant get enough of it we froze some in the camper Using WIFI at dairy Queen found out verizon does not have towers here and we built up a $500 bill for roamingIn Wallisa ktonite and found out you cannot see Russia from here.Moving on to Denali in the morning all is well and weather has changed for the better

Alaska week 1

We left the big city and headed down the Kenai Peninsula parked ourselves at Quartz Creek for a few days.This is all about fishing down here --big time harvesting of Halibut in the bays and sockeye salmon in the rivers.Salmon running in the Kenai River now and up the Russian river this week when we get back up there.So salmon fishing is more like snagging --you use a wet fly --drag it of the bottom fish are not eating when spawnning so the fly just irritates them and they bite it to get out of their face then you yank the pole to snag them . The locals all make this a havesting project to fill up the freezer .Everyone is armed with 44 mags even the ladies.Mim wants a bazooka-I keep telling her to stop reading all the bear warning and what to do phamplets.Went to Seward on south side of the pennisula big shipping and fishing town on the way back stopped at Exit glacier 300 foot deep crevases --melting pretty fast wont be around for the next generation.Moved over to the north side of the pennisula to Anchor point camped on the Cook Inlet looking across the bay we can see the Katmai park and the Aluetian Range with 5 active volcanoes--waiting for a clear nite to get a picture of them.So were down on the beach watching boats come in --they land them with these huge log skidders to get them back on the trailers --we walked right up to this magnificent eagle feeding on a fish.So many of them down here --like pigeons.They are beautiful to watch fly over the campsite at dusk 10:30 pm.Last town at the end Homer a drinking town with a fishing problem lies right at the base of a snow covered mountain range.We haved resolved that we are so lucky to be in cooler temps then the hot --humid stuff in new england ok if you believe that.Moving up to Denali Nat park next week.

Anhorage Alaska

We made it to the big A a couple of days ago --catching up on new meds --truck servicing and food Big city here forgot how to drive in one after plowing thru the bush for so many days.Gotta stay here another day waiting for meds to arrive .Will do culture stuff here in the city.Moving on tomorrow to Kenai pennisula lots of ponds, rivers and the pacific --cant wait to do salmon fishing down there in the river run along side the grizzlies --mimi will watch my back with bear spray.Been almost 2 months out now going too fast feels like two weeks -so much more to do

Woowee --The Alaskan highway --ya gotta do it to believe it day after day doing 300 plus miles and we are still not in Alaska --you need to wake up every morning and get ready for the same .Steve Stark remember going thru Quebec to get to the Moose river? the long roads and the small towns--well replace those small towns with a cabin selling a loaf of bread and a gas pump for a million of miles.I now think of those journeys as a trip to west leb.No droning out on these roads always staying-- aware of the MOOSE they can hurt!!!cariboo-bear -bison.and looking off into the Rockies.Today we arrived in Whitehorse Yukon its a city with traffic lites" I forgot how to drive in this" and the capital 24,000 pop and the total of Yukon is 35,000 have no idea where the the other 10,000 are living Have not sighted Whity Bulger yet .Been out over 6 weeks how time flies and still loving it .Niles -Travis sell the house and try to find us. Love to all M&M

Woowee --The Alaskan highway

Moving thru northern parts of Alberta and British Columbia in and out of the Rockies and time zones ---lots of small towns and lots and lots of driving --hope to be in Alaska in 3 days doing over 300 miles a day in 7 hours thats enough dont have to get back to work soon.

Heading west now in British Columbia, Prince George. We plan to move everyday until we get to Alaska. We are travelling with another cou

Out of beautiful Montana and into Alberta Canada-- Woowee it gets better !!! We have been travelling right in the center of the Rocky Mountains now for a week .Gotta tell ya the pictures do not as always produce the experience of looking at the mountains ,cliffs, blue rivers& lakes ,wildlife , colorful and plenty mountain flowers--- Mim wants to pick for the table but cannot park rules she would get caught so locked her in the truck.First stop at Pete Lougheed Prov Park --hiked up to Rowson Lake 2 plus miles up and up and up yikes at 8000 feet elev lots of stops and suck in some more o2-- Next day biked thru paved bike paths --stayed here 3 nites another one of the best.While up on the lake we took pics of grizz diggings for ground squirrilles they are like back hoes dig them--so glad Kevin gave us bear spray--lock and load. Moved on more thru the Rockies went thru Banff --Lake Louise all the great ski mountains my son Travis will sometime hit ---Then Columbia Ice fields and Anthabasca Glacier Woo WEE !!melting pretty fast --So today HOT SPRINGS soaking and relaxing 30 miles east of Jasper ---another best moment---Tommorow begins the 6 day 300 miles + everyday journey to Alaska .We haved hooked up with another couple who have done this 6 other times peter and bobby from Exeter NH gonna convoy with them thru the Yukon to Alaska ---hope you can all do this some day

leaving Montana heading north

July 5th sadly leaving Babb and Glacier today and heading up to Alberta.Always want to stay longer everywhere we are. Hiked up to Virginia falls along side of ST Marys lake yesterday what a sight will post pictures when we find our camera cord

Had cookout last nite with Kevins friends Eddie- Michelle and the two babes Annabelle 4 what a mountain girl we got stated here! and Ellie 5 months --great long time friends he has.Picture is eyeball spot we planned to set up on but could not get the RV up there on Kevins land and picture of Virginia Falls Will be adding to blog from libraries while in canada Verizon will have no commo

Yesterday arrived at Glacier Nat Park in MT .Caught up with Kevin right away --planning our stay here a few hikes and fishing-- stormy day in the park today so it was lots of cribbage and a movie at Kevins hoped to get the RV up here on Kevins Eye ball spot but his driveway will not allow' Glacier is still so profound after being here twice before Montana still our best state so far