Haines, Alaska

What a beautiful drive into Haines.  There is quite a bit more snow on the mountains than there was the end of July two years ago.  We drove out to Chilkot Lake to see if the bears were out, but no bears.  We were able to watch two bald eagles for a while.  What a majestic bird they are.  Monday we take at tour to Juneau for the day.  Hope to see whales on the way.  Juneau is the capital of Alaska and will be a whole new adventure.  Also a new yarn shop to visit.
Salmon will be mailed Monday.  Ya'll know the routine when it arrives by USPS priority mail.   I am back on my Internet service, so will try to get some pictures sent later.

Love to all............

Whitehorse, Yukon

We are here in Whitehorse until Saturday morning.  We will have our coach serviced tomorrow since there is a Freightliner here.  We also know from experience that there is a good window repair shop here as we have used them before.  Yep! A passing truck threw a large rock into our windshield, so we will have it repaired tomorrow before we leave for Haines, Alaska.  The good thing about coming into Whitehorse is we have not had to visit the Canadian Tire to repair our tires.  Our last trip we had tires repaired three times in Whitehorse.  Finally got our vehicles washed, but not sure all the caked on mud came off of the tracker.  Looking forward to getting down to Haines and being able to use my secured Internet service.  We at least now have cell service after two days.  Hope all are well.....

Watson Lake, Yukon

 We Are at the Baby Nugget RV park for the night.  No cellphone service and Internet only for a while.  Will be going to Whitehorse tomorrow so are hoping we will have cell phone service.  Hope everything is well with everyone.   If anyone every wondered about the mosquito thing that hooks to you by off.....it really does works....just turn on the little fan and hook it to you and the squiters stay away!!!
We finally have sun today......YEA!  Saw lots ofbuffalotoday,but not the large herds we saw two years ago.  They are huge!  Love ya'll.......

Muncho Lake, BC

We are liked drown rats!!!!  It rained and rained and rained all day.  The dirt roads got muddier and muddier and muddier.  Thank goodness we did not have to drive on those muddy roads until we pulled off to the RV Park.  Now that in itself is another story. 
We left Fort St John at 9 am this morning with the intention on staying at Ft Nelson....but we got to Ft Nelson at noon along with a 16 coach caravan.  We quickly decided that there would not be enough space for us so we drove on to an RV park further up the road.  It was for sale and in bad disrepair so diecided to go to Toad River so we could watch the bull moose in the Toad River.  Well,  we did see a bull moose along the side of the road, but Toad River RV park was full up.  We had no choice but to drive another 25 miles to Norther Rockies Lodge.  Thank goodness it was not full.  The main lodge is a beautiful log structure.  There are log guest cabins scattered around Muncho Lake.  I will say that the mosquitos here are well feed ---- they are huge.  I do not remember these pesty little bugs the last time we were here!!!!!
Tomorrow we will travel to Baby Nugget RV Park in Watson Lake.  We need to be aware that Canada Day (July 1) is coming up and there will be parades at every little berg we travel through, so we are trying to jockey position to reserve a spot.  Hopefully my cell phone will have service tomorrow. 
Love to all......

Fort St John, British Columbia

Well,  we decided to start down the ALCAN today into some familiar territory.  We are staying at MacLean Rotary RV Park.  Pretty much a gravel parking lot, but has all the necessaties of home.  Tomorrow we will travel to Fort Nelson.  The weather has eld and the sun was out all day, but the temp was cool. 
I have messages on my cell phone, but I cannot retrieve those msgs from voice mail until I hit the USA or Alaska.  Text messages do work though.  SOOOO  if you really need to get me, hang up and txt me or email me.  Internet has been better than it was two years ago, but we have not hit the Yukon Territory yet!
Hope all is well with everyone,  love...........

Icefields Parkway

The Icefields Parkway did not disappoint us.  It was spectacular!!!!!!!!  TheCanadian Rockies are just very impressive gray granite and dark green pine trees.  We saw a herd of big horn sheep on the major parkway stopping traffic both ways.  At the same time we finally saw our first mountain goat on the hill above where the big horn sheep were.  We leave here tomorrow for either the states or north to the Alcan.  Love to all............

Still in Jasper

We are still in Jasper and will be until at least Monday.  Did some cleaning of the tow car and coach as they were both quite dirty from chip and seal road work in BC.  We are considering our options as to how we want to travel around the flooding in Calgary and Canmore area.  Which ever way we travel we will add approximately 500 miles to get to our destination.  At least we are not in a hurry and do not have to be anywhere at a specific time.
Pray for those in Calgary and Canmore.  The entire city is under water.  The government officials really seem to be be very concerned about the people in these two areas.  I have never seen rivers running so swiftly as the Bow River is through Calgary.

My oldest daughter begins her track on the Appalachian Trail from Winding Stair to Hot Springs.  Please keep her, her husband, and friend in your prayers for safety.
Love and miss ya'll................