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May 29 2018
Today is Tuesday. Gorgeous day. I’ve got the bus almost packed for our trip. MIKE and Bernadette are coming on Friday and we will leave on Sunday .
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May 30 2018
I am going to miss the gardens this summer. \240 They are just starting to pop.
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Jun 03 2018
Sunday. \240Woke up to beautiful sunshine ( which only lasted an hour). We are on our way. \240Stopping in Parry Sound tonight.
Here we are before leaving this morning. \240
Decided to make a stop at family cottage
Our first night on the road at Parry Sound
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Jun 04 2018
Monday. \240Rained most of the night. We are on our way to Prpich’s tonight in Sault ste Marie. \240Quite foggy this morning
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Jun 04 2018
We are now on the trans Canada highway
Goodbye Sudbury.
Just stopped for fresh walleye fish and chips in Spanish. \240Amazing 😊
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Jun 04 2018
Have arrived on St Joseph Island for the night. \240
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Jun 05 2018
Tuesday. \24044 degrees overnight. \240Sunny today. \240Heading for Lake Superior Provincial Park. \240
Last night we stayed at the municipal marina parking lot in Richard’s Landing.
Bernadette says she is flying to Alaska
Practicing the gravel roads
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Jun 06 2018
Just saw a moose. \240Driving to fast couldn’t get picture
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Jun 06 2018
Stopping for the night at Nipigon municipal marina
Starting to rain a little. \240
Looks like red rocks of Sedona
Settled in for the night nice view out the Motorhomes window
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Jun 07 2018
We rented a boat but were disappointed when we went to pick it up
Navigation tip. \240If you go to highest number on map and hit it, it takes you to most recent pictures. \240If you double click on pictures it becomes larger. \240
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Jun 07 2018
Short \240run today. \240We are all set up in Thunder Bay
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Jun 07 2018
Terry Fox memorial
Northern art. \240?? Not sure but the restaurant was great. \240
Nice entrance to Terry Fox Memorial
Some history so you can understand the significance of Terry Fox.
Timber meeting other dog travellers
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Jun 08 2018
Great drive today. \240Now settled in for the \240night at Wabigoon \240Lake RV Park
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Jun 09 2018
Harve getting windshield chip fixed on bus. \240Bernadette and i went for a walk. \240Look what we found.
Navigation tip; if you view on mobile, I don’t think you see the map. \240If you view on computer or tablet, you can follow us on the map. \240If you hit the latest number on the map, it takes you to those pictures. \240You can hit any number on the map and see the pictures for that town. \240
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Jun 09 2018
Stopping for lunch at micro brewery
Decided not to order, we need to save the money for fuel.
Husky the musky. \240 That would make a BIG fish sandwich
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Jun 09 2018
Just crossed into Manitoba
Welcome to the FLAT prairie’s
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Jun 09 2018
Home for the night. \240We are about 20 minutes from downtown Winnipeg. \240
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Jun 11 2018
Going for a tour at the Royal Canadian Mint.
Looks like rain ☔️ today
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Jun 11 2018
Great campsite for the night.
Yorkton Saskatchewan
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Jun 13 2018
This town is half In Saskatchewan and half in Alberta
On our way to Edmonton today for three days. \240
Coming into Edmonton
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Jun 13 2018
Our home for the night. \240Kinsmen park. Nw of Edmonton for three nights
Think we might get some rain \240☔️ ☔️
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Jun 14 2018
Morning walk
Almost back
Evening walk
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Jun 15 2018
Good mornings
Too much energy. \240Let’s get rid of some of it
Great park. \240But many loud school children around. \240
Train \240station
Train maintenance barn
We took the street car
Harve wants to sail it
Blacksmith. \240I think they thought it would be a lot of work. \240
Fur trading station
Fire station
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Jun 16 2018
Home for the night
Nice night for a ride
Local bird. \240No one seems to know the name of it. Bernadette says it’s a Magpie
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Jun 17 2018
\240Just crossed into British Columbia
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Jun 19 2018
Saw three bears just after we left the campground ⛺️
Oh oh forgot our chains
I think the world is flat. \240Looks like we are going to fall off!!
Photo turn out.
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Jun 19 2018
Gourmet lunch on Alaska Highwsy near summit.
Muncho Lake on way to Northern Rockies RV park
Muncho Lake with snow capped Mountains in background
Settled in for the night st Northern Rockies RV park
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Jun 20 2018
On the road just past Laird Hot Springs
Very large bison herd \240 See the calves
Liard River. \240Goes on for miles
We’re here. \240
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Jun 21 2018
Here for the night
Great wildlife center. \240
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Jun 21 2018
Bridge over Teslin on our way to Yukon RV park
The view out our windshield for the night.
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Jun 22 2018
On our way to Atlin, BC
Momma bear and three cubs. \240
We are staying at the local harbour
Amazing mountains and lakes
Large moose habitat
Road to Atlin. \240Gorgeous!!
Puppies want to swim
Ornaments poppies grow wild
We are staying at the local harbour
Can you image. \240 This is our scenery for the night. \240
Big windshield owie on the way in (second one, already fixed Ontario stone chip )
View out the windshield
View at Norseman campground. \240Atlin BC
Warm Bay, Atlin, BC
Mike and Harvey preparing king crab dinner at Atlin.
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Jun 23 2018
On our way to Carcross today. Short trip
On the road in Tagish, heading for Carcross Yukon
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Jun 23 2018
Emerald Lake found while out exploring \240near Carcross
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Jun 24 2018
Staying in Carcross another day. \240Very unusual, we have full hook up , cell and internet. \240
Out touring the back roads.
Sun trying to break through
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Jun 24 2018
Went to a summer kennel of sled \240dogs
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Jun 25 2018
Lots of snow on the peaks
We were as high as 3,300 feet
Very different landscape from one side of road to other.
Looks like it is raining on peak
Canada customs
Went through valley were almost all stone
Lots of mountain streams
First arrival in Alaska. \240When we leave Skagway we go back through BC then Yukon
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Jun 25 2018
Arrived at Pullen Rv park for three nights. \240We are in the boat Harbor parking lot with water and 30amp. \240Looks like a nice village to visit. \240This is one of the cruise ship ports. \240Currently there are three cruise ships here. \240
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Jun 25 2018
Old town Skagway
Private tour to Dyea
Glacier
Don’t think we’ll fit under this one
Wild irises
Boys house for the night
Private tour to local old graveyard and falls
Back at bus exploring docks
Looks like a good place for dinner
Good choice. \240The food was amazing. \240
Looks like rain.
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Jun 26 2018
Large cruise ship came in over night. \240Neuw Amsterdam
Ok it’s getting cold here. \240 We purchased new night clothes for snuggling
Explored the town and visited the local breweries
Kind of looks pretty. \240But way too many people for us.
Found a polar bear that we wanted to take home, but Mike and Harve \240said NO.
Cami looking for our next destination
Let me look!!’
9:19. \240Watching all the cruise ships leave.
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Jun 27 2018
I think he is down on his luck. \240Good thing he has his dog.
Out hiking near Skagway. \240
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Jun 28 2018
On our way to the hot springs for the night just north of Whitehorse. \240 Having dinner tonight with Mary Ellen’s nephew.
Looks like rain. \240
Just clearer customs back into BC
Stopped at a suspension bridge before Carcross
View from bridge
Local flower
Historic trappers cabin
Continue travelling
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Jun 29 2018
On our way to Carmacks tonight. \240
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Jun 29 2018
Large hectare fire here in 1998
Flowers after fire
Fire surrounded both sides of river.
That’s what you call a big cinnamon roll
Home for the night at Carmacks. \240
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Jul 01 2018
Happy Canada day \240🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Old buildings in downtown Dawson
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Jul 01 2018
Exploring old gold dredging equipment
Notice famous “Klondike Joe” from WOODSTOCK, Ontario (where Harve and Mary Ellen live)
He designed this dredger
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Jul 01 2018
First major claim. \240
There are large piles of Rock everywhere. \240This is the rocks that were dredged and discarded
This is a Canadian National Historic sight
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Jul 02 2018
On our way to Chicken Alaska tonight.
Going back to get Mike
Mike loading onto ferry
Arriving on our side of the river
He forgot Bernadette
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Jul 02 2018
Road to the clouds
Up in the clouds
US customs. \240They took my whole fruit bowl. \240Apples, oranges, lemons,limes !! Said they didn’t like pears or plums so I could keep them. \240
Nice outlook after border crossing
“They took your limes, what are we going to put in our rum?”
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Jul 03 2018
Stayed in Chicken for the night
On our way to Tok for two nights
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Jul 03 2018
Drive from Chicken to Tok
You have to watch for the change of colour in the roads. \240
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Jul 04 2018
Boys washing Mike’s bus. \240
Large showing of forestry personnel, state troopers, etc
The local politician
In case someone needs to pee during the parade
Local characters
They close the Alaska highway to let the parade go through
Bernadette picking up candies for us. \240
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Jul 05 2018
Stopped at the North Pole (Alaska) to see Santa
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Jul 06 2018
Home for three days. \2401 mile from Denali National Park
Out exploring the park
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Jul 07 2018
Exciting day!! \240 We are taking an eight hour Tundra tour to see wildlife andMount Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) Our guide tells us that we have about a 5% chance of seeing the whole mountain as fog normally rolls in.
Our group looks happy!!
Lots of river beds and mountains.
Moose on the way.
Snow caps in the distance
First sighting of grizzly
Sign was right
This caribou calf walked in front of our bus for about 15 minutes.
Caribou sighting. \240Maybe it should go get the baby
Guess what?? We see the whole mountain. \240
Alaska wild orchids.
Caribou
Rest stop. \240Time to stretch. \240
More caribou
More bears. See the two cubs with her.
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Jul 08 2018
Went to see the park sled dogs
Signs are names of dogs that have passed away
Out exploring the “town”
We wanted to be junior rangers but they said we were too OLD. \240
Local moose stopping traffic
Good thing we saw the “mountain “ yesterday. \240Today is nasty , windy, and cold . \240Can hardly see the bottom of the mountains
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Jul 09 2018
Leaving for kenai peninsula today
Drive to Anchorage
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Jul 10 2018
Timber scouting out the moose
Stopped to pick up king and Dungeness crabs for dinner
On our way to portage for the night
Have to pay to drive through train tunnel. ( 2.5 miles) Only way to get into town. \240
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Jul 12 2018
Looks like rain but says sb sunny
Visiting oil rig country
We counted eleven oil rigs on the horizon
This is the Cook Inlet. \240Fishermen put out nets from shore to catch salmon.
This is a supply ship for the oil rigs docked on land
They used an old ship’s hull for a barrier wall
Oil rig on shore for repairs
Harve and Timber getting some exercise
The locals (Alaskans only) can net fish for salmon. \240This is one popular beach where families are set up for the day or week to net fish. \240
Tides out.
Came back tonight to see if any whales had come in with tide. \240Saw a few seals but no whales. \240Locals still net fishing. \240
Local commercial fishermen coming in for the night. \240
Three caribou look like they are lost. \240
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Jul 13 2018
Well, we have settled in for a week in Soldotna. \240 \240We finally have time, energy, and internet. \240 We have updated our pictures back to June 20th ( map pin # 54). \240We hope you are enjoying our trip through our eyes. \240 We are giving you just a \240glimpse of some of the amazing sights of nature that we have seen. \240Each day we all pinch ourselves and give thanks for this trip. \240Thank you all for sharing it with us 😍😍
Lunch stop. \240
Boys trying to decide where “best” fishing spot is on the Kenia Rover. \240
We have decided to take a two hour “float” trip down the river this week. \240We decided we should check out the boats and passenger comments. \240 Both accounts look good. \240
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Jul 15 2018
Boys out Halibut fishing. \240We are exploring. \240
Everyone is salmon fishing. \240
Local bronze statues about fishing
Gorgeous clouds
We were shocked at number. \240Asked someone at local wildlife sanctuary. \240This number since last year. \240
They count the salmon coming up the river by sonar. \240
I think this boat lost its fishermen
Local bird
Everything here is about salmon counts. \240
Boys fishing st Anchor Point. \240 Old skid steer takes charter boat out to sea
Mike watching the line
Boys charter boat
I guess we get fish for dinner.
Boys back. \240Lots of halibut. \240We need to package it all and freeze \240it. \240
Except of course what we are having for dinner. \240
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Jul 16 2018
Out exploring today around kenai
Harve checking out the river
We like our Riverbend better. \240
More 🐟 fishermen hoping to catch their \240limit
I don’t think anyone cares about “catch and release”
Well we are well stocked : king crab, salmon, halibut, local shrimp, scallops. Other freezer has hamburgers, steak, hamburgers, fillet mignon, chicken. \240 We are heading to the woods tomorrow. \240
Harve playing Ruth puppies. \240
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Jul 17 2018
They launch the boats with old skid steers
What is mountain and what is clouds. \240
Local commercial fishing boats
Ferry. \240They actually have a rotating elevator that brings you up and turns you so you can exit the ferry. \240Don’t think the rv’s will fit. \240
Nice protected harbour. \240
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Jul 18 2018
Here for two days. \240
Boys won’t come and get their picture taken. \240
Guess Bernadette promised Mike something, he said ok to one picture
Home for the night. \240National Forest Park . You can’t see our bus but we shared one site. \240Cost was $4.50 each for the night. \240
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Jul 19 2018
Day trip to Seward today
Can hardly see them but three sea otters playing. \240
We had lunch overlooking the harbour. \240
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Jul 20 2018
Staying in Palmer for the night
Our campsite. \240Another great site and we actually have grass. \240
Out touring the local airport. \240
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Jul 20 2018
Coopers Landing . Great scenery. \240Rivers are turquoise. \240
Another amazing dinner. \240Appetizer: maple syrup smoked salmon. \240(Chef Mike) Dinner: scallops, halibut, (Chef Harvey) salad (Chef Bernadette ) Doesn’t get any better than this. \240Especially since I only had to make the pineapple rum chutney. \240
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Jul 21 2018
Leaving Palmer today for Glennallen. \240
Mike’s morning walk.
Chef Harve. \240Crab or eggs Benedict’s, your choice. \240
Timber looks bored
Mountains at campsite. \240
Stopped at local musk ox farm. \240Very interesting
Road construction. \240I think they are taking the road down about 4 feet
Most dumps are by the side. \240
Great mountain views
Great Lakes
River beds. \240Probably full in spring run off.
Glacier field
Fire weed
Mike following us on mountain road.
More glaciers
Nice colours
Arrived at Ranch House for two nights. \240(Andy and Karen (the owners) also own a lot at Rivetbend in Florida. \240
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Jul 22 2018
Out exploring
Interesting and informative visitors centre
Different pelts. \240Feel of fur was quite different
Old wooden fish catcher
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Jul 23 2018
Our campsite for the next 3 nights
Quite the view. \240
Out exploring for the afternoon
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Jul 23 2018
Visit to local salmon hatchery
There are thousands of fish coming back to spawn
Seagulls love it
Sea lions love it
The swarm you see is gulls above the water and salmon below the water
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Jul 24 2018
We are going on boat ride today to the tidal glaciers
Lots of seals. \240We also saw a whale but I couldn’t get picture. \240
Sea otters. \240Their faces are so cute
Blue ice
On our way back. Inside cabin getting warm.
Good day, we had slot of fun
Boys in pilot house. \240
Back to the harbour
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Jul 25 2018
Morning walk.
Found this local hang out last day we were in Valdez. \240Look at the mountain view.
Back for a visit to the salmon hatchery
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Jul 26 2018
Driving out of Valdez. \240Elevation put us up in the clouds. \240
Great landscapes
Just came through Canadian customs. \240Stopping in Beaver Creek for the night.
\240Tomorrow Haines Alaska
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Jul 27 2018
Drive from Beaver Creek to Haines
Gorgeous river flats. \240
Looks like road ends in the lake. \240
I thought it was still ice in the river but it is white sand in the river flats.
Looks like a post card.
Our lunch stop view. \240
This guy walked out on the road \240in front of us. \240 Timber and Colby both were barking at \240him. \240
Drive into Haines. \240It’s been a long time since we saw big trees. \240
Bernadette and I went out bear hunting at night. \240Found the bear with cubs but by then it was too dark to get a good picture . \240 But we did get this nice moon rising \240shot. \240
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Jul 28 2018
Out for our morning adventure
Small and large cruise ships in port. \240
Stopped at ferry terminal to get info we need for Monday ferry tide. \240
Local exhibits
Lots of people salmon fishing the Chilkoot river. \240
This is Chilkoot lake. \240
On our way back to our rv’s.
The small ferry was in so we watched them load. \240
Pee \240break. \240(For Timber not Harve).
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Jul 29 2018
This was called a Fort. \240Actually houses built for officers according to ranks. \240Fort built to defend US from Canada
Locals idea of fire pit
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Jul 30 2018
Big adventure today. \240We are boarding our first ferry headed south. \240Staying in Juneau for two nights
On our way to the ferry
Now you sit and wait (actually we went to town for lunch)
Here comes the ⛴
Here comes our ship
Girls boarded first with our tow cars. Boys likely going in last and in center of ship.
Harve’s turn
Mike follows
Puppies asking Mike where they are going. \240
People actually pitch tents that did not buy a bunk and are going on to Washington
Our view for the trip. Front row seats. \240
Wow back row seats for dinner. \240
First ferry “The Columbia”
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Jul 31 2018
Gorgeous camp site
Timber likes it too.
Out looking at more salmon run streams.
View out the bar window for lunch. \240
Campfire 🔥
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Aug 01 2018
Mike’s morning walk.
Beaver
Another glacier
Gorgeous flower
Salmon
We all go out exploring
Mike wants to know if we can rent the big boat for a day cruise.
Visit to “The Shrine of St. Therese”
Boys need a rest
Looks like our adventure has to turn around. \240
Out for a walk. \240
On our way to the ferry
Mike is taking up the whole door
All aboard safety. \240It is 4:15 am . Time to go to bed
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Aug 02 2018
On the ferry from Juneau to Ketchikan. Nice sleep for three hours. A little cloudy but at least no rain. \240
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Aug 02 2018
Pee break. \240Now back to ferry.
Quite a maze of markers. \240These are required to make it through Wrangell Narrows
Quite a few fishing lodges along route
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Aug 03 2018
Arrived Ketchikan 3:30 am. \240Went to sleep in Walmart parking lot. \240
☔️ raining all day today. \240Out for short lunch but will go exploring tomorrow. \240
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Aug 04 2018
Clouds breaking. \240Time to go exploring. \240
Mary Ellen would like this yacht for cruising
Girls going to Blueberry Festival, so found a spot for the boys. \240
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Aug 05 2018
Looks like a nice day for exploring. \240 Buses look nice and shiny too!!
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Aug 05 2018
Settlers Cove
Absolutely amazing. \240We all think best hike done far. \240
Most of the trail was steps, boardwalks, or wood n steps
Mike didn’t shrink, the tree grew.
Looks like a moss Sasquatch
Harve says “ how did they twist it?”
If this was kale, I could make enough juice for the next month.
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Aug 05 2018
There are so many float planes they have “parking lots” ha ha
This set of buildings from the early 1900 was the Red Light district. \240See all the buildings are built on pilings
Amazing lunch and views
More totems. \240Ketchikan is know for the number and height of the totems.
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Aug 06 2018
Leaving Ketchikan today for Prince Rupert. \240Returning to Canada. \240
Boarding the ferry
Arriving Prince Rupert. \240Very large cargo terminal for train and ships.
Our next ferry that will take up to Port \240Hardy on Thursday
Mike and Harve leaving the ferry
Gorgeous sunset
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Aug 07 2018
Our home for the next three days. Prince Rupert
Sea plane base
Very interesting
Old fuel dock
Net loft. \240
Fishing boats that they would have used
This is the cannery
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Aug 09 2018
Ferry from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy. \240Will not get into port until after one in the morning
Ferry stopo
Ferry stop
Off the ship for a pee break.
Front row seats again
Lots of fishing lodges
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Aug 10 2018
Port Hardy. \240Leaving for Courtenay today.
Old steam engine now decommissioned
Settled in for the night
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Aug 11 2018
Our home for next two days
Nice clean, well kept camp. \240
Great hike down to beach then back up through forest. \240
Never seen so many ferns
Interesting displays
Switch backs on hiking trails because they were steep
Time for little rest halfway up the hill
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Aug 11 2018
Out for lunch. \240Starving after long hike
Stopped first at local brewery that belongs to a daughter of a friend of Harve’s
Now lunch
Girls stopped st local art show at marina. \240
Found the boys in a pub with a view
Deer are much smaller than our and quite numerous
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Aug 12 2018
Out for lunch. \240This pub was where Harve spent slot of time when building a boat
Swan
Boat yard.
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Aug 14 2018
Taking final ferry to Vancouver mainland
This is not our ferry. \240We were on the large one. \240There were four ferries loading at once. \240
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Aug 17 2018
Sad day. \240We parted for our separate journeys this morning. \240 Harve and I are headed east staying in Canada. \240Mike and Bernadette are heading south into the US. \240
We were all going to head to the Okanogan Valley, but as you can see from the picture, the forest fire smoke is extreme. \240
We were as high as 4600 feet, still lots of smoke. \240
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Aug 18 2018
Heading for Maple Creek, Saskatchewan \240tonight. \240Driving longer than usual. \240Still trying to get out of smoke
We can see the sun
These are built for animals to o cross over the highway
Helicopter picking up water for fire
Sun \240at five
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Aug 19 2018
Today we are exploring the back roads
Lots of grains
Everyone is harvesting
Hope he moves. \240He takes up more than road
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Aug 19 2018
Camping at community centre for night, then on to Manitoba tomorrow
Timber getting some training
Interesting time capsule
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Aug 20 2018
No cars as far as you can see. \240Love driving these roads. \240
Where did he come from?? \240Haven’t seen anyone for half an hour.
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Aug 21 2018
Home for the night. \240On June 6th we stayed at the local marina on our way west
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Aug 23 2018
Just crossed into Québec. \240On our way to our Wilderness Lodge.
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Aug 24 2018
Arrived at our wilderness lodge yesterday
Drive in.
Dinner on the front deck.
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Aug 24 2018
Spent the afternoon on the beach
I think Timber likes it. \240
Time to go back to cabin. \240
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Aug 30 2018
Arrived at family cottage
This is our RV site overlooking the river.
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Aug 30 2018
Leaving Beauchene today and going to the family cottage for the long weekend. \240
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Aug 31 2018
This is our fishing pond
Our marsh. \240Great for seeing birds, beavers, etc
We have 85 acres of woods with trails through Them.
Our cottage. It is a hundred year old farm house. \240
Swimming pond. \240
Outside porch where we have many bbq’s
Dining room that can seat about 30+
I love this place.
Almost forgot the river. \240
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Sep 03 2018
Arrived home this afternoon. \240It has been three. Months. (June 3 -September 3). \240It was an amazing trip. \240Hope you enjoyed coming along with us. \240Goodbye for now. \240
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