Category Archives: Yukon, Alaska and British Columbia, 2010

This morning the sky showed some signs of blue when we awoke, so after breakfast we decided that we would try and book a cruise today.  We signed up with Kenai Fjords Tours for an 11:30 departure, and the day … Continue reading →

Seward is a small town, and its main purpose for existence seems to be tourism.  There are a lot of tourist activities in town centering around Resurrection Bay which is the large bay forming the harbor, the fjords, and the … Continue reading →

We were slightly embarrassed to find that we had interrupted the going away party for Colleen and Father Robert’s son Ben, who is leaving to go to Washington, DC.  He had been working on the North Shore (the “slope”) oil … Continue reading →

We made it today to Eagle River, just outside Anchorage, where we are to meet with Colleen Polson (nee Crickett), Enid’s friend from Bickleigh.  Right now I am at the public library (which is closed today, as it’s Sunday, but … Continue reading →

Today was a wonderfully sunny day.  There were some clouds, but not enough to obscure the glaciers on the mountains as we drove the long and rough road into McCarthy and the Kennicott (or Kennecott – no-one seems certain how … Continue reading →

It was quite cold during the night.  My feet were chilly last night, so tonight I’m going to wear socks.  This morning though was a perfectly clear blue sky.  The tent fly was the driest it’s been for quite some … Continue reading →

We spent today along the Nabesna Road, an old, not very developed road into the North end of Wrangell – St. Elias National park and preserve.  Here the high glaciated mountain volcanoes of the Wrangell range are on the south … Continue reading →

After we left Tok, where we filled up with gas at $3.69 US per gallon, probably the cheapest gas we’ve had on the whole trip – except maybe in Alberta – we drove south on the Tok cutoff.  Along the … Continue reading →

Well, we finally made it here, only five days after our initial try.  We stopped at the visitor centre in Tok, and found that the highway past Chicken is still closed.  There were some very dissapointed Americans in the visitor … Continue reading →

We almost set a record – three days with no rain, but the streak broke this afternoon, as we drove though some rain.  Not a lot mind you, though it does feel as if it could rain shortly. We decided … Continue reading →