Monthly Archives: August 2015

Well…we pretty much did nuttin this weekend. Friday our friend Wayne from the caravan came over and he and Neil finished up the brake repair on our center right axle…put on the new rotor, caliper, and pads; added brake fluid; and … Continue reading →

Days 55 (Sat Aug 22) through 60 (Thursday August 27) were devoted to a 2 day transit to Hyder AK, 2 days in Hyder and a 2 day transit to Prince George BC for the end of the caravan. Saturday … Continue reading →

Days 51 through 54 (Tuesday Aug 18 through Friday August 21)…we ended up rejiggering the schedule a bit from what was previously planned for the caravan. On the way to Whitehorse we stopped by the Johnson River Crossing Lodge and Restaurant … Continue reading →

Sorry about the delay in posting the last couple of blogs…we been having trouble finding internet so I just had to stack em’ up until we found some. Finally got some at the Visitor Center in Watson Lake YT to … Continue reading →

Days 47 and 48 were spent in and around Dawson City YT and we have a lot to tell ya about. Dawson City is still…despite it being 2015…is essentially a frontier town. There is one paved street in town, Front … Continue reading →

Days 43-46 (Monday-Thursday Aug 10-13) were devoted to transiting from Valdez up to Dawson City back in the Yukon Territory in Canadia and our first full day there.  After the 24 hours of rain on Sunday we were hoping that … Continue reading →

Days 41 and 42 (Saturday and Sunday Aug 8/9) were pretty easy days here in Valdez AK…with only a few scheduled activities. Saturday our planned outings were to the Valdez Museum…which we skipped to go buy more halibut and groceries, … Continue reading →

Day 40 (Friday Aug 7) was devoted entirely to our boat trip on the Lulu-Belle over to Columbia Glacier…which is supposedly the highest calving glacier by number of icebergs produced per day. Ok, a little education on icebergs. They are … Continue reading →

Days 38 (Wednesday Aug 5) and 39 (Thursday Aug 6) were devoted to transit to Glenallen AK for an overnight stop and then onwards to Valdez AK. There’s good news and bad news about Day 38…bad news first. We overnighted … Continue reading →

Days 36 (Monday Aug 3) and 37 (Tuesday Aug 4) were devoted to moving to and activities around Palmer AK. Palmer is about 50 miles as the crow flies or 170 miles by road from Seward with most of the … Continue reading →