2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 15

September 14, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

This fifteenth posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Our original plans were to leave the RV in Montana and fly to Charlotte, NC for our annual family “Beach Week” (Which is at a lake this year.) But, we found that flights from Denver were way cheaper than flights from anywhere in Montana. So now we will leave the RV in Denver.

Montana

We cross the border from Alberta Canada to Montana, USA with no problems. Neither of us have ever been to Montana. We enjoyed our time in Canada, but we are happy to be back to regular cell phone service, miles, feet, fahrenheit, gallons, and US dollars.

Shelby, MT

We drive to Lewis and Clark RV park in Shelby, MT. We fill up with propane and get a nice site. After we get settled in, we drive into town and go to the grocery store. We buy a lot of things we have been missing in Canada. We go back to the RV, plan for the next few days, and cook dinner.

The past few days have been rainy and cold. Now we are hot and dry. We have electric here, and run the A/C.

Greycliff, MT

The next day we dump and top off our fresh water. As we drive southeast, through Montana, we are in hilly plains. The roads seem better—that’s probably because we’re used to a lot worse. Great Falls is a big city, but most of the way is rural. We drive to Pelican Montana Fish and Wildlife Preserve, in Greycliff, MT. This is a no-fee campsite. We are on a river, in a beautiful site. We are the only ones here! We have cell phone service. This is one the best campsite we’ve ever been in. We make plans for the next few weeks.

Pelican Montana Fish and Wildlife Preserve

We need to do laundry pretty soon. We had planned to stop in Kaycee, WY tomorrow, but there aren’t any laundromats there. It looks like we have to go to Casper, WY to find a laundromat—tomorrow will be a long day.

After dinner, we sit outside, but the rain comes. We go inside and watch through the windows. We see a rainbow. The sky turns red, and we see it reflected in the glacier to the east. We see some more awesome scenery from our “private” campground.

We wake up in the morning, and we still have the place to ourselves. We hook up the tow car and take off.

Wyoming

I drove through Wyoming when I was in my twenties, but this is the first time here for Fran and the RV.

Casper, WY

We drive through hilly-plains. We go through Billings, MT and a few small towns, but there’s a lot of space in between. We get to Casper East RV Park, in Casper, WY, a little after 4:00. We get a nice pull-thru site. The first thing we do is plug into the 30-amp and turn on the AC. It is 98°F here.

Casper East RV Park is nice, but it’s pretty tight. We probably should have made reservations, but it turned out okay.

We need Color Grabbers, so we have to go to Walmart before the laundromat. We put the dirty clothes in the car and drive to Walmart. We get Color Grabbers, and the other items on our list, and then we drive to Bubbles-R-Us Laundromat. This is a really nice laundromat.

We are really hungry by the time we finish our laundry, so we drive around the corner to HQ Southern BBQ. It’s close by and gets good ratings from Google. We get there at 8:00, and there are people waiting for tables. We get two seats at the bar. We order ribs and brisket. Pretty good!

As predicted, it’s been a long day, but we got a lot accomplished and we are making our way southeast.

A lot of RVs head out ahead of us on Wednesday. We plan to stop at the dump station on the way out, but there is another RV getting propane. There isn’t enough room to go around them, so we go back around and use any vacant full-hook up site to dump. When we’re finished, we still have to wait for the RV getting propane. No hurry—we don’t have far to go today.

Cheyenne, WY

We get a latish start, but that’s on purpose, because we don’t have far to go. We want to go to the Moose Lodge in Cheyenne, WY and they don’t open until 2:00.

It’s a pretty nice drive. A little hilly and the roads are mostly good. We stop several times and get to the Moose lodge at about 2:15. We get a nice site with electric. The people here are very helpful and friendly. It turns out that this is a big weekend in Cheyenne. The Pioneer fest is happening this weekend, and things should get busy. We will only be here one night.

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They have hamburgers at the Moose, but we have a steak in our refrigerator that needs to be cooked tonight. We cook it inside, on a cast iron frying pan. It’s delicious.

Tomorrow, we plan to drive to Olive Ridge campground. It’s in the Arapaho National Forest, right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. All the reservable sites are taken, but they have some walk-ups. We hope there is something available on a Thursday morning.

Colorado

We’ve been in Colorado with the RV a few times, but not this far north.

Estes Park, CO

We get to Olive Ridge campground a little before noon, and there are people driving around looking for sites to pitch tents. We disconnect the tow car and drive around, but all the sites are taken. We have no cell phone service here, so we can’t call any campgrounds. We set the GPS to the KOA in Estes Park. We figure if they are full, they can at least make some recommendations.

There is a lot more traffic as we get to Estes Park. We pull into the KOA and go inside. They are booked through Sunday, but they suggest some other campgrounds. We try calling some and they don’t answer. We call Manor RV Park. They have one spot for tonight only. We can’t find anybody else so we take it. It is a premium site, on the river so it costs a little more. Full hook-up for $74.

We need to figure out where to go next. We get in the site, plug in to power, and run our AC. The RV park has WiFi with good signal, but it is overloaded, and too slow. We have Verizon cell service, but it’s also overload, and slow. We call the office here and ask if there is anything available for the next two days. They say there’s nothing at the moment, but they will check. They call us back. We have to move in the morning, but we have a site, $122 for two more nights.

Manor RV Park is very nice. It is pricey, but this is a resort town and everything is pricey. The sites all have electric, water, sewer and cable TV. The people are very friendly and helpful.

We drive to the Rocky Mountain National Park Beaver Meadows Visitors Center and get some information.

We get a late start today. We have to move to our next site by 12:00, or after the occupants leave. We see them leave, and we move. Then, we clean the dirt off the concrete pad. After that, we cook bacon and egg on the outside griddle, and grits on the inside stove.

We eat lunch, and drive the car to Rocky Mountain National Park. There are signs that say there is limited parking at Bear Lake, but they let us drive through. We find a place to park at the Glacier Gorge trailhead.

We walk about three miles to Mills Lake and come back. It takes us about three hours. It is a great hike, even though it rains a bit. A lot of the trail is near a river, with rapids and Alberta Falls.

We get back to the parking lot at about 5:00. We drive to the Estes Park Brewery. They offer free tastes. Then, we go upstairs to the bar and have our favorite—the Samson Stout. We also have a stuffed fried jalapeno appetizer. Very good. We go back to the RV and cook some salmon on the grill.

The next day, we drive the car back to Rocky Mountain National Park.Today is Saturday, and the park is even more crowded than yesterday. We plan to do more driving than hiking today. Our plan is to drive on Old Fall River Road, but when we see it is a gravel road, we decide to turn around. Instead, we drive to Lily Lake and take a leisurely stroll around the lake. Then, we go back into the park and drive on Trail Ridge Road. It starts raining, and we can’t see that much. There are lots of people here. We go back to the RV, and cook hamburgers on the grill.

Denver, CO

We get up and get ready to leave Estes Park. Our plan is to drive to the Elks lodge in Westminster, CO for a couple of nights and then move to the Elk Lodge in Northglenn, which is a little closer to the Denver airport.

There is a lot of Sunday traffic, but we get to the Elks at around 12:00. They have some nice RV spots. In fact, there are RVs that stay here all summer. We check in with the campground host and she says we can stay leave the RV here for the next 2 ½ weeks, while we are in South Carolina. We aren’t far from the airport, so we find a hotel with a shuttle, where we can park the car.

The next day, we move the RV to a different site and pay $289 for 17 days. We get ready to leave the RV for two weeks.

Somewhere along the way we picked up a hitchhiker. We heard a scratching sound the other day. We had a lime on the counter that is now on the floor in the back of the dinette and we have seen what might be mouse droppings. We put mouse traps on our shopping list. We look online and see that mice like sweet chocolate and peanut butter.

We drive the car to the laundromat. There is a Safeway Grocery store nearby. We walk over to the grocery store after starting the wash. and buy some mouse traps. We decide to buy a bag of Reese’s mini cups for bait. It’s like 100°F outside, and even hotter inside the car and the laundromat. The Reese’s mini cups melt pretty fast. Of course we have to taste some, to see if they are suitable for our mouse. We get back to the RV and put the opened bag of Reese’s in the refrigerator. They are melted together. We put some in the mouse traps, and have no choice, but to eat the rest. We will see if our mouse likes them as much as we do.

We don’t catch our mouse. We don’t want to leave the traps in the RV for two weeks while we’re gone. All our food is packed in the refrigerator, freezer, microwave, or cooler—hopefully he will move on to someplace with something to eat.

We’ve rushed through Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. We did take a few days in Rocky Mountain National Park, but we didn’t get much time to relax. We’ve been on the road 134 days and driven 11,700 miles. We’ve spent roughly $6,000 on gas and $3,300 on campgrounds. Now it’s time to see our children and grandchildren.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 14

August 25, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

This fourteenth posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta .

Yukon, Canada

The first province after Alaska is Yukon. This is the same route we used to go to Alaska, except we will not go Haines, AK. Also, when we get to Prince George, BC, we will take Hwy 16 through Alberta to Montana.

Haines Junction

It’s still smokey. We cross the border into Yukon, Canada and they tell us that there is a wildfire close to the road. A while later, we get stopped and he tells us that we can proceed, but to slow down for firefighters and not to stop for the next 12 kilometers. We can see where the fires are.

We drive to Haines Junction, YT and stop at Fas Gas RV Park. They don’t have any pull-thrus, but she tells us about Otter Falls Cutoff RV Park, about 30 km away. She calls and reserves a pull-through for us. We get a pull-thru, with water and electric for $38.29cad.

Watkins Lake

It’s still smokey in the morning. We see the sun, but it looks like a dull orange glow in a gray sky. Things clear up a little as we drive.

We stop at the Save-on-Foods grocery store in Whitehorse, YT. The last time we were in Whitehorse, we shopped at Walmart, but it wasn’t a Super Center (Centre), so it didn’t have a lot of grocery items. Save-on-Foods is a high-end Canadian grocery chain. Somebody in Alaska told us about the store in Whitehorse. It is very nice.

We drive to Watkins Lake, YT, and get a nice pull-through site at Tags RV park. This place has fuel, laundry and a store with groceries and more. If we had known they had all this, we would have saved ourselves a few stops today.

This is a full hook-up site so the next morning we spend time to clean our black water tank with our “swivel stick”. When we’re finished, it shows empty! Then we drive to Fort Nelson.

British Columbia

Our GPS does a lot more than tell us where to go—it tells us our speed, what road we’re on, if we’re close to a state or province border, and a lot more.

The border between Yukon and British Columbia is the 60th parallel north. The Alaska Highway twists and turns crossing the border several times. We get informed everytime we cross. Furthermore, the highway number changes from 1 to 97 when we are in Yukon versus British Columbia.

We stop for lunch at the Coal River Lodge for bison burgers. Very Good!

We see lots of wildlife today, including bears, bison, caribou and a golden eagle.

Fort Nelson

We drive to Blue Bell Inn & RV Park, in Fort Nelson, BC. It’s not as nice as the Triple G Hideaway, where we stayed last time, but it’s cheaper—$25cad for a pull-thru with water and electric. We had debated stopping somewhere without electricity, but it is getting hotter, and we want A/C until it cools off later in the evening. The reason it is cheaper is that there isn’t place to dump.

There’s some smoke today, but it isn’t bad. It looks like we won’t be able to avoid smoke for a while. We make some plans. Tomorrow, Dawson Creek and then, Prince George.

Dawson Creek

We get up and top off the fresh water tank. Blue Bell Inn RV park has no dump, so we can’t empty our holding tanks. That’s okay—we emptied them yesterday morning. We’re planning on boondocking at Walmart tonight, but we should be good for one more day.

We fill up with gas at the Blue Bell Inn and start driving to Dawson Creek. We stop at Pink Mountain Campground and buy two six-packs for $17usd. That’s a lot for a six-pack of Coors Light and Labatt Blue—not even cold.

We drive to the Walmart Super Centre and find a spot in the parking lot. We go inside and spend $140cad ($107usd) on miscellaneous stuff.

One Canadian dollar is currently worth about 76 US cents. We use a credit card for most purchases. The bank automatically adjusts for the exchange rate. Most credit cards charge a foreign transaction fee, but we have one that doesn’t. (As far as I can tell, the foreign transaction fee is just a way for the bank to get more money.) We also carry a small amount of Canadian currency. We use our ATM card to withdraw cash from our checking account, and the bank adjusts for the current exchange rate.

Prince George

We get up at 7:00, make some coffee, and take off about an hour later. We stop for gas, and then at the first pullout to make breakfast and more coffee. We stop for lunch at Bijoux Falls Provincial Park. We stopped here on the way north (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 5).

We stop at the Husky station in Prince George. We pull into one of the large bays and wash the RV and car. This takes about an hour and $15usd (Not bad). The vehicles are not perfect, but much cleaner.

Then we drive to Hartway RV Park. They are full, but we get a spot on the grass, with water and 30-amp for $37cad. This is a nice RV park. Their WiFi works great and we back-up our phones.

We drove through Prince George on our way to Alaska. We didn’t stop, so now we want to do a little exploring.

We get settled in our site and disconnect the car. It’s after 5:00 now, and we drive into town. We stop at the BX Pub and have some local beer and prawns. Then we go to the Alpine Pub and have some local beer and wings. These places are nice, but we feel like we are missing the “True Prince George Experience”.

We stay one more day, and do our laundry. The RV park has a laundry, but there are only two single-load machines, and we have a lot of laundry to do. So, we drive to Spotless Laundromat and use four double-load machines. After that, we go to Save-On-Foods and buy groceries.

We get up and get ready to leave Prince George. After coffee, breakfast, filling the freshwater tank and dumping the holding tanks, we hook up the tow-car and drive to the gas station. On the way out of town, we see the Prince George downtown area we were looking for. It looks like we missed “Summer Fest”.

Alberta

On our way to Alaska, we drove through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. On our way back, we are going further east through Alberta and Montana. Smoke is no longer an issue, so we decide to spend some time in Jasper and Banff national parks.

Mount Robson Provincial Park

We drive to Robson Meadows Campground in Mount Robson Provincial Park. Many of the campsites are reserved, but there are still some nice ones available for the night. We get a beautiful campsite for $28cad. It’s dry camping, but we’re good on water, sewer and power.

We drive the car a short distance to the Mount Robson Visitors Centre and talk to someone from Jasper National Park. Their biggest campground, Whistler, is closed this year for renovations, but he gives us lots of good information about others that are available.

Jasper National Park

Today we get up at 6:30 because the campground we want to go to is first come, first serve. The big campground, Whistler, is closed for renovations, so the other campgrounds are busy. The drive is supposed to take a little over an hour, but there is road construction, and we cross a time zone and lose an hour. We get to the park entrance gate at 9:50, and pay $66.40cad for four days in the park. We get to Wapiti Campground at 10:15. We get a nice site, with electric, for two nights for $64.60cad.

After we get settled in we drive to the visitors information center to find out about other campgrounds in Jasper and Banff National Parks, and about hiking.

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Then, we drive to Maligne Lake. We stop at Maligne Canyon trail and hike to the fourth bridge and back. Then, we walk to the restaurant to get some food. We split a beef brisket sandwich and local craft beer.

After that, we drive to Maligne Lake and walk the Mary Schäffer Loop. This is a nice easy walk, but it gets muddy and we turn around. Then, we go to the Jasper Brewing Company for craft beer, blackened salmon tacos and Canadian mussels.

We saw a lot of wildlife today, including several herds of elk, and sheep, and a few bears.

Today, we drive the car to Valley of Five Lakes trail head. We intend to walk the 5.1 miles around all five lakes, rather than the 2.8 miles around lakes 2-5, but it gets too muddy, so we double back and walk about five miles. It’s a scenic hike—nice, despite some rain.

Along the trail we stop and relax in red chairs. Red Chairs are placed at scenic areas of Canadian national parks, for people to sit and enjoy the view.

Then, we drive the car to Pyramid Lake. We stop at Pyramid Beach and Pyramid Island. This is also a very scenic area.

We drive into town and explore the shops. Then, we go back to the Jasper Brewing Company for a beer and poutine. Poutine is a Canadian dish, consisting of fries with gravy, cheese curds and green onions. It’s not the kind of thing we usually eat, but we decided to eat like Canadians today.

Banff National Park

Our plan today is to drive the RV to the Icefields Centre RV park for the night. We were told that it is a big lot with 100 RV spaces. We get there around 10:00 and someone with a walkie-talkie tells us to wait. Then, another person with a walkie-talkie tells us to pull in behind another RV. We assumed that they worked for the park, but now realize they are part of a tour group. They tell us they are here for only four hours.

The view here is awesome, but it’s really busy and spaces are very narrow. There are a bunch of RVs trying to find a place to park—we aren’t sure we want to stay here overnight. We talk to two other RVers looking for spots. We maneuver the RV and car so they can fit in beside us and behind us.

We walk to the Columbia Icefields Discovery Centre. There are lots of people here, booking glacier tours. We watch a short film. There is WiFi here. We check the weather, and see that a wintery-mix is predicted for later.

We walk back to the RV for lunch. It’s still crazy here. With all that, and the weather prediction, we decide to drive to the Waterfowl Lake Campground. We didn’t stay here long, but we got some great pictures.

After the Columbia Icefield, we pass into Banff National Park. The drive is beautiful. We go from mountain passes with views of glaciers to wooded areas, with lakes and wildlife.

Waterfowl Lake campground is in Banff National Park, and has 116 dry-camping sites. There are several big enough for us. Many of them are unlevel. We find a good site and self-register for one night, using a credit card. It’s $21.50cad, about $17usd, for dry camping. It’s a nice, wooded campground and the sites are spread out. There is no cell service here. The road is terrible—full of potholes.

After we get settled in to our site, we drive the car to some places to look around. We stop at the Waterfowl Lake Lookout—beautiful! Mistaya Canyon—incredible! And Saskatchewan River Crossing—interesting!

We come back to the RV for dinner. We decide to stay here another day.

Lake Louise

It is cold and rainy today. We had planned to hike, but not in this weather. We cook bacon and eggs, and do some maintenance stuff. We pay for another night and some people tell us how all the campgrounds were filled last weekend. We drive the car south, towards Lake Louise. We stop and check out some of the other campgrounds. We see some nice ones.

We get to Lake Louise Visitor Centre and we have cell phone service. We start looking at campgrounds and see that there are some in Banff. We call and make a reservation.

We walk into the visitor centre to find out what to do here. He tells us that there is no parking at Lake Louise and that we should take a free shuttle bus. We take the information and walk around the shops.

We don’t really want to get on a shuttle bus, so we decide to drive there and take our chances. We luck out. There is a car leaving just as we get there, so we get a spot to park. We walk to the lake. It is very scenic, but there are lots of people here.

We are encouraged to see some sunshine the next day, but it doesn’t last. We get the RV ready, dump the gray and black water tanks, fill the freshwater tank, and hook up the tow car. We drive to Banff. We don’t follow the GPS route—we take the more scenic 1A. It would be much better if the skies were clear enough to see the mountains and glaciers.

Banff

We check-in to the Tunnel Mountain I campground, that we reserved yesterday in the Lake Louise Visitor Centre parking lot. Now it is really raining, so we get pretty wet disconnecting the tow car and parking the RV.

This is a nice campground. The roads look brand new. No potholes. We prepaid $38usd ($49.70caad) for this dry-camping site. We had to buy a fire permit, which we don’t need, and pay a fee for reserving it over the phone.

We eat lunch and drive the car into the town of Banff. It’s still cold (45°F) and raining—no hiking today. We stop at the Hoodoos on the way to town. The hoodoos are oddly shaped rocks. It’s a nice overlook, but too cloudy to see much. The town is busy, but we manage to find a parking spot.

We walk around, and window shop. We stop at the Banff Ave Brew Pub and taste some local craft beers. Then we go to Tommy’s Neighborhood Pub and have some dry-rub ribs. Very good. Then we go to the Rose and Crown, Banff’s oldest pub. We have the pizza of the day, bison, green peppers and onions. It’s delicious.

On the way back to the campground, we stop at Bow Falls. Scenic, but would be better if it wasn’t so cloudy. We drive to the campground and there is a bear right there. We get a few pictures from inside the car.

We’ve been in Canada longer than we expected. We had a great time, but we are ready to get back to the states.

We get up at 7:00 and start getting ready. We know it will be a long day, so we decide not to fill the water tank or dump the holding tanks. We get away from the campground about 9:00. We get to the US border around 3:00.

Canada has been fun. We expected to be here eight days, but it’s been ten. The national parks are really nice, but they are crowded and expensive. Everybody here is friendly, but these are resort towns. I’ve gotten pretty good at converting kilometers to miles in my head. I’m even starting to do liters to gallons, but we are ready to move on.

We’ve been on the road for 124 days and driven 10,400 miles. We’ve spent roughly $5,500 on gas and $3,000 on campgrounds. Next is Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 13

August 12, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

The thirteenth posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our last days in Alaska.

Last Days in Alaska

The wildfires are continuing and there are many areas of Alaska and Canada that are smokey. We have to be in Denver, CO at the end of the month to fly to Charlotte for “Beach Week” (which is actually at a lake). But we have plenty of time to get there, so it’s the smoke that’s driving our plans.

Worthington Glacier

On day 110, we leave Valdez and drive to Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site. There are pull-through sites for RV day parking here. We almost don’t go because of the biting flies. But we have masks, long sleeves and bug-spray. The first trail we try is too steep. We go back to the RV for lunch, and see that we went on the wrong trail. We find the right trail, and it is much better. There are signs warning that the glacier is unstable and dangerous. That turns out to be true. We see people coming back, whose dog was killed by a falling rock. We wish we didn’t see that and we are very, very cautious. Other than that, it is an excellent hike.

Glennallen

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After the glacier hike, we go to Squirrel Creek State Recreation Site. We pull in and realize there is no turn-around. We disconnect the car and back-out. We decide to drive on and get a campsite in Glennallen. We get a nice site at Northern Nights Campground. We have electric, which is nice. It is 88° and we can run the A/C. This is a great pull-through campsite, with water and electric. They even have WiFi that works. We back-up our phones.

Deadman Lake Campground

There are 36 wildfires in Alaska. Glennallen is looking smokey. We take the Tok Cutoff towards Tok. It’s getting smokier. We pass through Tok.

This is the second time we’ve been in Tok. Tok is the first town in Alaska, going west on the Alaska Highway. They say that when driving through Alaska, you pass through Tok twice—once on your way in and once on your way out. We stopped here on our way in to make phone calls and to buy groceries (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 6). This time we don’t stop at all—we continue on to Deadman Lake Campground.

Deadman Lake Campground is part of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The gravel road into the campground is narrow, and we are glad we don’t encounter anyone coming the opposite way. We find a nice secluded campsite. Too bad it’s smokey outside.

This is our last night in Alaska. We would have stayed longer, but we need to get away from the smoke. We’ve had a wonderful time, but we have been on the road for 112 days and driven 8,500 miles. We’ve spent roughly $5,000 on gas and $2,700 on campgrounds—the adventures continue. Next, Yukon, British Columbia and Alberta…

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 12

August 3, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

The twelfth posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in Valdez Alaska.

Valdez, AK

We have reserved Allison Point Campground in Valdez for seven days, but we have two more days to go. We drive to Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site and get a campsite for two nights.

Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site

This is a small campground, about 15 sites. It’s run by a concessionaire, but there are no attendants. We get the last suitable site, write a check for $50 for two nights, and deposit it in the slot. It’s a very pretty area. It’s all dry camping—there is a vault toilet and one water pump, there is no dump station. There is no cell phone service here, but lots of mosquitoes and biting flies.

We are about 25 miles from downtown Valdez, and we need to go to the grocery store. We drive the car into town. We stop several times along the way to take pictures of the waterfalls beside the road.

Valdez is known as the land of waterfalls. We stop at Bridal Veil Falls and Horsetail Falls.

After the grocery store, we decide to explore the town. We drive to Allison Point Campground, where we have a reservation in a couple of days. It’s about 15 miles from town. It’s low tide, and we see bald eagles feeding on salmon.

Then, we check out the Valdez Elks Lodge. They have a steak dinner tonight, but we drive back to the RV and cook salmon on the grill.

The next day, we cook breakfast outside, on the griddle. We use bug-spray and thermo-cells to keep the flies and mosquitoes at bay. For dinner, we cook blackened halibut on the griddle.

The halibut is part of what we caught in Homer. See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 10.

Allison Point Campground

On Sunday, we drive into town to dump our holding tanks, fill with fresh water and gas. It’s not very far, so we don’t bother to hook up the tow car. After that, we go to Allison Point Campground, about 15 miles from town. It’s right on the water. It’s a city campground with 61 dry camping sites for $20 a night.

We have pretty good Verizon cell phone service here. After we catch up on emails, and make some phone calls, we go back into town to buy groceries and explore.

We stop at The Fat Mermaid and have some smoked salmon dip. Then we go to the grocery store and buy some bison ribeye steaks to grill for dinner. Delicious!

Today, from our RV, we watch a couple of fishing boats pulling out nets full of salmon. Then, at high tide, we go to the Solomon Gulch Hatchery, about a mile down the road, and watch sea lions, sea otters, harbor seals, seagulls, and bald eagles feasting on salmon.

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After that, we drive the car to Glacier Lake Park, and walk around looking at the icebergs.

Then, we drive into town and walk around the waterfront. Next, we go to Peter Pan Seafood Market, and buy some fresh Rockfish, frozen Scallops and Halibut cheeks. We cook half the Rockfish for dinner. Excellent!

Today, we drive the car a mile down the road to the Solomon Lake Trail head. We hike to the dam. It’s very scenic, with some nice waterfalls. The trail goes underneath the Alaskan Pipeline at one point. On the hike back, we take a side trail to a scenic overlook of the bay. We talk to some people who saw a bear, but we don’t see any. We hike about four miles total. The trail is mostly gravel and steep in places, but it is very scenic.

We have scallops for dinner. Yum!

The 4th of July has a record high temperature, but we are still a little cold near the water. We drive downtown at around noon. We have lunch at a food truck called the Nat Shack. It’s very busy. We wait in line to order two halibut tacos, and then we wait about an hour until they’re ready. They are really good.

After we eat, we walk around town. There are festivities going on all day, but not much is happening at the moment. We walk back into town and shop in some gift shops. Later, we go back and listen to live music, and have a couple of beers. We watch a Coast Guard rescue demonstration. They start serving hamburgers at 5:00, but the line is very long. We decide to walk into town and eat at the Alaska Halibut House. Very good!

There are no fireworks here. I don’t know if that’s because of all the wildfires in the area or because it doesn’t get dark until after 1:15AM.

Today, we drive the RV into town to dump our holding tanks and fill our freshwater tank. Later, we drive the car into town and walk on the Dock Point Trail. This is a short, easy walk. After that, we go to the grocery store, and then, back to the Peter Pan Seafood Market. We are looking for fresh halibut, but they are out of it. They say we should come back at about 11:30 AM tomorrow. We go back to the RV and watch fishing boats catching salmon with nets.

There have been two or three fishing boats out here before, but now there are a lot more. We saw them come in last night and drop their anchor. They’ve been at it since before 6:00 AM. They use two boats to pull a net out and then pull it in to catch the pink salmon coming in to spawn. This has been entertainment for us. They’re all gone by a little after 8:00 PM.

Today, the bay is quiet. The only ones we see fishing are the sea lions, sea otters and bald eagles.

We drive the car into town, and go to the Peter Pan Seafood Market. They didn’t get any halibut in today. The king salmon should arrive after lunch. We go shopping. We go to the Old Town Burgers, but there is a line, with at least a 40 minute wait. So, we get chicken breast wraps at the Safeway grocery store. We go back to the Peter Pan Seafood Market, and buy 2 lbs of fresh king salmon, some frozen sockeye salmon and halibut.

While shopping, I find gear cables for my bicycle. The bike rack on the back of our RV has damaged the gear cables. When we get back from shopping, I replace the cables, and we go for a bike ride. We ride to the Solomon Gulch hatchery, and watch the salmon and sea lions.

We cook half the fresh king salmon for dinner. Delicious! We freeze the other half.

We have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Valdez. It has an interesting history. The original town was destroyed in the March, 1964 earthquake, and was rebuilt in a more stable location. This week the town is overloaded with tourists, but there are lots of working people here—everyone is friendly. We didn’t get a chance to go fishing, because it’s four hours to get out to where they fish, and four hours to get back, and all the charter boats are full. But we have seen lots of wildlife and natural beauty.

We’ve been on the road for 110 days and driven 8,200 miles. We’ve spent $4,900 on gas and $2,700 on campgrounds. It’s time to start making our way back. Next—our last days in Alaska…

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 11

July 29, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

The eleventh posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in the Seward area.

Seward

We leave Homer on day 93. We plan to go to Skilak Lake. As we are leaving, our neighbor tells us about a forest fire in that area—it may be too smoky. We start to see smoke as we drive, and decide to go on to Seward.

We stop at the Marathon Campground, and all the good sights are taken. We park the RV, disconnect the tow-car, and drive it through the other city campgrounds. We find a nice spot in Resurrection Campground. This is dry camping, with a fantastic view, for $20 a night!

After a while, we walk to the Seward Brewing Company for a beer. Then, we walk back to the RV and cook our Buffalo and Pork Bratwurst from Delta Meat and Sausage Company (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 6.) They are delicious.

Today we move to a different spot, right on the water. The view is a little better than our previous spot, and our neighbors don’t run their generator all day. We walk to the Kenai Fjord National Park Visitor Center, and get some information about boat tours through the park. We watch a movie about the park and then book a 8½ hour tour for Tuesday.

After that, we walk around the marina to see what people are catching. We find out we are late for king salmon and early for silver salmon. We talk to some people cleaning red salmon. They say they are catching them across the bay, at Fourth of July Beach. One of them gives us a 5 lb bag of filleted red salmon.

It’s almost 10:00PM, and still light. a bald eagle is sitting on a pole in front of our RV. Fran runs out and takes pictures. I put my phone to the binoculars and take some pictures. He stays for a few minutes, until someone gets too close and he flies away. We get some great pictures.

The guy that gave us the salmon said he caught them at Fourth of July Beach. So, today we drive out their to see what’s happening. We watch people snagging salmon. We go to the store and buy some snag-hooks and two one-day nonresident fishing licenses ($50).

Then, we drive to the Exit Glacier Nature Center and hike to the Exit Glacier Viewing Area. The glacier has receded a lot, and we aren’t able to get very close. We can’t take good pictures, because the sun is behind it. But we have a nice hike.

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Fishing is a bust. Our licenses are valid for 24 hours, starting at 7:00AM. We drive out there and try, but we are not experienced enough. We watch people snagging salmon, and they give us tips. We aren’t having any luck, and the wind is cold, so we decide to leave and come back after lunch. We come back and there are more people than before. It’s just as cold and windy. We try for a while and give up. It was fun watching everyone and talking to people anyway.

On day 66 we go to the Alaska SeaLife Center. It’s a bit pricey, but we enjoy seeing Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, Birds and Fish. We learn a lot about the local wildlife. Then, we walk to Thorns Showcase Lounge and have a halibut bowl—delicious!

Today we go on the Major Marine Kenai Fjords National Park 8½ hour boat tour. It’s fantastic. We see orca whales, humpback whales, sea lions, seals, sea otters, puffins, and more. We get close to Northwestern Glacier and a few other glaciers. It is well worth the money!

Glennallen

On day 99, we plan to drive to Portage for a few days, but there is a smoke alert from the wildfire. We think about stopping in Anchorage, but there is supposed to be smoke there too. We decide to keep going. It is a very scenic drive on Alaska Hwy 1, with a view of Harvard Glacier. As we come into Glennallen, we see mountain peaks in front of us.

We drive to Caribou Hotel (and RV park) in Glennallen. This place has a few RV sites, some with full hook-ups. We get a pull-thru with electric, water and sewer.

There is a restaurant here, called Ernesto’s Grill. We didn’t take anything out of the freezer for dinner, so we go there and have Chicken Nacho Supreme, Guacamole, and Halibut Tacos. The food is good, The service is slow, but they apologize, saying that they had a rush at the last minute.

We stay here for a day and do some maintenance. We try to flush out our holding tanks, but they are still not showing up as empty on our gauges. We also back-flush and regenerate our portable water softener, work on removing cracked decals and clean/organize the basement.

We have been on the road for 101 days and driven 8,000 miles. We’ve spent roughly $4,400 on gas and $2,400 on campsites. Next stop… Valdez.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 10

July 14, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

The tenth posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in Homer.

Homer Alaska

On day 87, we drive to the Homer Elks Lodge. This is a beautiful place, right on the water. We get here at around 4:00PM and there is only one space left. We park, and go into register. Today is Flag Day. They have a celebration and a dinner. The celebration is really good. The dinner is only okay, but we meet some great people.

The next day, we drive up East End Road, on the recommendation of one of the Elks members. What beautiful scenery of Kachemak Bay, with snow covered mountains and glaciers in the background.

After that we drive down the spit. We stop at the Salty Dawg Saloon. This is the oldest log cabin in Homer, and has lots of history. It reminds us of No Name Pub, in the FL Keys, with all the dollar bills on the ceiling. They don’t have any food, so we have a beer, and walk to Captain Pattie’s Fish House for lunch. We have the char grilled seafood sampler, with halibut, salmon, scallops, and prawns. Excellent. We walk around all the shops in the area and get information about fishing and water taxis.

It’s Father’s Day. We make reservations for Homer Ocean Charters water taxi to take us to hike to Glacier Lake at 12:30 and book a halibut fishing trip for Tuesday. The boat ride to Kachemak Bay State Park is awesome. The sea otters watch us get dropped off at the beach in front of the trail head. But, it just keeps getting more awesome the farther we go. We hike to the lake and it is unbelievable. Big chunks of ice floating in a lake, with mountains and a glacier in the background. We hike down to another point and the boat picks us up. There are lots of sea otter here. They seem to be as interested in us as we are in them.

What a great day! the total trip was five hours, 30 minutes there and 30 minutes back on the boat. The hike was about five miles, and was pretty easy. That gave us plenty of time at the lake. It cost us $170 for the two of us. It was well worth the price.

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On Monday, we think about moving to one of the two city campgrounds. It is $20 a night, with no hook-ups, the really good spots are taken and it is noisy—we decide to stay at the Elks. We pay for two more nights, which is $25 a night with 30-amp electric. We do laundry, grocery shopping, dump the holding tanks, fill the freshwater tank and gas tank.

On Tuesday, we go halibut fishing, on North Country Charters. What a fabulous day! We board The Irish at 6:45. This is a ¾ day charter. The boat holds 16 people and everyone gets their limit, which is two halibut per person. The captain and crew are great. They filet all the fish on the way back to the dock. We end up with 31 lbs. We take two filets with us, and have the rest vacuum-sealed and frozen. We have blackened halibut for dinner.

The next day, we pick up seven packages of vacuum-sealed, frozen halibut, and ship the rest to North Carolina. All total, including charter cost, fishing licenses, tip, processing and shipping, it comes to about $25 a pound. It’s not bad, considering we had a fun day.

After that we go to the farmer’s market. We buy a dozen local oysters from Jakalof Bay Oyster Company. We saw the oyster farms, the other day, when we took the water taxi across Kachemak Bay. The captain told us that oysters are not native to Alaska, and they had to import oysters that could tolerate cold water from Japan. Anyway, they are delicious. We also buy radishes, turnips and english cucumbers. The cucumbers are among the tastiest we’ve ever had. We make full use of the turnips. We saute the greens and use the roots in salads.

We really enjoyed our time in Homer. Things are pricey, but we’ve had a fabulous time, fishing, hiking and touring. People are friendly, except for the local man who pulled up behind us at the dump station, honked his horn and drove up until his bumper was touching our tow-car. Maybe he was having a bad day.

We have driven 7,600 miles and been on the road for 92 days. We’ve spent $4,200 on gas and $2,200 on campgrounds. It’s time to move on. Next stop… Seward.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 9

July 13, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

This posting of our Alaska RV trip is about our time in Anchorage. Someone we met along the way told us that he wouldn’t spend any time in Anchorage—it was just a big city. We did not find that to be true.

Anchorage

After Denali, we go to Anchorage. It’s a scenic trip south, and we stop several times along the way to look out at the snow-covered mountain tops. It is warmer and drier here, than Denali National Park.

We stay at the Moose Lodge. We get a nice site, with electric, for $5 a night. It is nice facility.

The bartender recommends a restaurant called Saint Coyote (Coyote Santo). We almost don’t go in, because there are only two people inside. But they tell us we picked a great place, so we stay. They have only been open for two weeks, and have not advertised. We have a Copper King Salmon Sashimi appetizer, a Blackened Halibut Caesar Salad and Salmon Special with Rockefeller Sauce. Everything is delicious! We get enough food for dinner the next day.

The next day we take the car in to get the parking brake fixed. (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 7.) The Honda dealer in Fairbanks didn’t have the parts to fix them, so we called Continental Honda, in Anchorage a few days ago, ordered the parts and made an appointment.

Continental Honda offers free Uber. We go downtown, to the visitors center. From there, we walk down to the river, watch people catch salmon. Then we go to F Street Station for lunch. More awesome food! We have beer battered halibut and grilled salmon salad. After lunch, we walk some more. We stop at 49th State Brewing Company. We buy two half beers. They are good, but the view here is great. The menu looks good, but we have already eaten. Then, we walk a short way on the Coastal Trail, and get a free Uber back to the car dealership. Our parking brakes are fixed!

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The next day, we drive to some parks in, and near Anchorage. First we go to Woronzof Point, and walk down to the beach. Then, we drive to Earthquake Park. We want to look at the signs about the March 27, 1964 earthquake. It was strongest earthquake in North America. The mosquitoes are so bad, we don’t spend much time here. Then, we go to Potter Marsh, which has a really nice boardwalk. The marsh was accidentally created when they built the railroad. Then, we go to Beluga Point—we don’t see any whales or a bore tide. We go to Windy Point—we don’t see any Dall Sheep. We try to find Bird Point at mile 99, but don’t see the boardwalk. We find out later that the map we have is wrong. It’s at mile 96.

Then, we drive into downtown Anchorage, and go to the New Sagaya City Market to buy some seafood. This place was recommended to us by the bartender at the F Street Station. We buy a whole king salmon, which he filets, cuts into four pieces, and vacuum seals. We also buy a pound of halibut, which we cook for dinner. We blacken the halibut on the RV, and it is awesome!

I think we’ll stay another day.

We drive to the Flattop Mountain trail head, in Chugach State Park, The trail is considered to be hard. It is 3.3 miles, 1,430 foot elevation. We go most of the way, about 1.5 miles and 820 feet. It is getting steep and clouds start moving in, so we decide to turn around. What we did was awesome, and we got some great pictures.

It’s time to move on. We get up, and fill the fresh water tank at the Moose Lodge. Then, we drive to the Holiday gas station, fill up with gas, and dump the black and gray water tanks. We’ve been on the road for 86 days and driven 7,400 miles. Next stop—Homer.

We enjoyed our time in Anchorage, much more than expected. It is a mixture of city and nature, with an interesting history.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 8

July 5, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

The eighth posting of our Alaska RV trip talks about our time in Denali National Park.

Denali National Park

We get to Riley Creek Campground, in Denali National Park, on day 77. We have reserved five days here. We get a great campsite, right in the park itself. It is dry camping, but they have really nice dump and potable water stations. We may want to stay here longer. The first night we see three moose, a mamma and two calves.

The next day, we drive the car to Savage River. This is the farthest point you can drive private vehicles. To go farther, you must take a bus. We have two tickets to go to the Eielson visitors center tomorrow, $85.50 for both. The longer bus trip, to Wonder Lake, is not open yet.

The bus trip is eight hours there and back. The bus makes scheduled stops at rest areas and a scenic overlook. Then it stops at The Eielson Visitors Center for 30 minutes. It also makes unscheduled stops if there are any wildlife to be seen along the way. We see lots of wildlife, including grizzly bears, dall sheep, moose and a fox. Unfortunately, it rains most of the day and we don’t get to see Mt. Denali.

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The next day we go to the dog kennel to see the sled dogs and a presentation. After that, we walk on some trails around the park. Later, we meet up with our new friends, Michelle and John, at The Denali Park Salmon Bake. They are also RVing through Alaska, and we’ve run into them in Haines Junction and Chena Hot Springs.

On Saturday, we wake up early and drive down Park road and try to view Mt. Denali. It is not clear enough. We get back to the RV at 8:00 and try to start the generator. Generator hours are 8:00AM to 10:00AM and 6:00PM to 8:00PM. We were out past 8:00PM last night and couldn’t run the generator. The last time we ran the generator was 8:00AM yesterday. We don’t have enough house battery to start the generator. So, we start the main engine and jump the house battery with the chassis battery. We are also out of water. We cook breakfast—bacon, eggs and grits. After we eat, we drive to the water and dump station. We extend our stay by a day.

We extended our stay in Denali National Park hoping for some nicer weather. That doesn’t happen. It has rained here every day. We try to go on a hike, but it starts raining, so we go back and do laundry. It finally stops raining and we hike around Horseshoe Lake. We see a beaver, beaver dams and lodges. We also see a snowshoe hare and take some great pictures.

Later we go for a drive and see a mama moose and her three calves.

The weather could have been better, but we have really enjoyed our time in Denali National Park. We’ve been on the road for 82 days and driven 7,100 miles and it’s time to explore Anchorage.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 6

July 3, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

It’s day 65 of our Alaska RV trip and we are getting to Haines, AK today.

Fran dropped her phone six days ago, in Chetwynd, BC and the touch screen is only partially working. (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, part 5.)We finally succeeded in downloading the pictures to the computer, so now we can pick up the replacement and return the broken phone.

Haines, Alaska

We get up early and fill-up with fuel in Haines Junction, YT. It is overcast and raining, but it’s a beautiful drive above the timberline, with snowy mountains in the background. We stop along the way to take pictures. We have no issues crossing the border. The scenery changes—now we are driving through a bald eagle preserve, beside a river.

It’s Memorial Day weekend and we have reservations for four nights at Oceanside RV Park. As the name implies, the park is right on the water. We can watch cruise ships go by. There is a craft beer fest going on and we got the last available spot. Unfortunately, the beer fest tickets are sold out.

Fran gets her replacement iPhone. There is Verizon Wireless service here, but only 3G. We have a strong signal, but no cellular data, and poor voice. Fran needs to update her phone. People tell us that AT&T works much better here. We go to the Bamboo Room restaurant for lunch, and use their WiFi. The next day we go to the public library, and use their WiFi, but her phone is still not restored.

Haines is a small, friendly town. We walk around town. There is a brewery (Haines Brewing Company), a distillery (Port Chikoot Distillery) , and lots of good restaurants. We go to the American Bald Eagle Foundation and see live birds, and stuffed animals. They have many presentations throughout the day. We hear about Sea Otters, Eagles, Moose and Beavers.

There are two seafood packing companies here. We drive to Haines Packing Company and buy some frozen King and Dungeness Crab. We walk to Dejon Delights packing company and buy some vacuum-sealed smoked salmon. Everything tasted great.

On day 67, we drive the car up to the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve trail and take the 2.5 mile out-and-back trail. We spot an eagle nest, with an eagle in it.

We notice that the brake pads are hot and make a crunching noise. We go to a car wash and try to get the caked-on mud from the wheels. It helps a little.

Juneau, AK

On day 68, we take the Alaska Fjordlines Charter to Juneau. This all day boat trip leaves Haines at 8:30AM and returns at 7:30PM. On the trip down and back, we see whales, sea lions, harbor seals and eagles. The boat drops us off and a bus takes us to downtown Juneau. We have four hours to walk around Juneau.

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Juneau is the capitol of Alaska, and it is land-locked—you can only get there by boat or air. We walk around, and go to the Red Dog Saloon for lunch. This is a busy, fun place. The bartenders are dressed from the gold rush days and there a piano player.

Downtown Juneau is filled with lots of people from cruise ships., We walk around and read the placards, buy a t-shirt and look at some of the historical buildings.

The bus picks us up and we get on the boat. Great, great trip! Well worth the cost.

Congdon Creek

On day 69, we leave Haines, go back through British Columbia and Yukon. We stop at Congdon Creek in Yukon.

Collision

On day 70, we are waiting in line at US customs on the Alaskan Highway. There is an RV in front of us. It starts backing-up. I blow the horn, but it keeps on coming and hits us. The driver comes out and starts yelling that we drove into her. She says she wasn’t even in the driver’s seat—she failed to put it in park. Fortunately, the damage is only cosmetic.

We get to Tok. We have Verizon wireless service here. So, we stop and call our insurance company to report the accident. Then we stop at a liquor store, a gas station and a grocery store. We drive on for a while

We drive to Moon Lake State Recreation SIte, just past Tok. This is a beautiful campground, but we are not in the mood to enjoy it.

The next day, we are in a better mood. On the way to Fairbanks, we stop in Delta Junction, AK. First we stop at the Delta Meat and Sausage Company and buy some Elk sausage and buffalo bratwurst.

Then we stop at the visitors center and get a certificate that says we made to the end of the Alaskan Highway. We have been on the road for 70 days, driven 6,900 miles, spent $3,500 on gas, $1,700 on campgrounds and we are almost to Fairbanks…

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 7

July 3, 2019 Ron Leave a comment

The seventh posting of our Alaskan RV trip talks about our time in the Fairbanks area.

Fairbanks

On day 71, we get to the Elks Lodge in Fairbanks. They have a sign that this is the northernmost Elks Lodge. They have 30-amp sites, for $30 a night. This is a nice facility, right on the river. They have no water or dump station. We called ahead, and they told us we could get water and dump at the Chevron station. They had a dump station, but no potable water.

We go to dinner at the Alaskan Salmon Bake, It is an outdoor, all-you-can-eat buffet, with fried cod, grilled salmon and prime rib. The salmon has sugar on it, but we ask for seconds plain and that’s much better. The prices seems high, since we don’t normally eat much for dinner. The place is crowded, full of people from cruise ships. The restaurant is located in Pioneer Park. We walk around after dinner.

We stay at the Elks for two nights. We have been noticing one of the brake disks getting hot, while towing. We make an appointment at Kendall Honda to have them checked. We rent a car and go to the Cookie Jar for breakfast. This restaurant was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. After that, we go to the visitors center. They have a really nice display about the four seasons in Alaska, and the Alaskan natives. After that, we walk downtown. We walk through the Mushing Museum and have a late lunch at Soapy Smith’s Pioneer restaurant. Delicious king crab burgers. They don’t get to the car today, so we keep the rental overnight.

We are out of water, so today, we go to the Sourdough gas station for potable water and dump. Then we go to Pioneer Park. It is $12 a night, self-serve. No electric, but way cheaper than the Elks lodge.

Later that day we pick up the Honda. The brakes are fine, but the parking brakes are worn. Earlier, we had towed it for about 15 minutes with the brakes set. (See 2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 5.) They don’t have the parts, so we have to take care of them somewhere else.

Chena Hot Springs

We drive to Chena Hot Springs Resort on day 74. We pay $60 for three nights of dry camping. We find a nice secluded spot. On the first day, we take the free greenhouse and energy tour. This is very interesting. The resort generates electricity from the hot springs and grows food for the restaurant in year-round greenhouses.

The next day, we take the ice museum tour. It costs $60 for two people and two Appletinis in hand carved ice glasses. Afterwards, the tradition is that you make a wish and smash your ice glass.

Later, we have dinner in the restaurant. The Alaskan Scallops are great. We also have King Crab Cakes and Blackened Alaskan Halibut.

There is a little Verizon service here. We can send and receive text messages, and maybe make a phone call, but forget checking the weather.

The third day we go to the activity center a buy an hour of WiFi for $1. We try to Facetime, but the WiFi is too slow. We make a voice call instead. We use the internet to reserve five days at Riley Creek Campground in Denali National Park. Then, we go in the hot springs. It costs $26 for two seniors, for all day. Later, we go back to the hot springs. Then, we pay $1 for another hour of WiFi on another phone.

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On the fourth day, we get up early, get potable water, and then dump our holding tanks. We attach the car, and drive to Fairbanks Visitor Center. We disconnect the car and go to the laundromat and the grocery store. Then we reconnect the car and drive to Denali National Park.

We’ve been on the road for 76 days, and driven 7,000 miles. We’ve spent $3,600 on gas and $1,800 on campgrounds.

Montana

Shelby, MT

Greycliff, MT

Wyoming

Casper, WY

Cheyenne, WY

Colorado

Estes Park, CO

Denver, CO

Yukon, Canada

Haines Junction

Watkins Lake

British Columbia

Fort Nelson

Dawson Creek

Prince George

Alberta

Mount Robson Provincial Park

Jasper National Park

Banff National Park

Lake Louise

Banff

Last Days in Alaska

Worthington Glacier

Glennallen

Deadman Lake Campground

Valdez, AK

Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site

Allison Point Campground

Seward

Glennallen

Homer Alaska

Anchorage

Denali National Park

Haines, Alaska

Juneau, AK

Congdon Creek

Collision

Fairbanks

Chena Hot Springs

Adventures of the Sailboat Questeria