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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 11

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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.

View from our RV

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.

Bald Eagle in Front of the RV

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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Exit Glacier

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.

Sea Lions at Alaska SeaLife Center

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!

Northwestern Glacier

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

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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.

Homer Elks Lodge

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.

East End Road

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.

Salty Dawg Saloon in Homer

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.

Glacier Lake

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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A Raft of Sea Otters

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.

Fran’s Smaller Halibut

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.

Homer Spit

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

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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.

Anchorage Visitors Center

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.

Halibut and Salmon

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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Salmon Fishing in Anchorage

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.

Beluga Point

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.

Flattop Mountain Trail

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

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

Denali National Park

Denali National Park Entrance

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.

Moose

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.

Grizzly Bear
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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.

Denali Dog Kennels

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.

Beaver Dam on Horseshoe Lake

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.

Eielson Visitors Center

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

Denali National Park

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

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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

Driving to Haines

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.

Drive to Haines

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.

Oceanside RV Park

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 Alaska

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.

American Bald Eagle Foundation

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.

Dungeness Crab Legs

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.

Downtown Haines

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.

Sea Lions
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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.

Juneau Alaska

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

Whale

Congdon Creek

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

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.

Crunch

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.

Moon Lake State Recreation Area

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

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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.

Salmon Bake Fairbanks Alaska

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

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.

Ice Museum Appletinis

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.

Reindeer at Chena Hot Springs

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.

Chena Hot Springs
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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.

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2019 RV Trip—Alaska, Part 5

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In this post, I talk about our trip through British Columbia and Yukon, Canada on days 57 to 65 of our Alaska RV trip.

British Columbia and Yukon

We cross the Canadian border with no problems. We are impressed with the beauty of British Columbia.

British Columbia

We get text messages on our Verizon phones and hotspot, saying that with our unlimited plan, calls, texts and cellular data are free, but we are limited to 0.5G of cellular data, per device, per day.

We drive to Gold Trail RV Park in Clinton, BC. The sites are $20 US or $25 CA. We only have US dollars at this point. The RV park is pretty tight, but we get a pull-through site. The owner has lots of jokes—he missed his calling as a comedian. I’m sure he tells the same jokes to everyone.

We walk around town, but it is early in the season and everything is closed. We don’t even see an ATM. They tell us next weekend is Victoria Day, and places will start to open. We go to the RV Park restaurant and order “Roadkill Ribs”. They are good.

The owner tells us about Barkerville. It is an old mining community, outside of Quesnel, that has been preserved and turned into a park. We decide to give it a try.

Quesnel and Barkerville, BC

Someone told us we would see more wildlife early in the morning. Our plan is to wake up at 6:00AM, make coffee, and stop at the first rest area for breakfast. We don’t see any wildlife, but we have a scenic view for breakfast.

Breakfast at a Rest Area

We stop at Walmart in Quesnel, BC (the “s” is silent). We detach the car and drive to the visitor center to find out about Barkerville. This is the opening day for Barkerville.

Bears on the Side of the Road

The trip to Barkerville is very scenic. We see bears on the side of the road. We get to Barkerville around 2:45PM. The bad news is they close at 4:00PM. The good news is we get in for half price. We get to see everything, despite feeling a little rushed. We see bears and deer on the way back. We stop at Barkerville Brewing Company for some craft beer and smoked salmon.

Barkerville

Chetwynd and Dawson Creek, BC

We get up at 6:00AM again and drive to Hush Lake Rest Area for breakfast. Then we drive to Bijoux Falls Provincial Park. We eat lunch and take pictures of the falls and stellar jays. The next stop is Chetwynd visitors center. We walk around and look at the wood carvings throughout the town.

Bijoux Falls

Fran goes to take a picture and drops her phone. It breaks. Fortunately, we have insurance. Unfortunately, they can’t ship a new phone to Canada. We have to wait until we get to Haines, AK. We drive on. It is raining and we are driving on muddy roads.  We stop at Walmart in Dawson Creek, BC. The back of the RV and our tow car are covered with mud.

Chetwynd
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We are at mile zero of the Alaskan Highway.

Fort Nelson and Liard River, BC

We see lots of wildlife on the trip. One time we have to stop for cariboo in the road. We also see sheep, bears, bison and a fox. It is a very scenic drive.

Cariboo Crossing

We stop at Triple G Hideaway RV park, in Fort Nelson. We get a pull-through site. They have a coin operated RV pressure wash. Our car looks like it was dipped in mud and the rear-view camera at the top of the RV is completely obscured. We get $20 in loonies (Canadian dollar coins). We keep feeding loonies while pressure washing the car and RV. We get $5 more and do the best we can. It is better, but not clean by any means.

Sheep on the sSde of the Road

It’s Victoria Day weekend in Canada. We get to Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park and the overflow camping is starting to fill up. We pay for one night of dry camping. They only take cash, and we use a combination of 16 Canadian and US dollars. It includes the use of the hot springs. There is a herd of bison close by. One comes into the campground.

Bison in Campground

We wake up early and go to the hot springs before breakfast.

Liard River Hot Springs

Watson Lake, Whitehorse and Haines Junction, YT

We get a nice pull-through full hook-up spot at Downtown RV Park, in Watson Lake. We walk to the “Sign Post Forest” and the grocery store. We don’t disconnect the car. We take a nice hike around Wyatt Lake. We want to use the WiFi, and we discover that the first two hours are free, and then we have to buy more at the office.

Sign Post Forest

We wake up early and stop for breakfast at the first rest area. I notice that the rear brakes on the Honda are hot. We towed it for about 15 minutes with the parking brakes on.

We drive to the Whitehorse visitors center and park in an RV spot. We get out and walk around. We stop at the Klondike Rib and Salmon for smoked salmon and bison, elk and wild boar meatball appetizers.

Meatballs and Salmon

Our plan is to stay at Walmart, but we read that they no longer allow overnight parking. We go there to buy some groceries, and sure enough, there are signs posted all over.

We go to the Hi Country RV Park. They have a nice laundry and RV wash. We get up early, do laundry, wash the RV and car. This one works way better than the one in Fort Nelson, but the car is still far from clean.

Then, we drive to the visitors center and have lunch at the Klondike Rib and Salmon again . We have Alaskan halibut, fish and chips and a wild sockeye salmon burger. Then, we drive to Haines Junction and get a pull-through site at Fas Gas RV Park.

Haines Junction

We’ve been on the road for 64 days and driven 6,100 miles. So far, we’ve spent $2,100 for gas and $1,600 for campgrounds. Tomorrow we will make it to Haines, Alaska.