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Alaska Highway

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Fairbanks

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Today we arrived in Fairbanks after completing the 1,390 mile Alaskan Highway that began in Dawson Creek, British Colombia and ended in Delta Junction, Alaska. It took us six days of persistent driving. Every one of those days was filled with breathtaking scenery and a true sense of adventure and discovery. The road was mostly good and never bad. The only rough section is in Yukon between Haines Junction and the Alaska border. Before this trip I was unable to imagine this vast, pristine, and mostly unpopulated part of the world. I am so grateful for the unforgettable experience.

Building the Alaska Highway

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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imageHow they did it can’t fail to impress a person  1390 miles in 8 months and 12 days.  Here is some of the equipimageimagement used   They are 1942 models which is the same as I am   Looks like we are still vertical.

Animals so far

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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we have seen many bear and more moose. No pics on the moose yet but one was a mom and a very fresh calf less than a day old but we had no room to park Those are Woods Buffalo bigger than the plains buffalo.

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Muncho Lake. British Columbia

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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On June 5 we stayed at beautiful Muncho Lake at the Northern Rockies Lodge. We treated ourselves to TV, dinner and breakfast in the dining room and some of the most beautiful views on the Alaskan Highway. The lodge has a full service hotel, cabins, lakeside chalets and an RV park with lake views. They operatimagee flight touimageimagers in the area including fly-in fishing and day trips to Virginia Falls in Nahanni National Park.

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This is a real picture of our parking place

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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Liard River Hot Springs and Campground

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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On June 7 we stopped and camped at Laird River Hotsprings Provincial Park. From the campground we walked on a boardwalk trail across a wetlands environment for .4 mile to the pools. We enjoyed a leisure soak for a couple of hours and made it back to the camper just as it started to rain. We had purchased fire wood but the rain didn’t let up so it’s still in the back seat of the truck.

Muncho Lake. British Columbia

09 Tuesday Jun 2015

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On June 5 we stayed at beautiful Muncho Lake at the Northern Rockies Lodge. We treated ourselves to TV, dinner and breakfast in the dining room and some of the most beautiful views on the Alaskan Highway. The lodge has a full service hotel, cabins, lakeside chalets and an RV park with lake views. They operatimagee flight touimageimagers in the area including fly-in fishing and day trips to Virginia Falls in Nahanni National Park.

Cabin time

08 Monday Jun 2015

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Traded the camper for a cabin the other night. Felt rather good. We hit Alaska tomorrow and the blog should be starting to roll then as we have very limited web time in Canada.

Solitude

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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