Sunday, July 29, 2018

July 29 -

We took Tate to Wonderland Park today. Fun place for kids, Tate met some new friends. Then we spent the rest of the day at our campsite enjoying the beautiful day.



Friday, July 27, 2018

July 27 - Paradise RV Park in Palmer

hi everybody!  We haven’t had wifi for a while so I haven’t been able to blog. We went to Kenai and helped Lynice and Kris do a final clean on their house, I had fun babysitting Tate while they cleaned.

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We came to Paradise RV Park last night, will stay here for a while and see the sights around Palmer/Wasilla. Today we are going to Friday Fling in Palmer. 

Saturday, July 21, 2018

July 21- Hatcher’s Pass/Independence Mine

We drove to Hatcher’s Pass today. Very beautiful blue-green river, we had fun.


Then we drove to Independence Mine, where they used to mine gold.  Kristopher pushed me up to the top of a mountain, where the mine opening is!!  This is us at the top. See some of the mine buildings behind/below us. 







Friday, July 20, 2018

July 20 - at Wasilla

Have been out of cell service. Kristopher helped me this morning to get on wifi at his Grandma and Grandpas house. This is a 57 oz piece of gold we got to see T Tok, AK. 

This is the Yukon River. We took our camper across this on a ferry at DawsonCity. Very cool!

Lynice, Kristopher and I when we got to Wasilla. 

I got to have my picture taken with Diamond Tooth Gertie and her dancers/singers at Dawson City. Fun!

Tate can climb up on my wheelchair all by himself!

Monday, July 16, 2018

July 16 - Leaving Dawson City

I had so much fun in Dawson City!!  I loved Diamond Tooth Gertie’s - amazingly talented singers/dancers. We went to one show Sat nite and 2 shows last nite. We stood by the Yukon River and this morning we are crossing it on a ferry!  We also went to the Palace Grand Theatre, which is a beautiful and amazingly restored building built in the late 1800’s.

Can’t seem to load pics this morning but I’ll send a couple from yesterday as soon as I can.



Saturday, July 14, 2018

July 14 - Fox Lake to Dawson City

We stayed at a camp site on Fox Lake last night. A friendly camping neighbour said we should try the cinnamon buns at Braeburn so that was our first stop this morning. And wow!!!  Delicious, and the size of a dinner plate!  Turns out that Braeburn is a checkpoint for the Yukon Quest, so it was an interesting place.   PS you can see one of the bun makers behind me,
Our first view of the Yukon River!   Huge!


We were surprised when we got to Dawson City. Lots of things to do but the terrain is all dug up and gravel piles surround the town from gold mining. We went to Diamond Tooth Gertie’s. I really enjoyed all the music and dancing, and I want to go again tomorrow. Here’s a pic of Gertie and the dancing girls with me. 




Friday, July 13, 2018

July 13 - Watson Lake to Whitehorse

We passed over the continental divide today - the place where water flows on one side to the Pacific, and the other side of the divide flows to the Beauford Sea.  Pretty cool!  We also went to the George Johnston Museum in Teslin. Very interesting history!

Thursday, July 12, 2018

July 12 - Muncho Lake BC to Watson Lake Yukon

Great day today!  Saw 8 black bears, a huge buffalo herd and some single buffalos or small groups. We lunched by the Liard River, very beautiful spot. Just fueling up at Watson Lake and then heading to a campground 2 km from here for the night.
 
Me beside the Liard River. 



July 11 evening


In Northern BC, if you see a motorcycle sign “chattering” you likely are going to cross a narrow bridge with a grated bottom!

We stayed at Muncho Lake last night. So beautiful there!


Wednesday, July 11, 2018

July 11 - Sikanni Chief River

This is called “suicide hill” - 2 km at 11% grade and 3 km at 9% grade. This is where we had trouble last year and stayed just past this bridge for 2 weeks. Drove thru with no issues this year


July 11/18 - to Fort St. John

Good day of driving, got to Fort St John in BC. This is a really steep grade coming into Taylor BC (10% according to sign). Hard to see the bridge in this picture but....this bridge makes mom nervous. Not me tho!


Tuesday, July 10, 2018

July 10 - in Alberta

Hi all!  Thanks to SK Dept of Highways. 😊. We stopped for lunch yesterday at this salt silo south of the Battlefords. Worked great, camper was level and everything. 


 We stopped last night at Innesfree, really noisy and not much sleep!  This morning we got fuel at Vegreville and stopped to look ata really big egg with an interesting history.  Heading for BC border today, if all goes well we’ll camp in BC tonight.

Monday, July 9, 2018

July 9th, 2018 - LEAVING DAY!

Today is the day!! 😊
We are going to try and make it to Lloydminister today!



Hope everyone has a great summer!


- Kennen ❤️

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Alaska here we come - July 8

July 8th, 2018

          Today is an exciting day because we are finishing up loading up the camper and truck for our trip to Alaska! We are leaving for Alaska tomorrow! My friend, Amanda is going to take our herbs home and water them for us while we are gone. They need lots of water, everyday! Today I’m also hanging out with Amanda! We decided to take a picture. I look like a ghost 👻



That’s all for today, but stay tuned for updates on our trip! I hope you all have a great summer as well






             -Kennen ❤️