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Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Okay – We appoligize for the photo album style of show and not posting them with the blog. There are two reasons for this – one, we took way too many photos and wanted to share a lot of them & two, it is a lot faster for us to do it this way when there are so many photos. We will normally post pics up with the blog though – unless there is a ton (like when we visit such beautiful places in the national parks).

So, with all that said…. here is a link CLICK ON ME to our photos for Yellowstone and Glacier National Park. You do not need to sign into the site, you can just click on the photo to view them. We will be posting the Canada and AK pics asap.

Hope all is going well with everyone and thanks for your patience as we updated the last two weeks of our traveling.

Sept 14 – AK

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Day 44 – Thanks to my Aunt Laurel, whom we call Lolo, we took a boat tour of the Chena River on the Riverboat Discovery. She had some pre-season ticket still and tour season is just about over. Thank you very much Lolo for the boat tour!!! It was a good tour that had very good donuts and we were able to learn a lot more about dog sledding and Athabascan Indian’s culture and villages.

At night we visited Russ’s favorite bar The Marlin in Fairbanks and we met Dan (my oldest cousin) and his girlfriend Sarah there. It was a laidback college bar with open mic and as we walked in a talented jazz band was playing. This was Russ’s last night at Fairbanks before flying out to school and our last night before moving on to Denali National Park. It was a relaxing way to spend the evening.

Tomorrow we depart from Fairbanks and go to visit Denali National Park. Sarah was extremely generous and gave us one of her passes for driving all the way into Denali National Park, which you can only get by winning a lottery. Thank you so much Sarah and Dan! Thank you Lolo, Eric (my uncle), Mik (my youngest cousin) – good luck with school, Dan, Sarah, and Russ for a very hospitable time and warm home. I can’t wait to come back and visit later!

Sept. 13 – AK

Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Day 43 – Today it was pleasant to wake up in a home and comfy bed. We spent most of the day updating the blog and website and visiting with the family. All three of my cousins were ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sept. 12 – YT, Canada/AK

Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Day 42 – Our last day on the Alaska Highway. We decided it would be nice for us to find a place to shower up since we haven’t showered since we left Salt Lake City. It’s not that ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sept. 11 – BC, Canada/YT, Canada

Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Day 41 – The trees started to turn a light shade of orange, but mostly still yellow and we are constantly driving through mountains and countryside. It is a really great drive and I think more lonelier than highway ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sept 10 – AB, Canada/BC, Canada

Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Day 40 – The clouds were still hanging around so we didn’t get to view the icefield or much else of Jasper National Park. We continued our way out of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and up highway 40 to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sept 9 – MT/AB, Canada

Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Day 39 - We have hit the fall of the north and are no longer wearing shorts and tank tops – though I am sticking to my flip flops for awhile longer. We tried out the seat warmers ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
I figured I would be adding notes to the blog as we travel, so now I am numbering them.. but Aug 26 is updated with photos from our drive to arches national park. Here is a pic of a view ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sept. 8 – WY/MT

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
Day 38 - We woke up with the sunrise to the freezing temperatures in Yellowstone, it was in the high 30’s and as we packed up our tent our hands were not happy to be bare to the temperatures. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sept. 6 – UT

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
Day 36 - We went down to the Red Cross meeting for volunteers this morning and learned how the whole system worked and what Red Cross is doing for the hurricane relief project. Unfortunately, we couldn’t be ... [Continue reading this entry]