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Kluane National Park and Preserve

July 1st, 2006

This national park in the Yukon contains Canada’s highest mountains. It was so pretty we had to stop and spend some time hiking around.

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A distant view of some of the bigger mountains.

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Another lovely lake near our campsite.

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More mountains.

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Beautiful British Columbia

July 1st, 2006

That’s what the license plates up here say and it’s true. We took a side trip to the twin communities of Stuart, BC and Hyder, AK which are two towns of a few hundered people about 3 miles apart. They are home to some spectacular glaciers. As we were having coffee in a little place in Hyder hearing some local stories a young black bear casually wandered across the street. We had some of the best halibut and chips we’d ever tasted in Stuart on the way out and just look at the scenery!

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Bear Glacier in BC on the road to Stuart/Hyder.

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Salmon Glacier over the border on the Alaska side.

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There I am in front of the glacier.

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I just think these glaciers are so amazing. The amount of ice is incredible.

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Dave and Molly in front of a third glacier I don’t know the name of.

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Another lovely lakeside camp.

We also camped at Boya Lake Provincial Park which has to be one of the most gorgeous lakes on earth. We had to take a canoe trip around the lake, it was just too nice.
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Look how blue the water is!

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Canoeing!

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Molly doesn’t care much for canoeing but she does like to swim.

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Whistler, BC

June 29th, 2006

The first day in Canada we spent the night at a provincial park just outside of Whistler. This area is fantastic! I’d heard good things about it from people before, about the skiing and mountain biking. Well, the biking was fantastic, trails lead all over. You can go from the coffee shop, ride to trails of any difficulty you can imagine (they have lots of paved trails, too, for the non mountain bikers), ride all day and ride back to the pubs and restaurants for the evening if you like. The provincial parks in the area are beautiful as well with nice hiking trails. The town its self is a bit yuppy but it’s fun, too. I highly recommend the area for bikers.

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One of the provincial parks near Whistler.

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Molly and I on a suspension bridge on a hiking trail in the area.

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Dave on one of the zillions of bike trails.

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Molly swimming in one of the fantastic lakes in the area.

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Beautiful lakes and mountains are everywhere up here!

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Over the Border

June 29th, 2006

Into Canada now. Just over the border past Vancouver there are a lot of little parks with beautiful views. It looks a lot like New Zealand up here.

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Seattle

June 29th, 2006

We went to visit my Uncle Jon, Aunt Lori, and cousins who live just outside of Seattle. We had a great time, did all the touristy stuff and we were just in time to see the Fremont Street parade. It is a big hippie gathering and parade which includes the naked bicyclists.
We went up in the Space Needle, saw the fish being thrown in the market and even saw the original Starbucks. The original logo was a little more risque than the one you see now. 🙂
Jon and Lori have a beautiful place and were nice enough to let us park Pinky in the driveway and feed us for a couple of days. Good fun.

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View of the city from the Space Needle.

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My cousin Angela and her husband Aaron in front of one of the art cars at the Freemont Street festival.

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One of the naked cyclists, really done up for the event.

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Dave and Uncle Jon in front of the famous market sign. The fish are being thrown just behind them. 🙂

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Mt. Rainier National Park

June 24th, 2006

We really didn’t expect what we found we arrived at Mt. Rainier. All the hiking trails above 5000 ft. in elevation were buried under 3 feet of snow! We hiked around anyway of course, and even got caught in a white out. It was fun, lots of people were still out skiing and snowboarding. Unfortunately, like St. Helens, we never actually got to see the mountain due to cloud cover. But, there was a lot to do in the Park, lots of trails to hike, and we had a good time.

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Beautiful scenery.

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Unless you can’t see it due to snow, sleet, and rain!

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There I am, hiking in the snow!

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Dave finally gets to go sledding!

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I’ve been looking for weird squirrels to take pictures of for Lane, but havn’t seen any. I did get this funny picture of a marmot, though!

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At lower elevations there was a lot of green, really cool waterfalls and nice trails.

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Breakdown!

June 24th, 2006

Well, as soon as we left Mt. St. Helens we noticed Pinky wasn’t running well. Going up the mountains we had no power. We stopped and went into the nearest town for Dave to try and get some parts to fix what he thought was the problem but it was Sunday and all the stores were closed. So we tried to push it and drive on to Rainier, which was our next destination. Well, we ended up stranded roadside when it got to the point Pinky wouldn’t run at all. We spent the night in a pull out on the side of the road until the next day when the garages opened. Luckily, we found Bob who would tow the RV in. Well, let’s just say we left Morton, Washington nearly $800 poorer. But the diner in town did make the best blackberry milkshake ever!

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Poor Pinky!

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Luckily, the area was kinda pretty so spending a few extra days was not so bad.

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Our campsite in the metropolis of Morton, Washington.

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Mt. St. Helens

June 16th, 2006

Had to visit the famous site while in the area. I was really excited about it but it was not actually as cool as I thought it would be. It was very cloudy during our visit so we could not actually see the mountain. While the evidence of such a recent volcano was amazing and the hiking trails were nice having to stay so far away from the actual mountain and not even being able to see it were kind of downers. They did have a lot of nice movies and displays for a geology nut at the various visitors centers, though, so that was cool.

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Dave on the hiking trail.

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This is where the mountain with the really cool crater WOULD be.

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The area is really pretty, though, even without seeing the mountain.

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