On the road again! With smoky buffalos.

The radiator reinstall was completed at about 3pm so we decided to get outta town! Big thanks to Bee Jay’s Services for getting us back on the road. We decided to go back on the Alaska Highway rather down the Cassiar as we were doing when the radiator went. Didn’t want to risk another rock […]

A long, busy, successful, and even fun, day

Got up this morning at 4 AM and drove 275 miles to Yukon Radiator in Whitehorse. This far north, the dawn lasts a long time. We saw 2 porcupines, a moose, and a caribou. Got there about 8:30 and dropped off the radiator, or as they like to say here- the “rad”. While it was […]

Lemonade just got a bit sweeter

The tow truck driver removed the radiator for us today, so we didn’t have to wait until Friday when the mechanic could do it. Tomorrow morning we’re getting up at 4am to drive it 280 miles to Yukon Radiator in Whitehorse. They said if we get it there first thing in the morning, they’d look […]

In a holding pattern, again

Tow truck arrived at 11 am this morning and towed us to the nearest town, Watson Lake on the Alaska Highway. Yes, we’ve been here before on the way up to AK, and we weren’t planning on going back this way, but here we are. Today is a Canadian holiday, Discovery Day, so we weren’t […]

Roller coaster road and…

Turned onto the Cassiar Highway at Junction 37 on the Alaska Highway. The first 20 miles or so is an oiled gravel pavement. Not bad but certainly not smooth either. And it’s very hilly with grades to 8 percent. There’s no centerline and no shoulders. Fun! Then the road turned into nice, new, smoooooth pavement. […]

Another day on the Alaska Highway

Drove through Whitehorse today but made one stop to fill up on fuel and propane, and of course, a brewery to fill the growler! I even got to drive today! Teslin Lake Stopped for the night in Teslin. Here’s the view from our campsite. We’re about 2 hours drive from the turn off for the […]

Goodbye Alaska, Hello (again) Canada

Crossed the boarder into Canada today. This is the same route we took on the way up, but we noticed some changes in just the 3 1/2 weeks since we were here before. The road seems better, and while some of that may be due to our getting used to the potholes, Frost heaves, and […]

“It’s not the destination. It’s the journey.”

We really enjoyed Alaska – the awesome scenery (we saw Denali!), wildlife (bears, caribou, moose, Dahl sheep, fox, wolves, eagles, musk oxen, porcupine, sea lions, otters, puffins, dolphins, and whales), fresh fish (halibut and salmon), exotic meat (elk, buffalo, reindeer, and yak), outstanding craft beers (11 breweries), and friendly people, but today we began our […]

Fairbanks – “Where the people are unusual and the beer is unusually good”

Today was a very rainy, eclectic day. We started early by going to the railroad depot where the TVMRR (Tanana Valley Model Railroad) Club has an HO scale model railroad layout that’s open to the public in the morning before the real train leaves for Denali. Then we went to The Great Alaskan Bowl Company […]

Onward to Fairbanks

Left Talkeetna and drove north again, this time passing Denali to head on up to Fairbanks. Kevin and Megan left us at Healy, to grocery shop at the only, but fortunately well stocked market there, Three Bears, before going back to work at the campground. It rained most of the way to Fairbanks, sometimes a […]