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Teresa's Daily diary of Teresa and Andrew's travels. This blog is targeted at a general audience who is interested in our day-to-day happenings. As the traveling slowed down, so did the blog entries.
August 2006 - Posts
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We packed up all the stuff we had carried in back out to the truck. We bid farewell and safe travels to our Aussie friends, Brad and Julie. Andrew and I went out to hike in Maligne Canyon in Jasper. It's a short hike along a steep canyon with a rushing Read More...
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It's raining today so we decided it would be a good day to spend at the library updating our website. We found the small Municipal Library in a quaint old stone building. We asked where we could set up our computers and the librarian led us to a table Read More...
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We stopped by and spoke with Ashland, John and Trish before leaving the campground. We were planning to stop at Jasper Brewing Co. tonight and invited them to join us. Andrew and I went up the the Miette Hot Springs for a soak this morning. This hot springs Read More...
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We headed into Jasper National Park . We found the information center and tried to make some plans for the few days. The weather forecast is for rain Tuesday and Wednesday, but today is clear. We found a B&B in the town of Jasper. There are several Read More...
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We got showers and laundry done at the campground, a pretty good deal for our $13.00 overnight fee. We went downtown and saw the official start of the Alaskan Highway, Mile "0". Oddly, it looked like much of downtown was closed. We went into Read More...
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Cloudy sunshine this morning. We left our camp and hit the road earlier than we have been. We saw more Stone Sheep standing on the side of the road and several more caribou. The caribou are more camera shy than the sheep. We drove several hundred miles Read More...
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It stopped raining by the morning, but there are some heavy clouds. We made a quick coffee and tea and hit the road. We stopped for a short walk at Rancheria Falls. It was nice, along a boardwalk, but we've been jaded with the beautiful waterfalls of Read More...
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The sun is shining this morning and Lene has a great breakfast for us with fresh fruit, egg dish and scones, and of course, coffee and tea. We chatted with Lene for for quite a while and showed her a few things on the computer. We had to go out and talk Read More...
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We woke up this morning to hear a light sprinkle of rain on the truck and panicked. We packed up our slightly drier chairs and tarp and then made breakfast. The clouds are kind of spotty, it doesn't look like too much rain, just a little overcast. We Read More...
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THE SUN IS SHINING!! We finally have a morning not dreary and raining! We had our breakfast of eggs and reindeer sausage (leftover form a previous breakfast) and left the cabin. We walked around Dawson City a bit. This area is famous for the gold rush Read More...
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...And it's still raining. We left our camp and headed into Tok for breakfast. We also found a laundromat to dry my pillow. We want to get out from under this rain cloud as soon as possible! We stopped at Three Bears Grocery for a few supplies and headed Read More...
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Yes, it's still raining. The locals have said this is the wettest summer they've seen in twenty years. It's been raining in Talkeetna for a week and a half straight. We're going to clean up and try to get out of here today. For a state much larger than Read More...
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It's STILL RAINING!! We went into Palmer for breakfast. As we got closer to town, the sky began to peek out from the clouds. We stopped and photographed the few mountain tops we could see. The clouds quickly closed in, but it stopped raining for a minute. Read More...
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This morning the folks at breakfast were much friendlier than the guy from yesterday. We chatted with several folks, a couple from Iowa, an oriental couple from New Jersey and a military couple with their daughter that were heading from Fairbanks to Virginia. Read More...
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We went into the communal kitchen this morning and said "Good Morning" to the folks there. No response. The gruff older guy said something to his son (we found out later it was his grandson), but never said Good Morning, Hello or anything. He picked up Read More...
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We decided to stay another night at the B&B to rest up and escape the rain. We talked with several of the others staying there at breakfast. After spending a little time on the computers, we went down a couple of blocks to the Halibut House for lunch. Read More...
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A cold and rainy morning. We opted not to stand in the rain and try to make breakfast. We drove into the next small town, Glennallen (pop 88, according to The Milepost ) to find a place to eat. After lunch, we stopped at Worthington Glacier State Park Read More...
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We both slept well last night. The sun came up around 4:30am, but we were able to close our curtains and sleep in until about 7am. We drove thru more beautiful scenery for much of the morning. We went thru another border crossing back into Alaska. We Read More...
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We walked around the grounds of what was once Fort Seward , the first military presence established in the wild territory of Alaska. This was many years before Alaska became a state. A lot of cool old buildings and Alaskan Indian arts and totems. It was Read More...
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We didn't get much sleep last night. We're both exhausted! The weather is horrible, gray, low clouds over the mountains. Haines is the smallest town we've stopped at on our trip so far. We drove down both the major streets in town and got a few errands Read More...
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This morning was very foggy. We've talked with lots of people on board the ship. A few from Oregon, Washington and, of course, Alaska. But we've also talked with a couple from South Africa and another from Australia. We grabbed coffee and breakfast in Read More...
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We're on the trip of a lifetime, traveling the country. What do we do that's special for our anniversary? A ferry ride up the Inside Passage of Alaska!! We woke this morning with the announcement of one hour notice to our first port, Ketchikan, AK . We Read More...
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We woke up this morning sometime after 7am to the announcement of Killer Whales all around the ship. We did not jump out of bed to see them. We went into the cafeteria for breakfast and there was another announcement for Killer Whales. I went out with Read More...
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We're packing up the truck and taking one last shower before leaving. Jeannie has been a wonderful hostess and her cats LoTec and Java have provided ample entertainment. We're catching a ferry out of Bellingham to Alaska up the inside passage this afternoon. Read More...
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Today is Jeannie's birthday, so we all went into Seattle for the day. Andrew and I had to drop off Big Red to receive some parts that were backordered. We dropped off the truck and walked down the street to a Vietnamese place for Pho. We picked up the Read More...
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We spent a relaxing day at the house. Andrew and I uploaded even more photos and got a blog entry ready. Steve has called Jeannie to give her an update on sailing Nomadness. It sounds like he's having a blast. For dinner, Jeannie, Andrew and I went out Read More...
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Steve's big day and we all went to the dock to bid him Bon Voyage. Nomadness is a trimaran , a three hulled sailboat 36 ft long and 24 ft wide with sleeping quarters and kitchen (galley) in the center hull. Steve is being joined on his first night out Read More...
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Andrew and I need to get some more computer work done, so we stayed at Steve and Jeannie's, on the couch, a couple of mouse-potatoes . Jeannie had errands to run in town and Steve was in the lab working on final preparations for his trip. A pretty slow Read More...
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We got out early this morning to start our errands. Big Red needs his 90,000 mile service and we have a 9am appointment with a Toyota dealer in Everett, outside of Seattle. We dropped off our truck and picked up a rental car for the day. We got a 2007 Read More...
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We slept in and chatted with Jeannie for much of the morning. We showered, got some laundry done and pretty much just killed most of the day. Well after noon, Andrew and I went into the town of Camano Island and did a little grocery shopping. We ate lunch Read More...
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The beach yesterday and the mountains today. Ya gotta love this state! We drove to the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center and the sky is clear. Mount Olympus DOES exist!! It's part of the Olympic Range of several mountains, many with glaciers. Olympus itself Read More...
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