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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Alaska...day 4

We left Winnipeg at 7:30am and arrived in Saskatoon at 4:00pm their time.  We had a bit of a challenge finding the RV park...since both Google and AAA had us right in the middle of a very busy part of town. HOW HAPPY we were to NOT find the park there!!...so Adrienne had to ask for assistance at a nearby pub...and she ended up having to resort to finding the address in a PAPER map/phone book!!  

Finally at the park, we determined Hugo will have the tent experience tonight, since he is bear phobic and there won't be any bears at this RV park by the highway!!

...and then I will take over the tent for the rest of the "nice weather" camping nights.  Since I go to bed much earlier than everyone else...this sounds like a logical plan to me.


What we've learned tonight is...the mosquitoes are too intense to sit outside and eat, visit, play games, etc...so we sat inside the van!!...was that weird or what??!!  We're thinking we may stop at a Walmart and buy one of those screened rooms...if they're not too expensive.

Tomorrow...leaving Saskatchewan...and heading to Grand Prairie, Alberta. Since we left Texas, we've had almost 2,500 miles of farm/ranch land as scenery. Lovely...but now...a bit boring!! We're looking forward to a change of scenery...Rocky mountains...here we come.


Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Alaska...third evening

Another lovely dinner with friends...dessert of pie with apples from their backyard tree. Beautiful weather...cool...wonderful....


...lovely sculptures along the walking/biking path...pack of wolves for Allyson's wolf pack girls.

Enjoying our Ayurvedic after dinner walk.


Cleaning up the dishes...


...and then chatting by the fire....



Alaska...day 3

...the sights and sounds of Winnipeg!!


Poppies...what I've wanted to grow since I first saw them in Cambridge at age 8!!


Here's the 5 member "Heavy Metal Detox" band...a folk band who wins over heavy metal junkies to their unique brand of North to Alaska folk music.


These geraniums have what I'd call "watercolor" leaves!!


This lake freezes in the winter and is used for ice skating.


...for you Dan...a "prairie" park!!


...hostas...have to grow some....




...thank you lovebirds for showing us your Winnipeg. 











Alaska...evening 2

At the Canadian border crossing...we must have looked VERY suspicious!!...we had to pull over, park, go inside and be interrogated as a group and then individually!! FINALLY, we were released...and on our way to Winnipeg!!

Thank you Elma & Albert for the GREAT dinner and warm, safe beds for a great night's sleep. 


Alaska...day 2

Day one had us going from Texas, through Oklahoma, Kansas and ending in Nebraska. Day two had us continuing from Nebraska, through Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota and then on to Canada.

We saw many miles of the US's beautiful Great Plains farm/ranch land...America's bread basket!!

Alaska...first night

We're enjoying a lovely dinner/evening out with Adrienne's dad...and sleeping at his SWEET loft apartment in downtown Omaha.


Big and little people's slide in the downtown park.


...thank you Ray for sharing this one....






Alaska...day 1

...not 15 mins out we found ourselves driving toward a BLACK sky...thunderstorms for a ways...then in Oklahoma we came up on a line of rare "roll" clouds. QUITE amazing to see this phenomenon!! No rain...just a quick drive under it and off we went to blue skies!!