Alaska...day 23

Somehow...I'm off on the days!!...this is really day 22...oh, well!!

Today was a day for sightseeing downtown Seattle!! It only took 30 minutes of driving around crazy dis town Seattle to find a parking place for Dona Azul.

Pikes Place Market, sculpture garden, parks, food, people, the beach....

Off to Adrienne's friend's micro-loft for the night....

Alaska...day 22...evening

Our spot for the night was on Bainbridge Island...so we left Seattle on the ferry. 

Then we arrived at a friend of the peeps...she lives in a cute university cabin in the woods....

Alaska...day 22...continued...continued

...the rafting river....

We did see some big horn sheep....

Alaska...day 22...more...more

We were winding away on narrower...rougher...watch out for potholes...slow down for every sharp curve and steep grade roads...and then after only going a few miles in Yale, BC...we were spit out onto a 110km four-lane highway with all of the Sunday late afternoon weekend goers making their way back to Vancouver!!...WOWZER...what a rude awakening to be REALLY back in civilization!!!!!!

We stopped at a natural grocers/organic ice cream fun, happening place just before crossing the US/Canada border. The peeps enjoyed petting the cute baby goats that were there along with other small livestock from the Eco-village.

Alaska...day 22...continued

What a day we had driving out of Canada!!

We passed by hay fields galore, horse and cattle ranches...and then on to high desert mountains. There was a beautiful river running through the valley...with River rafting companies advertised all along the way....but even though it was a HOT day (locals were saying anywhere between 33-40 degrees Celsius!!) we saw nary a white water rafter. We did see tubers later on down river where the river was deeper and slower moving.

Alaska...day 22

Good morning the last day in Canada!!

Packed up...teeth brushed...pottied...looks like a lovely 12 hour drive ahead of us!! :-D

Alaska...day 21

The road between Kinaskan Lake and Prince George was MUCH BETTER!! YEA!!...and there were some lovely mountains to start the morning.

We saw more bears, moose, squirrels, rabbits...but still not the elusive elk and caribou. I'm afraid we may have missed our chance on this trip for those creatures.

We stopped at a lovely visitors' center and cute little coffee shop in Burns Lake...for a pick-me-up...and a stretch!!

We each had mixed emotions as the roads got wider...and better...we passed through more houses/towns...with the lower elevation came different trees, hay fields, cows, horses...civilization!!  AARGH!!...for me!!

The RV park tonight is very patriotic...with both US and Canadian flags everywhere. Laundry...showers...a good night's rest and then off to Seattle tomorrow!!