Progress Report

Day one we made it to Tok and stayed at the Sourdough RV Park.  Day two we entered Canada abd began our journey on the Alaska Highway.  The roads were rough to say the least and we also had rain, snow and a mix most of the day.  The mountains had fresh snow and temps were in the 30's.  Sunday night found us east of Whitehorse, we hoped to make it to Teslin, but poor road conditions didn't allow that.  Monday we woke up to a blanket of snow, the roads were slushy, but ok.  A few miles down the road and the snow dissipated, but we did have rain on/off throughout the day.  Monday night finds us in Toad River.  There is significant road construction between Muncho Lake and Toad River as they are straitening the road.

Fresh snow on the mountains along the Alaska Highway Yukon Territory

A view from our rig door Monday morning east of Whitehorse 

Last post before we start for home tomorrow morning

It has been another fun summer in Alaska, we started our summer in Alaska at Haines, then stayed for a month in Seward before ending our summer 6 miles east of Soldotna.  Once again it was fun to renew old friendships and make new ones, Alaska is beautiful and addicting.

Before leaving we celebrated one last supper together at Acapulco restaurant on the northeast side of Soldotna.

L-R Donna, Jim, Edna, Bill, Rosalie, Ken, Mary & Steve

Tomorrow morning we hope to pull out before 9:00 a.m. and make it at least as far as Tok, look for our updates as time and internet access allows.

The end is near

Sorry for no posts recently, we have stayed busy fishing and spending time with friends.  The kids are back to school and fall is quickly coming.  The trees are starting to change and you can feel a touch of fall in the air.  We have had several nights in the 30's, but no frost yet.  The Cranberries are almost ripe, but we haven't picked any yet.

We have had a change of plans and instead of leaving the end of September will begin our journey home from Soldotna on Saturday August 29th with an anticipated arrival home date of 09/07/2015.

Look for more pictures as we begin our travel home.

It has been an amazing summer spending time with friends and making new ones, the fishing was phenomenal and we are bring back all the fish the freezer will hold.

Thanks for spending your summer following us.....

Ken & Rosalie

The Freezer Is Full

We have filled the 7 cf freezer in the trailer with 138 Salmon and are using a freezer at the park for additional fish, it has been a very successful fishing season and we still hope to go back to Seward for the Silver run.

Anniversary Outing

We celebrated our anniversary with friends, at Froso's Restaurant in Soldotna for a great supper and later a fireside chat at Meacham's.

Bill's Halibut Fishing Trip

Today Bill went fishing with Charlie, a guy we met Red fishing, they went out of Homer and Bill was lucky to catch these two 20#+ Halibut.  Congratulations Bill!

I was lucky enough to clean my first Halibut, easier than I thought.

Moose

We had several moose sightings in camp yesterday, probably all the same moose.  It started out yesterday late morning while we were taking the dogs for a walk and they encountered a cow moose and her calves.  This was their first face to face meeting with a moose, Casper found them first and then Spirit ran to see what all the crashing was.  They didn't bark and the moose chased them away and they came back to us when called. The moose wasn't afraid of us or the dogs and kept an eye on us to make sure we were leaving.

Then about 9:15 last night we had a cow moose walk through camp and eventually hook up with her two calves.  We think it was the same group from earlier.  It is always nice to see moose and now the dogs have met one in person and not from inside the truck.  I wonder what they will do if they meet a Grizzly?

Heads

Tails

Can you see me now?

Peak a boo

Excuse me while I eat a snack

Let's go kids

Kasilof Beach

We took the boys to the Kasilof Beach today, the tide was out and we had a good walk.  The boys got a bit dirty and got to rinse off in Crooked Creek afterwards.

Mt's Iliamna & Redoubt across Cook Inlet