Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Alaskan Highway


The last few days have been great. First stop was Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. One word - beautiful. Tons of mountains, streams, lakes, glaciers. Then on to Jasper. One word - gorgeous. More mountains, streams, lakes, glaciers. So far we have seen black bears, Dahl Sheep, mountain goats, elk, caribou, mouse, and a wolf crossing the road in front of us. About 50 feet in front of use. We have pictures of all of the above, but the wolf was farther away by the time we got pictures.

Just a few hours ago we started the Alaskan Highway at Dawson Creek British Columbia. Its about 1400 miles long and ends near Fairbanks. We will be turning off the Alcan at Tok, AK to head south to Seward.

The weather has been great. Only a little drizzle one day in Montana. Mostly sunny, warm days with cool nights. Kim freezes at night of course but that was to be expected. Highs in the 60s mostly which is great hiking weather.

The photo is at Lake Louise in Banff Park. I had the camera white balance setting on indicator so they are too blue. The magic of computer photoshop will fix it later. Its set properly now.

North to Alaska!

1 comment:

  1. Wow, what a beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing. Tip and I are so envious.

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