Started hiking the Shoup bay trail. First time I brought Dorothy with me. I only planned on hiking out to the Gold creek (about 3.5) miles, but somewhere around 2 miles out I noticed my left boot sole had blown out from the shoe top. That sucked. I kept going for a little ways longer… Continue reading Shoup Bay Trail
Month: July 2017
Exploring Valdez
Drove to other side of bay, down by the port, there was a picnic table, so I set up the stove and cooked my coffee right there, and enjoyed the beauty surrounding me. Signed up for another two nights at the campground. had some lunch, and about the time I was half way through my… Continue reading Exploring Valdez
Valdez, Here I Come
Woke up around 5:00 and just started driving. Pretty much drove the whole way to Valdez without stopping. I did stop somewhere along the way, I think near Copper lake. I filled up my water pack with water that was melting snow from the high peaks. This was a very pretty area. I drove through… Continue reading Valdez, Here I Come
Steve Departs For Home
Woke up around 3:30ish to a terrible wind that kept flapping the tent. One of the stakes had become lose and the corner pole had fallen, so I had to get up and go outside to pound it back into the ground. Then again around 5:00 I had to do the same thing. I think… Continue reading Steve Departs For Home
Alexander Supertramp
Went to 49th State Brewing Co. for lunch. They have the bus that was used in the movie Into the Wild. Inside the bus is a bunch of pictures with descriptions describing the story of Christopher McCandless, who hiked into the wilderness and found a bus like this one, and lived on it for a… Continue reading Alexander Supertramp
Dad Departs For Home
Drove back to fairbanks area. Drove a little further to see the pipeline. That was lame. Then drove to North Pole, just to say we had been to the North Pole. That was kinda lame too. Then we went to Fairbanks and waited for a riverboat cruise. That was an interesting experience. They dropped us… Continue reading Dad Departs For Home
Happy Independence Day!
Drove down to Cantwell, hoping we'd catch another great view of Denali so Steve could see it, but the weather just wasn't cooperating. On our way back, we drove down Denali highway for about 10 miles. We saw a Caribou come running out of the trees onto the road. You could see it was being… Continue reading Happy Independence Day!
Exploring Denali Park
Made bacon, eggs, and pancakes for breakfast. Went to Denali park and drove as far as we could. Checked out the visitor center. It was kinda grey and not very good for looking at scenery. This is the night I made beef stew. I used some frozen beef fajita meat that was $8.50 at walmart!… Continue reading Exploring Denali Park
Brother Steve Joins Us
We went to Fairbanks, got the oil changed, went to a pioneer park, which didn't have much to see other than old cabins that had been relocated there. But you couldn't even go in them. Then we went to an airplane museum. That was kinda neat, but there were a lot of stories of plane… Continue reading Brother Steve Joins Us
