Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
We departed Haines, Alaska and headed north to The Yukon. On our way we stopped by the Chilkat River for some eagle viewing. What an absolutely beautiful drive. We have the most recent edition of The MILEPOST 2024 as our previous version was from 2010. (We thought it was time
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We drove off the ferry in Haines, Alaska and headed to our RV Park. Since our scheduled arrival time was 3:30am we were unsure where we could park our RV until check-in time in the afternoon. So, we made a reservation for the night before and told the RV Park
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We departed Sitka in the afternoon and had about 9 hour sail to Juneau. It was an absolutely gorgeous day so we decided to find our outside spot, out of the wind and in full sun, and spend a few hours snacking and enjoying the scenery. We arrived in Juneau
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Sitka, Alaska sits on the west coast of Baranhof Island and is only accessible by air or by sea. The town was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867 and still retains Russian architecture. Alaska was purchased from Russian in 1867 and Sitka was the location for the transfer ceremony
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We departed Ketchikan on the ferry in the early afternoon and had about a 6 hour sail to Wrangell. It was beautiful and sunny out. It tends to be quite chilly out on the side of the boat without sun so most people gravitate to the sunny side. We had
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All aboard! As we waited in the Bellingham Cruise Terminal Long Term Parking for our ship to arrive…suddenly it does! Almost 2 1/2 hours early! We planned on going over to the Ferry Terminal and watch it come in but they fooled us. It was supposed to be 9am so
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Yes, we are taking the ferry (and the RV) to Alaska! We booked our sailing as soon as the Alaska Ferry reservation system opened for the season in January. We reserved space for our RV and a 4 berth cabin (just to give us extra space) along with a sitting
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We drove north on AZ Hwy 89 from Flagstaff towards Bitter Springs through the Navajo Nation. We passed many Navajo souvenir roadside stands selling their wares. The shop by Bitter Springs is my favorite and I love, love, love the photos on the side of their stand. We decided to
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Off to Sunset Crater National Monument for some cooler temperatures. The Bonito Campground, across from the National Monument Visitor Center, sits in the pines at over 7,000 feet elevation just north of Flagstaff. As we drove into Flagstaff on I-17 we could see a bit of snow still on Humphreys
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Huachuca City, known as the Sunset City, is full of beautiful sunsets. We spent a few nights boondocking in the area (with friends) and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, in style!! A few days were spent smoking some brisket in preparation for the big party as decorations were put up! Then
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