North to Alaska

The pictures got out of order and my text is down a little further! Bridge on our way to see a waterfall  The mountains outside New Hazelton  Bench by the falls This was our hotel in Stewart Us at the waterfall  Walking the estuary in Stewart Estuary in Stewart Salmon Glacier above Hyder, AK Salmon Glacier Salmon Glacier Mountains  Glacier  Glacier and another waterfall We think this was an original tunnel in Hyder Hyder Between Stewart and Hyder Estuary in Stewart Little store between Stewart and Hyder Famous fish and chip shack in Hyder; very popular and only serves daily fresh caught halibut  Mercedes for the mountains Glacier  Visitor Center New Hazelton The waterfall in New Hazelton Learned something - these are the eggs of gull wasps   We left Tok on Wednesday morning and drove to Jade City - pretty much in the middle of nowhere. I’m sure some of you remember Dave’s and my adventure at Gold Point ghost town on our way back from Death Va...

 On Sunday, we left Anchorage and drove south to Tok, crossing back into Canada. The weather was great that day but the last two have been cold and wet. In Tok, we stayed at a nice bed and breakfast. In the morning, we got to talking to the folks there and the owner is from Romania, another couple from Israel were spending 4 months in the US, and 3 more guests were German; quite the international group! Nights are getting down into the 30’s and it snowed on the mountains outside Haines Junction where we spent last night. This morning we drove to Whitehorse which only took a couple hours and hunkered down in the Sternwheeler again and relaxed out of the weather. Had a great dinner at Klondike Rib and Salmon and will be heading for Jade City tomorrow. We need to do a little grocery shopping on the way because they have lodging with kitchenettes but no restaurants. Should be quaint 😆 Scenery between Anchorage and Tok Ditto  And more… And yet more… Yep, more… And last scenery pic...

Hi again! We’ve spent the past three nights in Anchorage. Drove up here from Healy on Thursday and checked into a rather sketchy looking Wyndham Ramada. After seeing the room - burnt out light bulbs, no Kleenex, no TP, strange hairs on the bathroom floor (and other suspect cleanliness) plus a weird intermittent rattling from the floor heater - we turned around, went back down stairs and asked for a refund which the desk attendant gave us with no argument. Dave said he must be pretty used to guests wanting to leave by now! We sat in the truck looking up likely accommodations and found the cutest little hotel recently renovated right on the edge of downtown. One of the owners checked us in and helped carry our luggage to the room. Very clean, new carpeting and original artwork on the walls from a local. It’s within walking distance of some good restaurants and shopping. Yesterday, Dave took the truck to the Toyota dealer for its 10,000 mile check up and oil change while I rested and did ...