Category Archives: 2015

On the Rock

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Barry

Continuing on from our praise of the ferry. We had a buffet dinner to complement our G&T. Buffet dinners are bad for diets! It forced me to eat salmon, beef, ham, pork cod and maybe a vegetable or two. That wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Our Second Cruise This Year!

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Barry

We woke up at a more civilised time this morning, temperature was 14C with overcast skies. We started the day with a quick geo-cache hunt for our first find in New Brunswick. Back at home I had loaded up the GPS … Continue reading →

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Rock Bound

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Barry

We’re on the move again. As you may remember we left the trailer in California and the next leg of our tour will take us north into Oregon and Washington States. Being the brave adventurous types we are, and remembering … Continue reading →

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The End

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Barry

We landed back in Ottawa at 10PM last night. Overall the flights weren’t too bad considering we were at the back of the bus! We enjoyed the trip, and are very glad that we went. The first week was marred … Continue reading →

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Last Day

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Barry

ALL Pictures are now loaded. Our last full day here and yet again it is hot and sunny. I think the locals are prying for cooler temperatures. In celebration of the heat I even wore shorts today! After breakfast we … Continue reading →

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Flying Low

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Barry

This will be a short blog after a longish day. We headed south this morning after two nights in our cell.   We knew there were plenty of roadworks on the main (only) road down to anchorage so we figured … Continue reading →

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Denali

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Barry

We survived the night in our cell / cabin and were up at 6AM. No breakfast around here at that time of day, so we ate a nutritious chocolate chip muffin each! Today was the day for a bus tour … Continue reading →

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Southbound

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Barry

We had breakfast and packed up the car, then walked downtown to visit a couple more places before we left. One of the places was the Visitors and Cultural Centre which had some interesting exhibits of the different cultures of … Continue reading →

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A Day of Rest (from driving)

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Barry

Last night I woke up around 2AM, which is effectively the middle of the night. Sunset was at 1230AM and Sunrise at 330AM. The picture below was taken midway between the two.   We both felt we needed a break … Continue reading →

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Close Encounters of ….. A Moose Kind

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Barry

The further north we go, the brighter it is in the evening. Luckily most of the places we stay at have blackout blinds, so we are able to sleep OK. We had a good continental breakfast at the B&B and … Continue reading →

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