Our Travels
Haines in on the northern part of the Alaskan Panhandle. We took a photo tour in a small group with a professional photographer. In this land-based tour, we were shown local sights including a rock sculpture, a lake I would love to fly fish and of course, eagles.
Ketchikan is located along the Inside Passage. It is know for fishing and the Native American culture. There are numerous totem poles on display. We took a photo tour of the area in a mid-sized boat. We were able to see Bald Eagles all over the place and some dolphins swam along our tour.
Judy and I joined our friends Jay, Bill, Wendy, Joan and Cindy on an Alaskan cruise round trip from San Francisco. It was a little rough leaving the bay but it was beautiful outside. Our cruise was 10 days. We visited several ports in Alaska and one in Canada.
Our original destination for the Canadian stop was Victoria, BC. The itinerary was changed to Prince Rubert, BC. This is a small city but we did have a nice tour including an antique train station and the city museum. It was named after a naming contest to a person who has never visited the city. This city also served the US Military during WW2 as a logistics center due to the location from Alaska. Of course, I did learn when you travel with weird people, never set down your phone for their access.
And of course, the evidence of my phone thieves, Jay and Bill. Judy didn’t even stop them! Where’s security when you need them?
Our ship entered the Tracy Arm Fjord at five in the morning. It was extremely cold out but the weather cooperated. The glaciers were visible on both sides of the fjord. At the end, our ship made a u-turn and we left at about 10 AM.
Juneau is the capitol of Alaska. We took a boat photo tour along with Jay. We were able to see the hump back whales, sea lions and eagles
6/15: We totally relaxed all day. In the evening we had dinner with Dave’s cousin Rick. He then came over and saw our Motor home. I also gave him the genealogy info my cousin Cindy sent for Dave’s family. We didn’t get to see Dave’s cousin Jason this time as he was in Illinois for his daughter’s graduation from Northwestern. Congratulations Saya.
6/16: Yesterday we drove to Albuquerque, NM. It was a horrifically long drive due to an accident. It took 3+ hours to go 5 miles. The roadway on I 40 was at least a better drive. We spent the night a High Desert RV Park.
6/17: Today was an easy drive. We drove to Amarillo, TX today. An easy drive. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We are staying at Oasis RV Park. (No relation to Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort).
Wow. Things have been crazy. We were planning on leaving Las Vegas the end of April, but David was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. After many tests it was determined that the cancer was localized (had not spread to the lymph nodes or bones). He had 28 radiation treatments, the last one was today.
Day 1 6/14.
We left Las Vegas at 10:15 am today and arrived at our destination in Arizona at about 4:30 pm. We are staying at Distant Drums RV Resort in Camp Verde (just outside Sedona). We will have lunch or dinner with Dave’s cousin tomorrow.
I 40 east had lots of construction and the road was bad! I 17 south was even worse!
Hopefully we will go to Montezuma’s Castle, Montezuma’s Well, and or Tuzigoot National Monument tomorrow.
We are finally getting on the road again. We are currently in Las Vegas at the Oasis RV Resort. We will be heading to Sedona, Arizona mid-June to visit my cousin Rick.
We went to Hoover Dam yesterday along with our friend Jay. It was amazing how low the lake is. There were signs on the last remaining boat ramp showing the declining levels since the year 2000.
We had a short 69 mile drive to Gillette, Wyoming from Buffalo.
We attended the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) 104th International Rally in Gillette, Wyoming. It was a lot of fun. Lots of different classes. Too many to take. There were classes on the Cummins Engine, Onan Generators, Photography with cell phones, Google Cloud and Blogging. There was a Ladies Luncheon ,and an Ice Cream Social. We attended shows with Jim Pelley, Three Dog Night, and Narrow Gauge.
It was very patriotic. Before one group event they sang the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard group songs. At the opening ceremonies they sang, “The Star Spangled Banner and O’ Canada” . They recognized all veterans, current military, and first responders.