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Links:
Updates:
- 6/9/2009: Well, we are on our way. It is
Tuesday and we made it to north of Seattle. It has been an
eventful two days (nothing too bad) but I will leave that for our
journals. Regarding the site updates, we are planning to
"officially" update our journals on the site about weekly, pending
Internet connectivity. (There could be some unofficial
updating of the site more frequently.) After the site is
"officially" updated, we will send out email notices. This
hopefully keeps you from checking the site and not seeing any
updates and wondering what is going on. Our first official
update will probably occur this weekend. If you are not
already on our email list (received an email from Becky or Tom last
week) and want to be added to our email list to be notified of
updates, check our "Contact Us" link above and send an email to
Becky or Tom. Thank you for your interest! (BTW, it is
not always easy to get on the Internet. I am connecting to the
Internet tonight via someone's open Wireless Linksys in the RV
park.)
- 6/14/2009: Finally got everything organized to post our first
week's journal entries. We are enjoying our sabbatical so far
but it has been a busy week without much time to relax. That
should change this coming week and hopefully I will have more time
to clean up the web site and possibly learn a few new tricks.
The first week in a nutshell: we got up Monday morning, drove
several days, ended up in Dawson Creek, BC on Saturday, and had
several mishaps and adventures along the way! For our mishaps
(mostly) and adventures...
Tom's journal entry:
The
Trip to Dawson Creek, Days 1 - 6
Becky's journal entry:
On The Road - June 8-13
- 6/21/2009: We had a great but busy week. We finally headed out
on the Alaska Highway. There were a lot of beautiful
sites and we got some great pictures.
Our journal entries this week are packed with pictures.
Tom's journal:
The Alaska Highway Part 1, Days 7 - 13
Becky's journal:
On The Road - June 8-13
- 6/28/2009: We arrived Saturday at Delta Junction, the official end
of the Alaska Highway. Traveling the Alaska Highway was fun,
scenic, and adventuresome. Now we are off to explore Alaska,
the final frontier!
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
The Alaska Highway Part 2, Days 14 - 20
Becky's journal:
On The Road - June 14-27
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7/3/2009: We spent two nights in Delta Junctions and then moved on
to Fairbanks. Tomorrow, we are headed for Denali for eight
nights and may not have Internet access for a while so our next
update will probably be a while.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
Fairbanks, Days 21-26
Becky's journal:
Fairbanks, June 28 - July 2
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7/13/2009: We spent eight nights in Denali, four of them at the
North Face Lodge. Very busy week. With no electricity
while we were dry camping, preparations of our journals was limited
and delayed.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
Denali, Days 27-34
Becky's journal:
Denali, July 4-11
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7/19/2009: We left Denali and headed to Anchorage with a night's stop at
Talkeetna. From Anchorage, we headed down to the Kenai
Peninsula.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
Talkeetna, Anchorage, and Kenai, Days 35 - 40
Becky's journal:
Anchorage - July 12-17
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7/26/2009: The Kenai
Peninsula - Soldotna, Homer, and Seward.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
Soldotna, Homer, and Seward, Days 41 - 48
Becky's journal:
Kenai Peninsula - July 18-25
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8/2/2009: We continued our exploration of Alaska. We drove
from Seward to Valdez and then went on to Wrangell-St. Elias
National Park where we toured the Kennecott copper ore mill.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
Valdez and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Days 49 - 55
Becky's journal:
Valdez and Kennecott - July 26-August 1
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8/9/2009: We headed out of Alaska and back to Canada via a very
rough Top of the World Highway from Tok through Chicken and Dawson
and then down to Whitehorse. Chicken and Dawson were both
great towns to explore.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
The Top of the World, Days 56 - 62
Becky's journal:
Chicken, Dawson City, and Whitehorse - August 2-August
8
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8/16/2009: Back to Alaska! From Whitehorse, we headed to
Skagway at the coast and had a great time amongst all of the cruise
ship tourists.
Our journal entries this week:
Tom's journal:
Return to Alaska, Skagway, Days 63 - 69
Becky's journal:
Whitehorse and Skagway - August 9 -August 15
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8/21/2009: For your information, we will not be posting our next and
final journal update until the end of next week, around August 28 or
29.
We are still having a great time but we are leaving Prince George
today and heading to Jasper. On Saturday, we are going to Lake
Louise in Banff National Park and on Monday we are headed to
Waterton Lakes National Park for three nights. While in the
National Parks, I do not expect to have Internet access to post our
journals.
Thank you everyone for keeping up with our trip.
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8/27/2009: Our final journal updates. If you have come this far with
us,
thank you very much for your interest and support!!!
Our final journal updates are for August 16 through August 26. We
are still on the road but the remaining six days are travel and
recompressing days as we prepare to return to reality.
We plan to be back in Folsom September 1st.
Our final journal entries:
Tom's journal:
The Road Back to the Lower 48, Days 70 - 80
Becky's journal:
Heading Home - August 16-August 26
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