Monthly Archives: May 2011

When we woke up, there was another ToyHouse parked beside us.  This looked to be about an 89 – 90 Seabreeze. It had Alaska tags and the owners slept in, I was going to leave a not on their window … Continue reading →

The sun never set last night.  Our camp site is surrounded by mountains and I could see the sun hitting the peaks of the mountains. The one thing we didn’t see last night was bears.  As I said yesterday, this … Continue reading →

Midnight Sun – I’m here to tell you, all that stuff about the sun setting in the west and rising in the east doesn’t work here. At 1:30am I went outside and looked due north, I saw the sun sitting … Continue reading →

Toledo, Ohio to Deadhorse, Alaska in 12 days (we made a few side trips) and 5200 miles. We seen our first Polar Bear.  He was beside the road in front of us, as we got closer (200 ft) he started … Continue reading →

24 May – Heading up the Haul Road (Dalton Highway) We packed up camp and departed Fairbanks this morning. We both had a good nights rest, in spite of it not getting dark. We’re far enough north even though the … Continue reading →

Departed Anchorage after a couple stops to resupply, empty the waste tanks and refill the fresh tank. Anchorage is surrounded by mountains, Today, it was warm, dry, and dusty.  If I had just woke up and didn’t know where I … Continue reading →

We departed Valdez after coffee and breakfast in the Toyhouse. We drove around to the other side of the Valdez inlet, to where the Alaska Pipeline terminal is.   Hopefully, we’ll be seeing the other end of the pipeline (Prudhoe bay) … Continue reading →

Today we’ll head west toward Valdez, and the southern most point of the Alaska Pipeline. The providential camp (Klondike River) was nice and quite.  I think there were only three of us in there out of maybe 40 spots.  I … Continue reading →

Good nights sleep in Whitehorse. Emptied the waste tanks and filled the fresh water tank while at the RV Park. There is a small Walmart in Whitehorse, so we went down there to stock up. As we passed the Whitehorse … Continue reading →

We left Laird Hotsprings about 7am.  It looked like it was going to be a sunny day as the sun shine about the first hour, then started turning overcast. The overcast turned to a light drizzle and it was like … Continue reading →