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A 15,000 Mile Trip from New Orleans to Alaska & Back
Logistics and mishaps from the road and off-road.
July 16 2011 We woke up in a nice, huge king size bed. Scrubbed ourselves clean in a hot shower (the drain is located on the opposite side of the showerhead), and head out to face the day feeling refreshed. First stop: Baked Cafe,… Continue Reading “Whitehorse, YT to Alaska Border”
Wednesday, July 13 Today we were hung over from our overdose of natural beauty from yesterday’s trip through Banff. We saw dozens of vistas that would have been impressive had we not seen what we saw yesterday. Still beautiful though… Last night the mosquitos… Continue Reading “Water Fowl Lake to Boulder Creek rest area, BC”
Tuesday, July 12 Today was like mainlining nature. “Can I shotgun mother nature please?…” The Banff National Park region. AWESOME. We followed the Kootenai River to Kootenai National Park. From there the scenery became overwhelming starting with the entrance to the park. Elevation and… Continue Reading “Fort Steele, BC to Water Fowl Lake Campground, BC”
Monday, July 11 We got a late start and didn’t leave Spokane until 7:15pm. Factors? An incompetent “mobile” nurse who arrived to draw blood for a monthly checkup. And it can be difficult to get out of REI on the verge of a ‘cross… Continue Reading “Spokane, WA to Fort Steele, BC”
Moose Fox Baby Bear in Tree!! Steve hauling in a massive Dolly Varden Trout < And lastly.. Harry Potter, opening day, Whitehorse, BC. Awesome!!!
Steve, Brendan, Tina, and BabyMossInUtero are all packed up in the IronHorse and en route to Alaska. A little later than scheduled but oh well. Sean “the fly” Pamphilon is with us for a couple of days, documenting our progress. Thanks to Mike and… Continue Reading “Alaska Bound”
We are planning to backcountry camp tomorrow but the permits are back at the Polebridge ranger station (dumb). The road back to Polebridge is infested with potholes (worst I’ve ever seen) and takes an hour or so. We decided to make a day of… Continue Reading “Kintla Lake Day 4 – Many Glacier”
We stopped for lunch in Wallace, ID. Been there? A really cool little town that used to have to only stoplight between Seattle and Boston I-90. We had lunch here… The sun is out. The temperature is perfect (michel moved into the shade when… Continue Reading “Wallace”
Kyle, Kath & Finn (KKF) flew into Lewiston last night and met up with Brendan and Leslie (Team Amazing). They packed there and drove to Spokane first thing this morning. We all met at Blaine’s on the South Hill. This is the first time… Continue Reading “Rolling…”
THE SHUNPIKE EXPERIMENT 