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posted: June 30th, 2016 |
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This page begins with June 1st, the 9th day of our trip north from Ashland, Oregon to Fairbanks, Alaska. After that we jump to June 2nd and our arrival in Haines, Alaska, where we stayed with friends for the remainder of the day and for the night. Then we go part way through June 3rd and the 11th day of our trip north.   Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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Note Well: The photos shown on this month's pages mark the beginning of Kazuya's and my life in the U.S.A. We flew from Tokyo to Medford, Oregon on May 18th, a friend picked us up at the airport and graciously permitted us to stay at their house as long as we needed to. A different friend took us out "car shopping" the next morning and by the end of the day we were the owner's of a 2015 Toyota Tacoma Access Cab, Automatic Transmission, 4 Wheel-Drive with less than 10,000 miles on it. On the 20th we got a canopy put on it so that we would have a place to sleep as we traveled up the Alaska Highway to our home in Fairbanks, Alaska. We managed to kill a few more days in Oregon with friends as we prepared for the trip north and then we headed north on May 24th. We finally arrived at our home in Fairbanks on June 4th.
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Begin June 1st (Day #9 Of Our Trip North) |
![]() Up at 0430 with Kazuya. Drink coffee, eat breakfast, pack up and leave Liard Hot Springs at about 5:30 AM. Continue on and see moose, buffalo, bear and fox. Stop at Watson Lake for gas and groceries, go to the visitor center and check e-mail and take care of the critical stuff thanks to their Wi-Fi and our iPhones. Continue on and we got a flat tire a bit before Jake’s Corner and had to change it - that took nearly an hour (first flat tire on a new rig and had to read the owner's manual to figure out where the jack point was and so on). We had to pass through two rather long construction zones today and besides the flat tire we also ended up with a second chip in the windshield – we got the first one yesterday. Stop here at Tagish River Campground at 4:12 PM and after preparing the rig for sleeping we take a nice walk for an hour or so. Return to the rig, cook, eat, talk, drink our hard cider and eat our snack while doing our journals. Now it’s only 6:37 PM, but we’ll sleep in a little while. All three shots in this row show a single Bison bison (American Bison or American Buffalo) which we saw rather early this morning. |
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![]() "Sign Post Forest is a collection of signs at Watson Lake, Yukon and is one of the most famous of the landmarks along the Alaska Highway. It was started by a homesick G.I. in 1942. He was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for his hometown: Danville, Ill. 2835 miles. Visitors may add their own signs to the 100,000 already present." The third shot shows an example of Polemonium pulcherrimum (Showy Jacob's-ladder). |
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End June 1st, Begin June 2nd (Day #10 Of Our Trip North) |
![]() Up at about 0500 with Kazuya. Drink coffee and eat breakfast and get on the road at about 6:00 AM or so. Pass through Canadian Customs without being stopped, of course, and continue on to U.S. Customs – no problems. Get to Skagway at about 7:45 AM and just by our great luck, there is a ferry which leaves at 9:15 AM, so buy tickets, get in line and head for Haines without having time to look around Skagway – such is life. Arrive at the Haines Ferry Terminal at about 10:30 AM, drive off the ferry and head for our friend's house. They gave us a nice welcome and then we immediately went and got the flat tire fixed. Then we went back to the house, washed the rig, showered and shaved and finally ate lunch. Poor Carol – we made her wait 2 hours to serve lunch! Then we took a walk through Haines for a couple of hours, returned to the house, talked, ate supper and went to bed at 8:30 PM. All three shots in this row were taken at the Bove Island Overlook along the Klondike Highway. This is Tagish Lake. Note that we have some high clouds again. |
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![]() And that ends "Day #10 Of Our Trip North". We traveled only 99 miles (159.3 km) today. The weather was cloudy as we crossed the Whitehorse Summit Area, but by the time we got to Skagway it was sunny and stayed like that the remainder of the day. |
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End June 2nd, Begin June 3rd (Day #11 Of Our Trip North) |
![]() Up at 0530 with Kazuya. Prepare for the day and then go out to the living room and drink coffee with Dick and Carol. Talk together and then after a while we eat breakfast. We decide to leave as quickly as we can gracefully say goodbye, although we told Dick and Carol last night that we'd probably leave at around noon or so, because we are getting anxious to get to Fairbanks, so pack the truck and leave at about 8:05 AM. Get gas in Haines and continue up the Haines Highway. Pass through Canadian Customs at 9:24 AM without any problems and continue up the highway. Go through the pass, stop at Rock Glacier at 11:50 AM and take a hike – interesting country. Then continue on. Pass by Dezadeash Lake, Kathleen Lake, Haines Junction, where we got gas, and more places. Then continue on and stop at the Sheep Mountain Visitor Center. Then continue on and pass Destruction Bay and so on along Kluane Lake. Stop at Lake Creek Campground at 4:10 PM, find a spot, pay our money, cook, eat, walk around and now it’s 6:17 PM Fairbanks time and we’ll most likely be sleeping quite soon. The first shot in this row shows a Stellar's Jay near a feeder at our friend's house in Haines. The second shot shows the Chilkat River, just a few miles outside of Haines. The third shot shows Pyrola grandiflora (Arctic Wintergreen, or Large-flowered Wintergreen) as we were hiking up to the Rock Glacier near Dezadeash Lake, Y.T., Canada. |
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End Page 4, but June 3rd Continues on Page 5 |
Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 5 for the continuation and conclusion of this amazing adventure of a road trip! |
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