Day 2

Quote of the day: "This road sucks." John Barona (referring to the Alcan or Alaska Highway at 6:45am after driving for about 10 minutes)

Our day began early. We left Beaver Creek at 6:35am. The day was loooooooooooooong! We split the driving - I drove a million hours and John drove the other million. :) We arrived at our final destination for the night at 10pm. We arrived in Watson Lake at 8:30pm, and proceeded to check every hotel, motel and b & b for a vacancy - nada. We ended up backtracking about 18 miles to Nugget City where we stayed in a little cabin at the Northern Beaver Post. It was described as a 4-Star cabin, but we only had power until 12:30am, so the 4-Star description was lost on me.

Note to Nugget City..... you should change your name to Mosquito City. Just a thought. The mosquitos are INSANE there..... and I grew up in Alaska.

RVs passed: Alaska, Virginia, Alberta.

Wildlife sightings: moose, a baby bear, a red fox and a large grey cat of some sort.

 

 

 

 

In case you were wondering about the picture of my rear-view mirror - I took a shot of the sweet "45 MPH" limit suggested by Uhaul. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha....as if.

Day 1

We left later than planned on Wednesday morning. When we got to North Pole the smoke started to get pretty thick and didn't clear up until about Tok. It was like driving through ice fog. The kids were troopers and slept quite a bit, watched movies, and colored. We ended up stopping in Beaver Creek the first night instead of Watson Lake.

We didn't get any lip at the border this time other than the lady telling us we should consider photo copying the kids' birth certificates and stapling them to the inside of their passports. Whatever lady. :)

RVs we passed today: North Carolina, Texas, West Virginia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.s. Isabela is wearing her sweet, new baby legs. Thanks Annie!!

Mobile Blog. Stretching our legs in Tok.

Mobile blog. Moviendo.

We are on the first day of our journey. So far so good. Kids are doing well. They have been sleeping for the most part. Just saw a sign - 123 miles to the Canadian border.
Pictures to follow this evening if our motel has wifi. :)

Mobile Blog. Chillin' with Uncle Steven.

Mobile Blog. Adios Box Chevy.

Uncle Steven sold his prized Caprice yesterday and he took some pictures of John in front of it first so I decided to join in the fun. :)

Mobile Blog. FCBHC company picnic.

Bet you can't guess who painted his or her own face. :)

Daddy's Girl

She looks so much like her dad.... it just isn't fair (to me).

 

 

Ragmuffin

 

 

 

 

2 Wheeler

He's learning. :)

 

 

 

Mobile Blog. Scratch test.

Good times.

Eliana

She is serious about her purses.

 

Yes, her mom cuts her bangs. :)

 

I love my sassy girl!

 

Mobile blog. Silly kids.

Peek-A-Boo!

Mobile blog. Awesome Annie strikes again

I made a new liner for Eliana's baby doll stroller, well, because she kept sitting in the stroller and they just aren't built to handle that kind of weight. :) My friend, Annie, walked me through each step, but I did the cutting, pinning and sewing. She is slowly but surely building my sewing confidence. Thanks again Annie!

Mobile blog. Harding Lake.

Mobile blog. Sweet cake.

Yet another awesome (and delicious) cake by my sister-in-law, Terra. Thanks again, Terra!!!

Mobile blog. Birthday BBQ.

We had a birthday barbecue for me, Jeremy and Trista at Chena way side this evening. We had a great time!

Mobile blog. More funny sleepy hands.

Yet another example of my funny girl sleeping with her hand on her face.

Mobile blog. Alaska grown.

...But Isabela is. :)

Adios mohawk

Big John couldn't stand the mohawk any longer, so he cut it off tonight. =)