Two Hams on the Road

Saturday, June 29, 2019

On the road again. . . 

We are in Seward, Alaska. Here’s the view out my window.

We’re parked on the bank of a stream that flows into the Gulf of Alaska.  Across the Gulf you can almost see Seward, Alaska.  The haziness in the photo is from the Swan Lake forest fire.

I’m going to make this post short so hopefully I’ll get it done and posted.  We’ve had a great trip so far.   The scenery, as expected, has been outstanding.

Malign Lake, Jasper, British Columbia

Stone Mountain Park, Canada

British Columbia, Canada

Mentasta Lake, Yukon, Canada

Willow Creek, Alaska

Kenny Lake, Alaska

Valdez, Alaska

Valdez, Alaska

Lowell Point, Seward, Alaska

The wildflowers have been abundant, especially dandelions.  I don’t remember seeing many on previous trips.  I don’t know the names of all of these flowers, so just enjoy.

      

The weather has been interesting.  This picture was taken June 7 in Alberta, Canada.

We’ve also had sleet, hail, thunderstorms, rain, and unfortunately, smoke from forest fires. That’s the haze in some of the photos.

But the animals have more than made up for any bad weather.  We saw an eagle in its nest with two eaglets in Jasper National Park, Canada.

Moose in the Northern Rockies

Swans in the Northern Rockies

Buffalo in the Yukon

Bear in the Yukon

We’ve also seen a fox, but the photo I have is a cell phone photo of a moving fox from a moving car. We’ve only seen one buffalo so far, but multiples of the other animals.

And, of course, we’ve been enjoying the company of our fellow travelers.  Left to right: Jim and Pat, holding Gunther, (Fritz stayed in the car), from California, Tom and Ann, from North Carolina, Betty and Tom (Leo, their dog is laying down), Jane (Betty’s sister) and Ron, Jane is holding Lilly, all from Minnesota and Deb and Steve, from Indiana.

It’s bedtime, so I’m off to dreamland (hopefully),

Deb