Sunday, December 30, 2012

Return to the Lower 48

Cherri and I made a very special friend while in Alaska, Vanessa.   Vanessa worked for the kayak vendor at Eklutna Lake who often visited us after getting off work at our campsite.  Saying goodbye to friends like this is hard.


Our trip south only included one flat tire just north of Whitehorse, Yukon Territories.   Our first planned stop was not until Liard Hot Springs and I was surprised that it was still open and collecting day use fees once in the day use area they were also renovating the decking around the springs.  It will be nice once finished but now the men's changing area is a small make shift enclosure off the compost toilets.  The construction did not stop us from having a nice relaxing soak.

Last year I took the Cassiar highway south, this year I will turn south at Edmonton  and through Jasper National Park.  This was an awesome  route with a couple days spent around Jasper and a couple more exploring around the Top of The World Canadian National Park.

Our drive through Idaho was interesting with the smoke so thick from all the forest fires in Washington.

Next stop was Mt. Rushmore.

Continuing east we went through upper Michigan visiting Fayette State Park which was a former iron smelting company a interesting historic sight.

Tahquamenon Falls State Park had some awesome color.

Our last stop on the trip was just outside Traverse City to visit a friend that I have not seen since high school.

The next entry will give an overview of our preparations for our next trip

 

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