After leaving the Icefields Parkway we worked our way toward Whitehorse and Dawson City in the Yukon.   Whitehorse is the junction where you take either the Alaska Highway west into Alaska or do the Klondike Loop north to Dawson City and cross the Canadian-Alaskan border by driving the Top Of The World Highway.  We choose the Klondike Loop and crossed the boarder on June 21, the longest day of the year.  In Alaska that means 23 hours of daylight on that day.   We stayed 2 nights in Whitehorse at a very nice, clean campground called Hi-Country Rv and Campground.  We left there on the 21st, had lunch in Dawson City, took the ferry across the Yukon River, drove the Top Of The World, did the boarder crossing, and drove the Taylor Highway to Eagle, Alaska where we set up camp.  That was all in one day!   This post will have pictures of  Whitehorse and Dawson City, cool towns with all the history of the Gold Rush to look at,  then tomorrow I'll do Top Hwy. , Taylor Hwy. and the city of Eagle.   Top of the World and Taylor Highways are each 60 mile dirt stretches of hairpin curves on the side of the mountains and I can't believe we did all that in one day.

Good Night All,  Thanks for tuning in.   Love, Dave and Barb

Furby would like to share some pictures of places he has been on his vacation.   He also would like to show you some of the animals he has encountered on his trip.   Hope you enjoy Furby's adventures !

This post is from Furby,he would like to say hello to some very special people who are missed very much!!!!

We can't use the 'photo send' feature on texting here in Alaska or in Canada but we can get attachments in email.  Would love to see new shots of all you hooligans.    Email me at   [email protected] 

Tonight we would like to share some pictures of our hike onto the Matanuska Glacier.  It is located on the Glenn Highway just east of Palmer.    The last few posts we have shown scenes from the Canadian Rockies- Icefields from back in June, but yesterday we were finally able to walk right up on a glacier here in Alaska.  We know we keep saying each day seems greater than than the last, but we can't help it since it really is the truth. 

Last, but not least, had to get some flowers in!   Goodnight all, love you, Dave and Barb   And a big kiss for mom!

Hello again !   These next shots are of the hike at Bow Summit.  The trail was about two feet wide, sometimes mud, or dirt, or ice, or a foot of snow.  Remember this was June, however the elavation was  6840 feet.  The views were breahtaking.   The one thing that was really sad was that my batteries died right at the top and there was the most  fantastic view of a Payto Lake with the most vivid turquoise color water and I have no pictures to show.  

( A quick note about this blog site.  If I send two posts in the same day the last  one appears first. I know it's confusing but I'm trying to get caught up  so bear  - no pun intended-  with me and just enjoy the pics. )

That was the end of the battery power but the rest will always be in our memories.   All our love!

Before the Icefields photos, I have to tell you today the 13th of July is a very special day.  Oh, we went on the best drive since the Icefields.  The road was called Hatcher Pass, north of Palmer.  But that was nothing compared to getting our first picture of a moose !!!!!  Since the beginning of June, we have been looking for all the moose that everybody says are all over the place but have  only seen a couple moose butts heading back into the trees, no pictures there.  At last, here is a cow and calf standing only a few feet from the car as we came around a curve on a dirt road.  I didn't roll down the window because I thought it might spook her so the photo isn't real clear.

You will have to wait for Hatcher Pass photos,  I want to get back to the Icefields photos because after those will come Alaska and I'm trying hard to get caught up to the present.  We made it to AK on June 21,  only  twenty-three days ago and you can't imagine all the things we have seen.

The next pictures were along the road right by the camp.

This post is getting very long , so I,ll close for now.  I want to do another one of the hike we did this same afternoon.  See you in a minute!

In the next blog we drop the camper off in Kalispell, MT at the Windmill Storage Center on Juen 6  and go tent camping in Glacier N.P. and near the town of Whitefish, both fabulous places. Then cross the boarder into Canada on June 10.   Talk soon. ( or what ever you call it ).   Love to everyone!