Hi Folks,
The trip has taken another turn and we are headed home a week early. We left Alaska on August 1st, and sped through Canada as fast as we could down the Cassier Hwy. Their idea of highway is my idea of unimproved road. The first 350 miles were the most exciting. They were frequently gravel, unmarked without guardrails while climbing & descending steep peaks. The last 100 were a relief! They were paved and marked winding, hilly miles. We were relieved to finally get to the “real” road only to find more curves and hills with 7 percent grades for up to 17 kilometers.
Washington state greeted us with long, steep, hilly miles of her own. 6 to 8 percent grades up and down for up to 7 miles. We may need new brakes by the time we get home. We stopped in Everett, WA on the 5th to have dinner with my Denver cousin David, not to be confused with my Duncannon cousin David. It was great to catch up. Even after all these years we are still family and chatted away about our lives over the last umpteen (Mom loved that word) years. There is something to that blood connection. After dinner Bob and I followed David home to meet his husband Mark. What a delight! He fits right into the family.
Saturday morning we hit the 5 again to Goldhill, OR were we stayed the night in a lovely RV park. The scenery was beautiful. The next trip out this way will include more time out of the RV. Through a FB post I discovered I have a bunch of friends out that way who I need to visit. Maybe next year.
From Goldhill we came down to Walnut Grove, CA near Sacremento to meet with the folks behind one of Bob’s investments, Mexus Gold. They were kind enough to let us park in their driveway and treated us to fresh plums and pears. The best treat was news that the mine is making headway. Fingers crossed the investment pays off.
We are now sitting in traffic (That is something we did not miss!) on I 80 headed toward Fallon, NV. Bob’s grandson Tyler is stationed at the Naval Air Station there. It will be nice to see him this evening and catch up with him too. He is recently back from a tour in Korea.
Alaska is beautiful and I would like to go back. Now that we have been once, we better know what we would like to see and do they next time. We cannot thank Don and Sandy Marohl enough for all of the effort they put into getting this trip together. They are terrific traveling companions.
As this is a working vacation, it is nice to be back among cell towers and the internet. Even when I knew I could not check my email I worried about work. Thanks to Mark for catching the calls for me. Next time I will have a better plan in place to spare him the aggravation of doing my job too.
Apparently my internet connection is not good enough to post pictures. Maybe next time.
I love and miss you all!
Cora