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Caravan Stop #5 – 253 Miles: Pioneer RV park in Whitehorse, YT.

We spent 3 nights in Whitehorse. The first night, we had drinks at Woodcutter’s Brewery.

On day 2, we had a group Glass Blowing event with Lumel Studios where Pam made an ornament and Kelly made a glass bowl. Super fun and we would both do it again. We will not get our works of art until we pass back through Whitehorse on our way back from Alaska.

Pam and I hiked Miles Cayon which has the Robert Lowe Suspension Bridge. We made our way out to a small rock island with a quite bench to sit and enjoy the fast-moving river down the canyon which was disturbed by a speed boat cruising down river (was actually pretty cool). We all saw a helicopter coming back from dumping water on the wild fires.

On the third day, the group took the White Pass Summit Rail and Bus Excursion to Skagway in Alaska. The train ride was great. They had Cruise Ships in the harbor and we enjoyed beer at the Skagway Brewing Company.

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Caravan Stop #1: The caravan officially started on July 12th at Northern Lights RV in Dawson, Creek which is the start of the Alaskan Highway – Mile Zero. A very nice full service campground. On site restaurant and very clean.

The Alaskan Highway was built in 9 months during WWIII. Amazing effort to build this 1,700 mile road and all the bridges needed. Wow.

Pam and I had breakfast at Don’s Diner which is in the Airport. The food was outstanding and huge portions. We watched 2 helicopters take off and land.

We had dinner at the George Dawson Inn restaurant and Makenna from the visitor center gave a highly energetic presentation on the town and the Alaskan Highway. She also has a jeep and so she put a duck on our jeep, so we gave her a pink duck (it is a jeep thing).

We visited the Kiskatinaw Bridge (curved bridge) where we met a nice family from Taiwan (Kitty, her husband and their daughter Anne). Really fun people.

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After Coulter FaBaylls, we stayed 7 nights / 8 days at Red Rocks RV Park; a full hookup RV resort. We went a few hikes and visited local sites. Mostly, we relaxed and enjoyed full hookups.

On one drive, Pam saw Great Grey Owl while driving. She pulled over quickly, and we got some great pictures of him.

We took a short drive to Big Springs Idaho and visited the Jonny Sack Cabin built in 1932 by hand. The cabin and furniture.

After Red Rocks, we traveled to Campfire Lodge and Resort. A cool little campground on the Madison River. Lots of Fly Fishing here. More details next week.

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On our trip to Red Rocks Campground – Future Post, we stopped by Old Faithful. We did not spend a lot of time, but we did get to see her go off right on time (to the minute). We watched a few movies about Yellowstone and had lunch at the lodge. All in All, a very nice stop. We will probably go back to see everything.

Pam met David William Peterson, wildlife photographer who followed the famous Grizzly Bear 399. He signed her book and print art featuring 399 and 4 cubs.

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We stayed 5 nights at Gros Ventre Campground in the Grant Teton National Park. We had no hookups (no water, electric, sewer or generators). This was a real test for our new setup. Our batteries and propane worked out great. We took an RV ride for a couple of hours in the middle while running our diesel generator. With this quick dive, we were able to dump tanks, fill water and fill our batteries.

Gros Ventre (pronounced ‘grow-vont’), means “big belly” in French and was a very nice national park. The Teton Mountains were fantastic. Pictures do not do them justice.

We hiked a lot and got great exercise. The hardest was the Taggart Lake and Bradley Lake Loop for 7.5 miles.

We went to Rendezvous Park and saw the Mama Mimi Sculpture. Pam dropped her phone into the river, and Kelly fished it out and it survived! We also ran across a mama moose and her cub.

We went to Mormon Row to see the famous barns and buildings. I think we go a classic photo of the most famous barn.

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We bought a day pass to ride the Gondolas at Teton Village. We rode up the major gondola and had waffles for breakfast above 10,000 feet. We rode another gondola up a different mountain and hiked most of way back down. Finally, we went back up in the evening and had pizza and beer for dinner.

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