• Russ Travel Adventures
  • Dave C
  • Russ Travel Adventures
  • Dave C

North to Alaska 2019

June - August 2019 Baca selengkapnya
  • Boya Lake Provincial Campground

    6 Juli 2019, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    Wow! Three lake front campsites, three days in a row, without reservations. We must be living right. We are getting spoiled. We are dreading going back to RV " Resorts" where we enjoy bad views, close neighbors, rotten toilets, and stoned camp hosts.

    We have discovered our favorite Canadian wine that pairs well with our nightly seafood feast. Twist of Fate Pinot-Chardonnay. Only challenge is that it keeps evaporating during dinner and we ran out. Next liquor store is 2 days away.
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  • Yukon Brewing, Whitehorse, Yukon

    7 Juli 2019, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    Stopped by for a tasty treat. The brewer asked us where we are from. When he discovered we were Americans he offered to trade his beer for American beers. We traded 6 American 12oz beers for 6 pints of Yukon Brewery beers.

    We feel like the old time Yukon fur traders.
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  • Alaska Highway Needs Work

    8 Juli 2019, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

    Highway is like a roller coaster with potholes, frost heaves, and dipsey do's. Hard to maintain the speed limit and keep the trailer attached. Some parts are just gravel.

    Got escorted through a forest fire. Smokey everywhere so sight seeing is not great.

    Gas is $6 per gallon when you can find it and we are getting 8 mpg!
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  • Deadman Lake Campground, Alaska

    8 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F

    We were able to score a FREE lake front campsite. The bugs are thick and have big teeth in this part of Alaska. This campsite has to be the loneliest site ever, with the nearest neighbor 200 ft away with our own private toilet. Due to remoteness of this site, we loaded the shotgun just in case a bear came to visit.

    The campsite is located in a Taiga forest area, which is a black spruce forest devoured by insects, and burns often. The trees are very small. "Taiga" is Russian for "land of little sticks".

    Note: We are now on Alaska standard time zone, which is an hour before Pacific and two hours before Mountain time. Having a hard time figuring out when it's time to go to bed.
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  • Kenny Lake RV Park, Alaska

    9 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F

    This place is no park, has no lake, is a barren gravel parking lot next to a gas station and general store. With our $45, we get electricity and wifi, no water, no sewer. We have to pay an additional $6 each for a shower. I don't mean to complain, but I guess I am.

    There is beauty in all things, but we really miss the beautiful BC Provincial Parks.
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  • Ride The McCarthy Road

    9 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    We completed a 100 mile ride on the McCarthy Road through the Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. Dave gets to add another sticker to his National Park map. Yeah!

    The road ends at McCarthy and the Kennicott River Footbridge. You can take a 5 mile shuttle to the famous Kennicott Glacier. We arrived too late for the shuttle 🙁. So Dave hiked the trail to McCarthy while Russ did his social media work.Baca selengkapnya

  • Lake Louise Campground

    10 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

    To get to this beautiful campsite, next to the water, we had to navigate 17 miles of treacherous road off the Glenn Highway. It was mortifying.

    Fished in several small lakes in the area this evening. Dave released a 14 inch rainbow trout which was quickly picked up by a Bald Eagle. Pretty cool to watch. Took the Eagle 2 tries to get the fish.

    Alaska is like an amusement park that never closes. We were out fishing until 11:30 pm.

    Still experiencing a lot of forest fire smoke and haze.
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  • Camping on the Beach in Seward AK

    12 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

    All set up at our new home for the next two nights. Beach front property that's a little on the rocky side. Great views.

    Stopped by a Sockeye salmon weir on the way to Seward. The stream was completely full of salmon waiting to go upstream. Lots of salmon and really well fed seagulls.

    Halibut fishing in the morning at 6:30. Chilling out drinking our camp beer for now.
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  • Beyond Hope, Alaska

    14 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

    We drove beyond Hope to the end of the road and found a campsite at the Porcupine Campground. We decided to take this diversion after talking to other travelers. They told us tales of pulling out large "Pinks" out of Resurrection Creek.

    We were successful and caught 6 Pinks (Humpies) out the river. Loads of fun.

    The pinks taste really good 😊
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  • Quartz Creek Campground

    15 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ 🌧 61 °F

    Scored another lake front camp site! Shortest drive between destinations yet.

    Before leaving this morning we fished for pinks in Resurrection Creek again. Tide was out so it was a little more challenging to get fish. Dave landed a nice one. Also managed to sink 2 of the hooks on his lure into his hand all the way past the barbs. OUCH!

    Making "Salmon Candy" in the oven today with yesterday's pinks that have been soaking in brine all night. Kind of like fish jerky. Wishing we had brought the smoker.
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  • The Kenai RV Shuffle Game

    16 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ 🌧 54 °F

    Everywhere we went on the Kenai Peninsula, we encountered our fellow RV travelers. RVs are everywhere. When we first arrived, we were worried that we wouldn’t find a place to camp. Once we figured out the rules of the “Kenai RV Shuffle”, camping on the Kenai became easy.

    The Rules of the Kenai RV Shuffle
    1. It is a simple of game of musical chairs.
    2. RVers break camp early and hit road and do their thing. They plug up the dump stations, attraction parking lots, grocery stores, gas stations, and every scenic view point.
    3. Everyone shuffles around until its time to find a place to camp. The camp selection window is between 2:00 and 5:00 pm. If you wait until after 5:00 all campgrounds will be full, and you will spend the night at some parking lot, which is like not getting a chair.
    4. The next day, it is repeat as required. Nobody spends more than one night in one place.
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  • "First Class Camping by the Sea", Homer

    16 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ 🌧 54 °F

    Arrived in Homer during torrential downpour. Staying at the well known Heritage RV Park located on the Homer Spit for next two nights.

    The Spit is a peninsula that extends into the ocean. The Spit should have washed away long ago if man had not intervened and saved the land mass. Way to go man. Very cool place.

    https://www.homeralaska.org/the-homer-spit.html

    We are right next to the "Fishing Hole" which is a man made lagoon that contains salmon, so we are told. Way to go man.

    Looking forward to charter fishing for King Salmon tomorrow morning.
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