Day 38

Drove through Yukon and into British Columbia. BC is so beautiful! Went over Canadian Rockies today and saw tons of wildlife, including sheep, bison, and one black bear (unable to get pic of bear). Added pics below. Be sure to view "web version" if your not seeing pics. Thanks for lookin'!!

Days 35-38

We are back in Yukon. No phone service past couple days. Getting groceriesand oil change as I write. In Watson Lake whose claim to fame is a display of signs that covers a city block. All kinds of signs from all over the world. Couple pics below.

Day 32-34

We have spent the past couple days in Fairbanks. We start home tomorrow and will enter the Yukon again. Luke has caught a few Grayling on his fly rod. I had one rise but unable to get one thus far. Spent yesterday cleaning the exterior of truck and trailer. Both were filthy! We are all somewhat excited to start home to see friends / family. A few things of note: -there have been very few mosquitoes ( I'm told due to light snowfall last winter) - Lansing got more snow than Anchorage last winter - temps are cool. 40's and 50's at night. 60's during the day. For me, that is perfect. - don't bypass a fuel/gas station if in doubt, top off. In places they can be scarce - fuel and groceries cost a bit more but not as bad as I anticipated - fishing regulations can be quite confusing. Each region has different rules such as closed to certain species, fly rod only, bag limits, etc. - RV folks are pretty friendly. We have met a lot of nice folks -just about every state in nation is represented -methods of camping here varies considerably from sleeping in trucks, tents, and modified cargo trailers to gigantic class A rv's and everything in between - I have not watched sports center in 34 days As always thanks for looking!

Day 30(I think)- Denali

We are on Denali National Park. Hiking, sled dog tour tomorrow. White water rafting day after. Pics below.

Day 27-30

Hello! We finally got onto the water and caught our limit of halibut, and yes, Dan caught the biggest fish in our group of six (closely followed by Mary's fish). We camped in Turnagain Pass Tuesday night and today we reached Talkeetna. It is starting to rain but we plan on keeping our zip-line activity later today. We also drove down to the Homer "spit" which is a thin peninsula that stretches out into the ocean. It is filled with shops and campers and fishermen in the summer. I believe it is also home port of the Time Bandit from the Deadliest Catch series. I was told the ship was out salmon fisshing when we were there. The last several days were spent in the Kenai Peninsula where folks from Anchorage go to play, fish, etc. Like evrything here it is vast, but there are some highly developed areas such as Soldotna. Sorry for the typos (which I'm not bothering to fix). We leave for Denali tomorrow. Will be there three days and not expected to have any connectivity. New pics posted below. Take care and thanks for looking.

Day 26-Ninichilik, AK

Today is Sunday 7/19. The trip is flying by!! Our halibut charter got pushed to Monday. It is a beautiful day today but other groups got pushed to today so hopefully our turn is tomorrow. The boat have been coming in with good catches of halibut. In fact one is coming in now and I will post a pic below of their catch if I can. The days are very LONG. We go to bed around 11pm to 12am and it is not dark. We rise as early as 5am and it is already light outside. You sort of have to remind yourself to get some sleep. Alaska is somewhat expensive as well, for groceries, gas, beer, etc. But we expected that too. For the gearheads out there, I'm about 6300 miles into the trip and averaging 11mpg with the 6.7L Cummins Diesel. I planned on 10mpg so anything over that is a bonus. I also put a new set of tires on in Eagle River a week or so ago. The other tires were borderline when we started and toast by the time I changed them. I will have to get a second oil change pretty soon when we start back home. As always, thanks for looking........the Pekrul's

Days 23-25

We spent two days in Seward where it rained alot. But we fished anyway. Our sea kayaking was cancelled due to the wind. We are now in Ninichilik about 30 miles north of Homer. Supposed to Halibut fish tomorrow but high winds may cancel it as well. We did catch some nice Dolly Varden today in a river nearby. Pics below hopefully.

Day 22-Anchorage

We are camped in Eagle River, about 10 miles north of Anchorage. The 300 mile drive here from Valdez offered the most beautiful scenery to date, which I didn't think was possible to improve upon. Pics posted below....pictures just cannot do the views justice. They are spectacular!!

Day 21-Valdez

We leave Valdez for Anchorage tomorrow. A mere 300 mile jaunt which will take several hours because of these things called mountains. Sorta feel like a billy goat after all this mountain driving! We also leave Valdez with many pounds of salmon fillets. We caught 12 beautiful, large pink salmon today. From shore no less. I will post pics later (scroll all the way down for pics).

Days 19-20

The past day/night we spent in Tok, Ak. Today and tomorrow we are in Valdez. We are going to salmon fish tomorrow even though it is rainy. Nothing exciting to report other than the dog's tail got shut in the truck door this morning....he is o.k.

Days 16-18

We are camped in Destruction Bay Yukon today on a beautiful lake. Last two days in Skagway Alaska. Hit 5000 miles on the trip odometer today, which is about half way regarding mileage. I have provided medical assistance to two separate people so far. The first was a teenage lad who layed his leg open badly after falling off his bicycle on a rough trail along a river. He was sitting there bleeding and waiting for help when I got there, coming back from fishing. The "local guy" showed up with a pack with first aid stuff. He looked at the laceration (tibia exposed right below knee)and asked if I knew first aid. When I said yes he handed me the pack and said he would open the trail head gate for a vehicle and left. I bandaged the kid up and helped load him in a pick-up to go the the ER. The second was a lady who approached us on a trail head parking lot in Skagway. She had fallen and either sprained or broke her wrist. I gave she and her husband a ride the two miles back to their cruise ship. They were from CA and lived near my buddy Tom Smart. Anyway, things are going great! I will post some pics down below.

Day 13-15

We are in the Yukon. Driving through British Columbia took a few days. it is enormous. It makes the U.P. Look like Greektown. Will try to post pics but am on a diner's wi-fi and keep getting booted

Day 12-Happy July 4th

We will be without wi-fi for a few days. If you have not caught on yet, the pics posted are at the bottom of the page so you must scroll down :-). Will post again when possible. Take care.

Days 5-11

Wow. We have been without connectivity for several days. Even we we are supposed to have it, we don't. We are now in British Columbia, having went through customs this afternoon. The two days prior to that we spent in the Olympic National Park on the Pacific Ocean. It was awesome. We have video of a bull elk feeding in a creek bed from about twenty yards away. Prior to that was St. Regis, Montana where we caught some trout in the Clark Fork River. Prior to that was two days in Yellowstone. There were stops in between but the days are running together in a blur! Will post more pics when. I can.