we are finally in Alaska

We are here in Alaska at last. We have decided to stay a month since Crystal is alone with Garrett on an assignment until the end of August. We found a great campground on a lake about 20 minutes north of Eagle River so we are going to get settled there tomorrow or Monday. The girls are going to a concert in Anchorage tonight so I will have time to get some laundry and organizing done before we move Beverly there. What a trip up here through the Yukon. Beverly was a trooper and pulled all of us with the car in tow through all of the bad roads and mountains to get here. She is like a tank LOL.

We stopped counting how many bear encounters we had. I am guessing about 15. Black bears in Canada are a common animal to see. They are amazing to watch. The little guy in the pics was watching us watch him(top pic little baby watching us) . He sure did not stray too far from Momma Bear. We stayed in the car so we could get the hell out of dodge if needed but were able to get about 15-20 feet from some of these guys.

I have hundreds of pics to go though and will see if I can get that snapfish thing working if not I will just post what I can on here.

The Elk are a little more common than the Black bears and some of the males are really big. They seemed to ignore us for the most part, I have been told in the fall is when all the girl elk are in season and that is when the males get aggressive. I still did not want to take chances in getting too close.

We did not plan the time in Canada at the Jasper park but we started to see a drip of coolant under the engine and it turned out that Beverly needed a new water pump so we stayed while they ordered the part. I am so thankful that we did because the time was just amazing. We saw so much wildlife and so many Glaciers. Time well spent and I cant wait to go back.

The lakes and rivers are all glacier run off so they are every shade of green and blue. I noticed that here in Alaska they are a grey or milky shade and that if from the Ash from Mount Redoubt I am going to save this and find some more pics to post