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Our overnight stay along the Parks Highway was beautiful, but a bit loud and very buggy.  Somehow we ended up with 50+ mosquitoes in the camper.  Not pleasant.  Mom and Dad fared better in their hard sided Imagine.  But, we made it to Anchorage and got the needed auto maintenance done.  Then, onward to Seward along the  Seward  Highway.  The view was breathtaking.  It was cool and cloudy with low clouds and hit and miss rain.  Blue mountain glaciers and the low tide of the bay were a sight to behold.   Mountain glacier hiding in the clouds. Each of the children had a particular animal they wanted to see.  Isaac wanted to see an otter.  Well, he has been able to watch the sea otters play from our campsite at South Resurrection RV Park.   Two otters playing in the bay. The spaces are tight and the campground is "sardines", but the view is memorable, Isaac has enjoyed his otters, and we will fall asleep to the sounds of ...

We spent the night at mile marker 699- north of Watson Lake, Yukon Territory - on the Continential Divide between the Arctic and Pacific watersheds.  Many rest areas allow overnight parking here.   We have been coming in and out of rain since yesterday.  Short periods (mostly) of localized heavy rain while the sun shines.  Rocky Mountain Rain.   The drive is magnificent.  Our miles per day has slowed to about 1/2 of what we had been doing as we are stopping for animals and driving slower in the mountains.  I think we will cross into Alaska tomorrow.   Yukon Territory - blue skies, mountains, pines & aspen.   Crossing the Yukon River before Whitehorse. Lunch at Klondike Salmon & Rib in Whitehorse, YT.  Highly recommended. It's a bit cramped, but seemingly very popular and the food was excellent!  It was pink shirt day for us. Salt flats line the highway between Whitehorse and Haines Junction. Our first glimpse at the Sai...

In 2016, we took our first cross country trip, camping the whole way.  That trip is detailed at brothersbrt.blogspot.com.  A few planning aids from that trip will be used again this time. - Furkot.com  This is a cloud based travel program that helps with the "big picture".  I can input the gas mileage, how many hours per day we plan to drive, how long each stop will be and even search for campgrounds and points of interest along the way.  It gives me a pretty good idea of where we will be on a given day.  We don't pre-book our lodging as we often fall behind a day, or get ahead by two days.  We stop at a nicer campground once a week for Ken to work remotely and to do laundry, buy groceries, let the kids swim, etc.  But, overall, Furkot has been a great help with general planning. - The Next Exit .  This book details what is at the next exit on the interstates.   Simply look up the state, interstate, then look for the exit number.  ...