Home

Traveling is great, but so is coming home. I am dirty inside and out. Too many bugs in Idaho and Utah. The drive went well, little traffic in most places, just wind, wind and more wind. Lots of flooding in Colorado, but the roads we needed were open.

Home Sweet Home

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Rawlins, WY

Don't get to excited. This KOA has nice showers etc but is right on the highway. But it is what we were expecting

Almost Home,

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Twin Falls, ID

Words for the day: WIND and construction. The wind was exhausting plus very little sleep last night. We went from using the heater in AK to not cooling off in Pendelton until 2 am or so.

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Pendelton, Oregon

We are in Pendelton, Oregon and at 5:00 it is 97. Feels to hot for sure. The good thing about this KOA is a Burger, Hot Dog BBQ tonight. Saves all of us from cooking when it is so warm.

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Leaving Alaska For Now

Sandy and Jim met their new friends from Juneau. Paula and Charles met us at the Rookery Coffee Shop. A great picture was taken. We liked the Rookery. It has been fun knowing someone from the area.

On another note, Sandy was out for a walk before getting on the ferry. The walk was near the downtown area. Sandy was asked were the Salvation Army store is located. Which was just a couple of blocks away. What made this question kinda neat was that the couple asking for directions thought Sandy looked like she lived in Juneau. When Jim and Sandy travel they always try to dress and behave like they are not traveling. They attempt to blend in with the local population when walking. That is impossible when driving with CO plates in AK. No cameras around the neck and no cheaply made plastic rain coats, after all this is a rain forest. They also try to pronounce words correctly. So success on that front.

I will be getting on the ferry soon,

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Getting Ready

Tomorrow is September 10 so we will be having a big chore day. The ferry leaves Juneau on September 11 around 4 pm for Bellingham, WA. On Saturday we will begin the drive from WA to CO. Hope there will be a blog entry tomorrow, but that depends on time. We have done so many things on this journey that began on May 8. A recap of the fun times will be done once we get home to CO. A great trip to begin the next journey of retirement or NO MORE WORK RESPONSIBILITIES for Jim and Sandy.

If you don't hear from us it is because we are traveling. Sometimes we won't have Internet connections.

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Kaxdigoowu Heen Dei Trail or the River Trail

September 9 - Jim and Sandy took their morning walk around the campground. Then they took their bikes to the hike planned for yesterday. It was pretty wet yesterday and lack of sleep kept this trail on the list to do. This trail goes from across from the campground on River Road to Egan Road at Brotherhood Bridge. This was a great hike and at the foot bridge Montana Creek entered the Mendenhall River.

A bear was sighted on this hike.

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