Moving to Alaska: 101

Hello everyone! Please don't burn me at the stake for going MIA for 13 days! It's been quite the adventure ever since we landed in Haines, AK for our 775 mile drive to Anchorage.

Before I begin explaining that part of the adventure, let me catch you up on the pictures from the last leg of the ferry. We saw more humpback whales and Dalls porpoises.

Zoom into the middle of the pics to see humpback whales blowing through their blow holes . There was a pod of around 8 whales but they didn't get any closer than this.

 The flag on the back of the Malaspina

 Seagull photo shoot - at this point in the trip, this was the best thing to take a picture of!

Our first glacier of the trip!
 

Closer view of the glacier

 

 Zoom into the middle right of the pic - another humpback blowing but closer than the other pod

 A whale tail!!

We started getting into the real Alaska views about 1 hour from Haines.

 Another great example of a glacier

We landed safely in Haines on October 14th and headed up the road to our destination for the night, Buckshot Betty's, in Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory. What you see is what you get at that place. We had to drive through British Columbia to get to the Yukon. We arrived after over 100 miles of horrible road (all those stories you hear about the Alcan are true!). The frost heaves have huge dips and washboard spots which are super fun when dragging a 6' x 12' trailer behind you. Luckily I have amazing brakes. There is now a hole in the floor where my dad was sitting from pushing his imaginary brake.

Welcome to British Columbia!

 We made it through the Canadian customs without any issue and made it into Alaska (again) on October 15th!!

 Glaciers are everywhere!

We made it to Anchorage in the evening of October 15th! My duplex actually was there and uninhabited so Craigslist didn't let me down! Lots of space for visitors so plan your trip!