Pictures from Departure Day

Post from the daughter on departure day.

The Preacher and His Biker Babe:

The Bikers and grandkids there to see them off:

The Biker Babe:

Getting hooked up so they can communicate with each other:

Leaving for Alaska:

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Friday Morning

We are ready to leave Ft.St. John. Had a good hot breakfast here at the motel & a good nights sleep. It is still cloudy & we are putting rain gear on, have learned by experience that it's easier to do when in a dry place then by the side of the road when it's already raining!! Experience can teach us a lot, eh as the Canadians say :) more when we are where there is WiFi.

Ft. St. John

We are stopped for the night, looked around Dawson Creek a little, got a few things to eat, ate supper & headed to Ft. St. John. Got into rain so we decided it is a motel again tonight, they, who ever they, who ever they is, say tomorrow is to be nice & for several days, I hope "they" are right. :) Dawson Creek is Mile Post 1 of the Alaska Hwy, we are half way there, we have gone 400 miles today. We have gained an hour so are no longer on ID time. More the next time we can find WiFi. We have direct access to the internet so things are a little faster and easier.

Here are a couple of pictures of Alfreda and Dawson Creek.

Grand Prarie

We are having a good day & so far no rain although it looks like it could before night time. When we get to Dawson Creek we will be half way to Anchorage & are about an hour from there. Have come 240 miles today & need to get down the road. Will get some groceries in Dawson Creek just in case we need them. :) Dawson Creek is the last Starbucks till Anchorage so if we have WiFi in camp grounds we will try our luck at this there.

Drayton Valley

We had a good ride this afternoon, warm but then a terrible rain storm came up so we decided to stay in Drayton Valley & it's a good thing we did as oh my how it did rain, we got wimpy & got a motel & are glad we did. We haven't taken any pictures today but we did see buffalo today, on Sunday out of Mt. Home we saw elk, & on the trip we have seen a red fox, a black fox, 2 deer, a lot of antelope & waiting for the bear & moose, promise we will take pictures. Want to get an early start in the morning, when we get to Dawson Creek we are half way to Anchorage from home. Only rode 323miles today. We are 1187 miles from home. Will try and download a picture of the Missouri river falls at Great Falls.

Red Deer

We are in Red Deer, Alberta, just south of Edmonton. We stayed last night at Ft. McCloed, nice camp ground, it didn't rain & we were both woke up in the middle of the night by a pack of coyotes howling, reminded us of grown up days in E Colo. Weather is nice about 72 & don thinks its a heat wave. Wifi isn't easy to find, said it was at the camp ground but we couldn't get on. Trying to get to Whitecourt tonight.

North to Alaska

OH MY GOODNESS, have we had a time getting registered with Starbucks but some nice young man helped us a lot & now we are on! We left Hailey yesterday morning & had a good day getting to Great Falls, MT where we stayed the night with Lynn & Charlene, Adam & cute little Bryce. We had a good dinner & a warm bed for which I was greateful :) This morning Lynn took us to see the Great Falls & it was spectacular, woner what Lewis & Clark thought when they first saw that?? We got to Shelby where Don tried to buy a Funeral Chapel, think the wife would have sold it in a heart beat. We crossed into Canada & are now at Lethbridge. We aren't sure where we will spend the night. Tried to buy an electric blanket in Great Falls but they were put away for the summer?? I have been on the cool side of comfortable until today & it has really been nice to be warm. Someones prayers are being answered. :) enclosed is a picture of the falls on the Missouri River.