North to Alaska and Back
Day 3
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Today we drove about 220 miles to a KOA northwest of Chicago. The traffic as we drove around Chicago was stressful to say the least.
The KOA is located next to an attraction called “Wild West Town”. Periodically, through out the afternoon, we heard shots from gun fights and the whistle of the mini train.
It was a blistering 89 degrees when we arrived, so we waited until after dinner to walk the dogs around the campground.
Day 4
Friday, June 23, 2017
It was an easy driving day, 185 miles, to the Oakdale KOA, north of the Wisconsin Dells.
We got settled at our site and then headed for Mill Bluff State Park, just 7 miles away.
According to the “Wisconsin Official Marker”, “ Mill Bluff is one of many isolated and rocky castle-like hills which rise abruptly from the surrounding plain. This formation is properly called a mesa if large and a butte if small.”
At the park we did two short hikes. The first was Camels Bluff Trail, a 1.25 mile loop trail that goes past formations called Devils Monument, Camels Bluff and Cleopatra’s Needle (pictured). It was a beautiful day, sunny, about 75 degrees with a nice breeze. It would have been a very nice hike, except for the horrible, HORRIBLE, deer flies!!! I used a branch with dried leaves on it to shush the flies from my head as well as from poor Sandy. Jay was fortunate in that he had worn a hat, which helped a lot.
Our second hike, Mill Bluff Trail, which looped around the bluff, was a lovely hike. It was just a short drive from the other hike, but luckily, no deer flies!
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Days 3 and 4 On to Illinois and Wisconsin
June 23, 2017
Day 3
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Today we drove about 220 miles to a KOA northwest of Chicago. The traffic as we drove around Chicago was stressful to say the least.
The KOA is located next to an attraction called “Wild West Town”. Periodically, through out the afternoon, we heard shots from gun fights and the whistle of the mini train.
It was a blistering 89 degrees when we arrived, so we waited until after dinner to walk the dogs around the campground.
Day 4
Friday, June 23, 2017
It was an easy driving day, 185 miles, to the Oakdale KOA, north of the Wisconsin Dells.
We got settled at our site and then headed for Mill Bluff State Park, just 7 miles away.
According to the “Wisconsin Official Marker”, “ Mill Bluff is one of many isolated and rocky castle-like hills which rise abruptly from the surrounding plain. This formation is properly called a mesa if large and a butte if small.”
At the park we did two short hikes. The first was Camels Bluff Trail, a 1.25 mile loop trail that goes past formations called Devils Monument, Camels Bluff and Cleopatra’s Needle (pictured). It was a beautiful day, sunny, about 75 degrees with a nice breeze. It would have been a very nice hike, except for the horrible, HORRIBLE, deer flies!!! I used a branch with dried leaves on it to shush the flies from my head as well as from poor Sandy. Jay was fortunate in that he had worn a hat, which helped a lot.
Our second hike, Mill Bluff Trail, which looped around the bluff, was a lovely hike. It was just a short drive from the other hike, but luckily, no deer flies!
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Day 1: Harrisburg, PA to West Branch SP, Ohio
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Day 2: On to Pokagon SP, Indiana
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Days 3 and 4 On to Illinois and Wisconsin
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Days 5, 6 & 7: On to Maple Grove, Mn and Fargo and Minot, North Dakota
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Days 8 & 9 - On to Saskatchewan,
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Day 10 - On to Alberta
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Day 11 - Elk Island National Park
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Days 12 and 13 - On to Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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Day 14 - Alaska Highway to Fort Nelson, BC
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Day 15 - On to Muncho Lake, BC
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Day 16 - On to Watson Lake, Yukon
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Day 17 - On to Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 18 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 19 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 20: Klondike Hwy to Dawson City
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Day 21: Dawson City
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Day 22: Dawson City
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Day 23: On to Chicken, Alaska!
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Day 24 - On to Kenny Lake
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Day 25: Wrangell-St. Elias NP
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Day 26: Kenny Lake Area
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Day 27: Richardson Hwy to Valdez AK
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Days 28 & 29:Valdez
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Days 30 & 31: On to Anchorage
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Day 32: Katmai National Park
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Day 33: Lake Clark National Park
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Day 34: On to Talkeetna
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Days 35 - 38 Denali National Park
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Days 39, 40 and 41 - Fairbanks AK
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Days 42, 43 & 44 - Bettles, AK
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Days 45 & 46 - Tok to Kluane Lake
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Days 47, 48, 49 - Kluane Lake to Boya Lake
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Day 50 - Boya Lake to Iskut, BC
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Days 51 & 52 - Stewart British Columbia and Hyder Alaska
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Days 53, 54, 55 - Smithers to Jasper Park
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Day 58 - The Icefields Parkway
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Days 56 & 57 - Jasper National Park
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Days 59 and 60 - Banff NP
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Days 61, 62 63 - Banff, Alberta to Minot, North Dakota
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Days 64, 65, 66 - North Dakota to Minnesota
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Day 67 - Duluth, Minnesota
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Days 68, 69,& 70 - To Mackinac Island
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Days 71 thru 78, The Last Chapter!
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