Our Camping Adventure - Virginia to Alaska
We left from Grand Cache heading for the beginning (mile marker 0) of the Alaska Highway. The day started out with fog and low hanging clouds. We experienced very high winds for most of the drive, which reduced our gas mileage drastically (at times only getting 4 miles per gallon). We passed through the town of Beaverlodge – home of the giant beaver statue. Then on to Dawson Creek which is the start of the Alaska Highway. 2017 is the 75th Anniversary of the Highway which was constructed 1942 – 1943.
We stayed at a campground owned by the Rotary’s. We saw several Rotary campgrounds throughout the day. My step-father would have been happy. He was a diehard Rotarian with 56 years of perfect attendance at the meetings. This particular campground had a memorial to 12 US Army engineers who drowned in 1942 when they pontoon boat sank. They were deployed to Canada in support of the building of the Alaska Highway.
Bette Donaldson
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16 Apr 2020
2017 Alaska adventure - Grand Cache to Charlie Lake
July 30, 2017
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Charlie Lake, British Columbia
We left from Grand Cache heading for the beginning (mile marker 0) of the Alaska Highway. The day started out with fog and low hanging clouds. We experienced very high winds for most of the drive, which reduced our gas mileage drastically (at times only getting 4 miles per gallon). We passed through the town of Beaverlodge – home of the giant beaver statue. Then on to Dawson Creek which is the start of the Alaska Highway. 2017 is the 75th Anniversary of the Highway which was constructed 1942 – 1943.
We stayed at a campground owned by the Rotary’s. We saw several Rotary campgrounds throughout the day. My step-father would have been happy. He was a diehard Rotarian with 56 years of perfect attendance at the meetings. This particular campground had a memorial to 12 US Army engineers who drowned in 1942 when they pontoon boat sank. They were deployed to Canada in support of the building of the Alaska Highway.
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2017 Alaska adventure - Virginia to Pennsylvania
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2017 Alaska adventure - Pennsylvania to Michigan
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2017 Alaska Adventure - Michigan
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2017 Alaska adventure - Michigan to Wisconsin
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2017 Alaska adventure - Wisconsin to South Dakota
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2017 Alaska adventure - South Dakota
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2017 Alaska adventure - South Dakota to Wyoming
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2017 Alaska adventure - Wyoming to Montana
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2017 Alaska adventure - Columbia Falls, Montana
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2017 Alaska adventure - Glacier Park Montana
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2017 Alaska adventure - Glacier Park Montana part 2
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2017 Alaska adventure - Glacier Park Montana to British Columbia, Canada
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2017 Alaska adventure - Banff National Park, British Columbia, Canada
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2017 Alaska adventure - Banff National Park, British Columbia, Canada
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2017 Alaska adventure - Banff to Grand Cache, Alberta, Canada
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2017 Alaska adventure - Grand Cache to Charlie Lake
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2017 Alaska adventure - Charlie Lake to Toad Lake
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2017 Alaska adventure - Toad Lake to Watson Lake, Yukon
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2017 Alaska adventure - Watson Lake, Yukon to Whitehorse Yukon
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2017 Alaska adventure - Whitehorse, Yukon to Tok, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Tok, Alaska to Valdez
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2017 Alaska adventure - Valdez Day 1
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2017 Alaska adventure - Valdez Day 2
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2017 Alaska adventure - Valdez, Alaska to Seward, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Seward Day 1
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2017 Alaska adventure - Seward Day 2
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2017 Alaska adventure - Seward, Alaska to Homer, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Homer, Alaska Day 1
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2017 Alaska adventure - Homer, Alaska Days 2 & 3
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2017 Alaska adventure - Homer, Alaska to Kenai, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Kenai, Alaska to Anchorage, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Anchorage, Alaska to Talkeetna, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Talkeetna, Alaska to Denali, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Denali, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Denali, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Denali, Alaska to Fairbanks, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Fairbanks, Alaska to Beaver Creek, Yukon
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2017 Alaska adventure - Beaver Creek, Yukon to Whitehorse, Yukon
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2017 Alaska adventure - Skagway, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure - Whitehorse, Yukon to Iskut, British Columbia
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2017 Alaska adventure - Iskut, British Columbia to Hyder, Alaska
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2017 Alaska adventure -Hyder, Alaska to Fort Fraser, BC
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2017 Alaska adventure -British Columbia to Omak, Washington
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2017 Alaska adventure -Omak, Washington to Culver, Oregon
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2017 Alaska adventure - Culver, Oregon to Caldwell, Idaho
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2017 Alaska adventure - Caldwell, Idaho to Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
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2017 Alaska adventure - Lava Hot Springs, Idaho to Laramie, Wyoming
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2017 Alaska adventure - Beat feet back to Virginia
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