TRIP PLAN OUTLINE

Dallas to Bellingham by car....Ferry to Haines.......Haines to Anchorage and Fairbanks by car.....Fairbanks to Whitehorse and Edmonton......return to Dallas. Leave June 25 2010. Return in 30+ days

STARTING TO PLAN

My own Bear-Catch Photo.

Schedule driver: The Bears that catch fish in mid-air are at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park. The salmon run upstream only in July. The park is reached by float plane. Rumor has it that reservations for overnight are made one year in advance, but when we called they had one opening in July; the 10th. We used this date to start structuring the entire trip.

FERRY DOCK TO BROOKS FALLS

From the ferry at Haines, we go to Haines Junction where we pick up the Alaska Highway. At Tok, we turn left to Anchorage. The first flight goes to King Salmon, where a float plane takes us the last few miles to Brooks Falls.

Around Alaska

The most amazing alaska travel I have read about is the bike trip by Max Hirschberg in the winter of 1900 down the frozen Yukon River from Dawson (first goldrush) to Nome (second goldrush). His route is shown here alongside our more modest plans. (click on picture)

DRIVING TO ALASKA

City of Mesquite features our Community Band on a new billboard as you leave Rockwall. That's me just over the "T" in "culture".

We hear that Mt Mckinley is sometimes lost in the overcast for weeks at a time. We were lucky to get this image from Earthquake Park in Anchorage over 100 miles from the mountain.

LAST DAY IN TEXAS...........LUNAR ECLIPSE

Enjoyed the Lunar eclipse from our backyard before packing the car. Well, OK, the birds live in Oregon. I brought them in with photoshop.

ON THE WAY

Eastern Colorado.....Comanche National Grasslands....I guess they want this area to stay the way it was when Columbus arrived. They need a few buffalo though.