07/16/2024
Well, we have now been on our pilgrimage for a little over a week, and beyond the blowout on our car carrier on the first day, everything else has been pretty much clear sailing. Our first night was in Canyon, TX and then we arrived in Colorado Springs on Sunday evening. Our grandson, Carter, is with us and he wants to attend the Air Force Academy so we spent Monday touring that. Monday evening we had tickets to the Flying W Ranch for dinner and a show by the Flying W Wranglers. They were good but I liked the show that was performed about 25 years ago better. Tuesday we rode up Pile’s Peak on the Cog Railroad and drove through the Garden of the Gods. We left Colorado Springs Wednesday morning and arrived at an RV park in Sharidan, WY. By Thursday we drove through Montana stopping at Little Bighorn battlefield so my grandson and I could walk through there. By Thursday evening we reached an RV park near Glacier National Park and drove the Highway to the Sun from East to West and back again on Friday. That has got to be one of the most impressive national parks I have ever visited. We spent another night there before crossing the Canadian Boarder on Saturday and driving through most of Alberta. In Sunday, we drove through most of British Columbia, and today, Monday, we made it into Yukon. We have been driving the Trans Canadian Highway to Dawson’s Creek where we picked up the AlCan Highway that will take us to our ultimate destination, North Pole AK. Along the drive through Canada thus far we have seen some moose, a black bear, lots of bison, and a grey wolf. Tomorrow evening we will still be in the Yukon and by Wednesday we should reach the North Pole. It’s been a great trip seeing lots of really beautiful country and enjoying meeting some really great people along the way. Pictures in another later post.
